FLORIDA BUSINESS BANCGROUP INC
POS AM, 1999-12-13
STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
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As originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on September 30, 1998                            Registration File No. 333-65101
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                        Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
                                    Form SB-2
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        FLORIDA BUSINESS BANCGROUP, INC.
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                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

           Florida                           6711                 59-3517595
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 (State or jurisdiction of     (Primary Standard Industrial    (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number)   Identification No.)

         2202 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 150, Tampa, Florida 33609
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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                   of Registrant principal executive offices)

                                A. Bronson Thayer
                        Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
                    2202 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 150
                              Tampa, Florida 33609
                                 (813) 281-0009
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                              Copies Requested to:
                          Edward W. Dougherty, Esquire
                           or A. George Igler, Esquire
                             Igler & Dougherty, P.A.
                              1501 Park Avenue East
                           Tallahassee, Florida 32301
                                 (850) 878-2411
                           (850) 878-1230 (facsimile)

Approximate  date of proposed sale to the public:  As soon as practicable  after
this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933 check the following box. [X]

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an Offering pursuant
to rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number of the  earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the  Securities  Act,  check  the  following  box and  list the  Securities  Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering. [ ]

If delivery  of the  prospectus  is  expected  to be made  pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of                                                                                          Proposed
each class                                                                  Proposed              Maximum
of securities                                       Amount(1)           Maximum Offering     Aggregate Offering        Amount of
to be registered                                 to be Registered        Price Per Share          Price(2)         Registration Fee
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Common Stock $. 01 par value.................       3,000,000               $   10.00       $       30,000,000     $ 8,850
Warrants.....................................       1,500,000               $    0.00       $                0     $ 0
Units........................................       1,500,000               $    0.00       $                0     $ 0
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(1) Common  Stock is to be issued  along with a warrant to purchase one share of
Common  Stock.  Together  each share and warrant is  referred to as a Unit.

(2) Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the
basis of the proposed maximum offering price per Unit.


         The Registrant hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its  effective  date until the  Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration
Statement shall  thereafter  become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the  Securities  Act of 1933 or until the  Registration  Statement  shall become
effective on such date as the  Commission,  acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may
determine.





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                          DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

         This  Post-Effective  Amendment  Number  1, to  deregister  all  unsold
securities,  relates to the Registration Statement filed by the Florida Business
Bancgroup,  Inc., a Florida  Corporation ("FBB") on Form SB-2 (the "Registration
Statement"), Registration No. 333-65101.

         FBB hereby  deregisters  the 179,300 unsold shares of Common Stock (par
value $.01 per share) and the 179,300 unsold Warrants.  The Offering closed with
1,320,700  units  being sold.  Each unit  consisted  of one share of  registered
Common Stock and one registered  Warrant.  The registered  Warrants  entitle the
holders  thereof  to  purchase  one  share  (par  value  $.01 per  share) of FBB
registered Common Stock at $10.00 per share.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of  the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  SB-2  and  has  duly  caused  this
Post-Effective  Amendment Number 1 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the
City of Tampa, and the State of Florida on this 10th day of December, 1999.

FLORIDA BUSINESS BANCGROUP, INC.


By:/s/     A. Bronson Thayer
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           A. Bronson Thayer
          Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment Number 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Directors:
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                          NAME                                            TITLE                                   DATE
<S>     <C>                                                             <C>                                    <C>
/s/     Monroe E. Berkman
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        Monroe E. Berkman                                               Director                               12/1/99
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/s/     John C. Bierley
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        John C. Bierley                                                 Director                               12/2/99
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/s/     Troy A. Brown, Jr.
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        Troy A. Brown, Jr.                                              Director                               12/1/99
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/s/     Lawrence H. Dimmitt, III
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        Lawrence H. Dimmitt, III                                        Director                               12/1/99

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/s/     Eric M. Newman
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        Eric M. Newman                                                  Director                               12/1/99

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/s/     Chris A. Peifer
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        Chris A. Peifer                                                 Director                               12/1/99

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 /s/    Timothy A. McGuire                                              Director &
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        Timothy A. McGuire                                              President                              11/30/99
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