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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2000
Registration No. 333-32146
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO THE
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.
(Name of Registrant in its Charter)
DELAWARE 6036 04-03510455
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
24 NORTH STREET 24 NORTH STREET
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01201 PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01201
(413) 443-5601 (413) 443-5601
(Address and Telephone Number of (Address of Principal Place of Business
Principal Executive Offices) or Intended Principal Place of Business)
JAMES A. CUNNINGHAM, JR.
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BERKSHIRE BANK
24 NORTH STREET
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01201
(413) 443-5601
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
DOUGLAS P. FAUCETTE, ESQUIRE
LAWRENCE M.F. SPACCASI, ESQUIRE
MULDOON, MURPHY & FAUCETTE LLP
5101 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016
(202) 362-0840
SALE TO THE PUBLIC CONCLUDED JUNE 27, 2000
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed for the purpose of
deregistering 2,652,848 shares of the $.01 par value Common Stock (the "Common
Stock") of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") heretofore registered
and offered pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus dated May 12, 2000 (the
"Prospectus"). The remaining 7,673,761 shares registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement on Form S-1 have been issued and sold in accordance with
the Prospectus in the Subscription Offering described therein.
The Company has determined that no further shares will be offered, sold
and issued pursuant to the Prospectus. The Company therefore requests
deregistration of the unissued shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to
this Registration Statement as soon as is practicable after the filing of this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
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CONFORMED
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsfield, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on June 28, 2000.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
By: /s/ James A. Cunningham, Jr.
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James A. Cunningham, Jr.
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
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/s/ James A. Cunningham, Jr. President, Chief Executive June 28, 2000
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James A. Cunningham, Jr. (principal executive officer)
/s/ Charles F. Plungis, Jr. Senior Vice President, June 28, 2000
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Charles F. Plungis, Jr. Financial Officer
(principal accounting
and financial officer)
* Chairman of the Board
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Robert A. Wells
* Director
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Thomas O. Andrews
* Director
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Thomas R. Dawson
* Director
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Henry D. Granger
* Director
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A. Allen Gray
* Director
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John Kittredge
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* Director
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Peter J. Lafayette
* Director
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Edward G. McCormick
* Director
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Catherine B. Miller
* Director
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Michael G. Miller
* Director
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Raymond B. Murray, III
* Director
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Louis J. Oggiani
* Director
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Robert S. Raser
* Director
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Corydon L. Thurston
* Director
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Ann H. Trabulsi
* Director
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William E. Williams
* Director
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Anne Everest Wojtkowski
*Pursuant to the Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 for Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. filed on March 10, 2000.
/s/ James A. Cunningham, Jr. President, Chief Executive June 28, 2000
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James A. Cunningham, Jr.
