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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 1996
Registration No. 33-82052
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 56-1528994
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
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239 FAYETTEVILLE STREET MALL
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27601
(919) 755-7000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive)
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KENNETH A. BLACK
FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
239 FAYETTEVILLE STREET MALL
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27601
(919) 755-7336
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
COPY TO:
DAVID L. WARD, JR.
RAYMOND W. HINES
WARD AND SMITH, P.A.
1001 COLLEGE COURT
POST OFFICE BOX 867
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA 28560
(919) 633-1000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: AS SOON AS
PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
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, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]
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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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed pursuant to authority
contained in Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933 and to the undertaking
contained in Part II of Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 33-82052) (the "Registration Statement") to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any shares of Registrant's
Class A common stock (the "Stock") which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering to which the Registration Statement relates.
The Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 250,000 shares of the
Stock which could be issued and sold to shareholders of Registrant who chose to
participate in the Registrant's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
(the "Plan"). Under the Plan, cash dividends paid on shares of the Stock owned
by each participant were automatically reinvested by being applied toward the
purchase of additional shares of Stock. Participants also could make additional
cash payments which were used to purchase shares of the Stock. The Plan was
terminated on February 29, 1996 (the "Termination Date"). As of the Termination
Date, an aggregate of 26,364 shares had been purchased by participants pursuant
to the Plan, and an aggregate of 223,636 shares remained available for purchase.
Registrant hereby reduces the number of shares covered by the Registration
Statement to the 26,364 sold to date pursuant to the Plan and thereby removes
from registration the 223,636 shares that remain unsold.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of
North Carolina, on April 24, 1996.
FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC.
(Registrant)
BY:S/ Kenneth A. Black
Kenneth A. Black
Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
