SOUTHTRUST CORP
S-4 POS, 1995-01-26
STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 1995
                                                       Registration No. 33-53775

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549   
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-4
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                             SOUTHTRUST CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           DELAWARE                         6711                 63-0574085  
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial  (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Classification Code Number) Identification No.)


                             420 NORTH 20TH STREET
                           BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA  35203
                                 (205) 254-5000
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)


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                               AUBREY D. BARNARD
                             SOUTHTRUST CORPORATION
                             420 NORTH 20TH STREET
                           BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA  35203
                                 (205) 254-5000
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)



                                 With copies to:
        C. LARIMORE WHITAKER, ESQ.              MICHAEL L. MILLER, ESQ.
       BRADLEY, ARANT, ROSE & WHITE            CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD
           1400 PARK PLACE TOWER                       SUITE 1800
              2001 PARK PLACE                     800 SUPERIOR AVENUE
         BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203             CLEVELAND, OHIO 44144-2688
              (205) 521-8000                         (216) 622-8200       
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                    REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION


         In connection with the merger (the "Merger") of Community Bank of
Charlotte, a Florida banking corporation ("Community"), with SouthTrust Bank of
Southwest Florida, National Association, a national banking association and
wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of SouthTrust Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("SouthTrust"), SouthTrust registered under a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 33-53775) (the "Registration
Statement") 457,039 shares of Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share (the
"Shares"), and 203,128 rights to purchase 1/100th of one share of Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the "Rights").  Pursuant to the Merger,
SouthTrust issued, and the holders of shares of common stock of Community
received, 383,209 Shares and 170,315 Rights.

         Pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, SouthTrust hereby files
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove
from registration under such Registration Statement 73,830 Shares and 32,813
Rights.
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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on January 24,
1995.

                                              SOUTHTRUST CORPORATION


                                     By:     /s/ WALLACE D. MALONE, JR.
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                                             Its Chairman of the Board of
                                           Directors and Chief Executive Officer



         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this registration statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



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<CAPTION>
             Signature                                   Title                            Date
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    <S>                                        <C>                                  <C>
    /s/ WALLACE D. MALONE, JR.                 Chairman, Chief Executive            January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                 Officer, Director                                
      Wallace D. Malone, Jr.                                        
                                                   
                                  
     /s/ ROY W. GILBERT, JR.                   President, Chief Operating           January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                 Officer, Director                                
       Roy W. Gilbert, Jr.                                          
                                                   
                                  
      /s/ AUBREY D. BARNARD                     Secretary, Treasurer and            January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------               Controller (Principal                              
        Aubrey D. Barnard                            Accounting and   
                                                   Financial Officer) 
                                                                      
                                                 
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
        H. Allen Franklin         
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
         Herbert Stockham         
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
         Bill L. Harbert          
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
          T. W. Mitchell          
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
        William C. Hulsey         
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<S>                                                     <C>                         <C>
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
         John M. Bradford         
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
    Wm. Kendrick Upchurch, Jr.    
                                  
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
        Charles G. Taylor         
                                  
                                  
                *                                       Director                    January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
      Allen J. Keesler, Jr.       
                                  
                                  
                                  
*     /s/ WILLIAM L. PRATER                                                         January 24, 1995
- ----------------------------------                                                                  
        William L. Prater         
       as Attorney-in-fact        
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