PREMIER BANCSHARES INC /GA
POS AM, 1998-06-23
STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 1998
                                                    Registration No. 333-45601
                                                                 
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                                
                 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                               TO
                            FORM S-4
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                              UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                
                                
                             PREMIER BANCSHARES, INC.
     -----------------------------------------------------
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
   Georgia                     6025                 58-1793778
- ---------------         ------------------      -------------------
(State or Other         (Primary Standard         (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of         Industrial Classi-     Identification Number)
Incorporation or        fication Code Number)
Organization)
                                
                       2180 Atlanta Plaza
                    950 East Paces Ferry Road
                     Atlanta, Georgia 30326
                         (404) 814-3090
                                
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
     Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
                                
                    Steven S. Dunlevie, Esq.
                   Elizabeth O. Derrick, Esq.
              Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
             Suite 700, 1275 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                     Atlanta, Georgia  30309
                         (404) 872-7000
                                
        (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
       Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                
Approximate  date  of commencement of the proposed  sale  of  the
securities  to  the  public:  As soon as practicable  after  this
Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered
in  connection with the formation of a holding company and  there
is  compliance  with General Instruction G, 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,  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(d)  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.
[_]


                    DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES

     Premier Bancshares, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby
deregisters 76,758 of the 1,702,748 shares of its common stock,
par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), registered on its
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-45601)
for public issuance.  This Registration Statement covered the
maximum number of shares which could have been issued pursuant to
the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by
and between the Registrant and Lanier Bank & Trust Company
("Lanier") dated as of December 16, 1997, as amended on January
22, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement").  Pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, the outstanding shares of Lanier were converted into
1,625,990 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock and, therefore,
the Registrant did not issue the total number of shares of Common
Stock registered.

                           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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on June 22,
1998.

                                        PREMIER BANCSHARES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ Darrell D. Pittard
                                            ----------------------
                                            Darrell D. Pittard, Chairman and
                                            Chief Executive Officer

     SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

          Signature                 Title                  Date
          ---------                 -----                  ---- 

 /s/ N. Michael Anderson*           Director                June 23, 1998
 -----------------------
 N. Michael Anderson


 /s/ George S. Carpenter, Jr.*      Director                June 23, 1998
 ----------------------------
 George S. Carpenter, Jr.


 /s/ James L. Coxwell, Sr.*         Director                June 23, 1998
 -------------------------
 James L. Coxwell, Sr.


 /s/ Donald N. Ellis*               Director                June 23, 1998
 -------------------
 Donald N. Ellis


 /s/ William M. Evans, Jr.*         Director                June 23, 1998
 -------------------------
 William M. Evans, Jr.


 /s/ John H. Ferguson*              Director                June 23, 1998
 --------------------
 John H. Ferguson


 /s/ Robert E. Flournoy III*        Director                June 23, 1998
 --------------------------
 Robert E. Flournoy III


 /s/ James E. Freeman*              Director                June 23, 1998
 --------------------
 James E. Freeman


 /s/ Albert F. Gandy*               Director                June 23, 1998
 -------------------
 Albert F. Gandy


 /s/ Robin R. Howell*               Director                June 23, 1998
 -------------------
 Robin R. Howell


 /s/ Billy H. Martin*               Director                June 23, 1998
 -------------------
 Billy H. Martin


 /s/ C. Steve McQuaig*              Director                June 23, 1998
 --------------------
 C. Steve McQuaig


 /s/ Robert C. Oliver*              Director, President     June 23, 1998
 ---------------------              and Chief Operating
 Robert C. Oliver                   Officer


 /s/ Thomas E. Owen, Jr.*           Director                June 23, 1998
 -----------------------
 Thomas E. Owen, Jr.


 /s/ Darrell D. Pittard             Chairman and Chief      June 23, 1998
 ----------------------             Executive Officer
 Darrell D. Pittard                 (principal executive
                                    officer)

 /s/ Michael E. Ricketson*          Chief Financial         June 23, 1998
 ------------------------           Officer and Executive 
 Michael E. Ricketson               Vice President
                                    (principal financial
                                    and accounting officer)




*  By: Darrell D. Pittard, Attorney-in-Fact






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