Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2016
Registration No. 333-157185
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE FIRST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maine 01-0404322
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No)
P.O. Box 940
Damariscotta, Maine 04543
Telephone: (207) 563-3195
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices )
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F. Stephen Ward
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
The First Bancorp, Inc.
P.O. Box 940
Damariscotta, Maine 04543
Telephone: (207) 563-3195
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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With copies to:
David J. Champoux, Esq.
Pierce Atwood LLP
254 Commercial Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Telephone: (207) 791-1100
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: NOT APPLICABLE
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REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION
We previously registered for sale, under a Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-157185, the “Registration Statement”), $25,000,000 worth of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and Warrants to purchase 225,904 shares of our Common Stock, as well as the underlying shares of Common Stock, all of which were held by a selling shareholder (the “Securities”). None of the Securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement were sold pursuant to such Registration Statement, and by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, we hereby remove from registration all of the Securities that were registered for sale under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the removal from registration of such Securities.
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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 a registration statement on Form S-3 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 Town of Damariscotta, State of Maine, on June 1, 2016.
THE FIRST BANCORP, INC.
By: /s/ F. Stephen Ward
F. Stephen Ward
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
NOTE: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.