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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 1997
Registration No. 333-00091
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ELDORADO BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California 95-3642383
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
17752 East 17th Street, Tustin, California, 92680
(714) 798-1100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of
registrant's principal executive offices)
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J.B. Crowell, President and Chief Executive Officer
Eldorado Bancorp
17752 East 17th Street
Tustin, California 92680
(714) 798-1100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code of agent for service)
Copy to:
Ben A. Frydman, Esq.
Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: Not Applicable
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant is filing
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to remove from
registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
that remain unsold as of the date of filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to Registration Statement.
Accordingly:
(1) the offering is hereby terminated; and
(2) the Registrant hereby removes from registration 45,552 shares of
Common Stock, representing all securities which remain unsold as of the date of
filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement.
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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 S-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine,
State of California, on the 3rd day of June, 1997.
ELDORADO BANCORP
By: /s/ J.B. CROWELL
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J.B. Crowell
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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* President, Chief Executive Officer and June 3, 1997
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J.B. Crowell
* Executive Vice President and Director June 3, 1997
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Raymond E. Dellerba
* Executive Vice President and Chief June 3, 1997
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David R. Brown and Accounting Officer)
* Director June 3, 1997
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Michael B. Burns
* Director June 3, 1997
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Julia M. Di Giovanni
* Director June 3, 1997
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Lynne Person Doti
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* Director June 3, 1997
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Rolf J. Engen
* Director June 3, 1997
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Warren Finley
* Director June 3, 1997
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Warren D. Fix
* Director June 3, 1997
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Richard Korsgaard
* Vice Chairman and Director June 3, 1997
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Donald Sodaro
* Chairman and Director June 3, 1997
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George H. Wells
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*By: /s/ ELAINE CROUCH
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Elaine Crouch
Attorney-in-Fact
