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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2001
Registration No. 33-79844
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
(ON FORM S-8)
TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON FORM S-4
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PREMIER NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.
(formerly named Hudson Chartered Bancorp, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 14-1668718
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(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
Route 55
P.O. Box 310
LaGrangeville, New York 12540
(Address of principal executive offices)
Fishkill National Corporation Incentive Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
Chief Executive Officer
Premier National Bancorp, Inc.
Route 55
LaGrangeville, New York 12540
(Name and address of agent for service)
(845) 471-1711
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copy to:
Steven Kaplan, Esq.
Arnold & Porter
555 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 942-5998
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WITHDRAWAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-79844 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relates to 202,309 shares (after giving
effect to stock splits in the form of stock dividends occurring since the filing
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1) of common stock, par value $.80 per share
("Common Stock"), of Premier National Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation")
registered for sale pursuant to the Fishkill National Corporation Incentive
Stock Option Plan ("Plan"). All of the options granted under the Plan have been
exercised or have expired unexercised. At this time, 14,071 of the shares of
Common Stock registered for sale under the Plan remain unsold, which unsold
shares are hereby withdrawn from registration pursuant to the Corporation's
undertakings in the Post-Effective Amendment identified above.
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit 24............. Powers of Attorney of certain directors of Premier,
previously filed and filed herewith.
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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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the Town of LaGrangeville, State of New York, on January 9, 2001.
PREMIER NATIONAL BANCORP, INC.
By: /s/ T. Jefferson Cunningham III
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T. Jefferson Cunningham III
Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on January 9, 2001.
Signature Title
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/s/ T. Jefferson Cunningham III Chief Executive Officer and Director
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T. Jefferson Cunningham III
/s/ Paul A. Maisch Chief Financial Officer
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Paul A. Maisch Officer)
/s/ John C. VanWormer Director and President
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John C. VanWormer
* Director
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Elizabeth P. Allen
* Director
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Thomas C. Aposporos
* Director
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Robert M. Bowman
* Director
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H. Todd Brinckerhoff
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* Director
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Edward vK. Cunningham, Jr.
* Director
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Tyler Dann
Director
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Thomas C. DeBenedictus
* Director
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R. Abel Garraghan
Director
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Richard T. Hazzard
* Director
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Warren R. Marcus
Director
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Richard Novik
Director
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John J. Page
* Director
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Lewis J. Ruge
Director
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Archibald A. Smith, III
* Director
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Roger W. Smith
Director
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David A. Swinden
* Director
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Peter Van Kleeck
by: /s/ T. Jefferson Cunningham III
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T. Jefferson Cunningham III
(Attorney-in-Fact)
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