S-8 POS 1 s85514.htm FORM S-8 POS WASHINGTON BANKING COMPANY s85514.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2014
Registration No. 333-129647
Registration No. 333-72436
Registration No. 333-57431
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECT1VE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-129647
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-72436
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-57431
 
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 

 
WASHINGTON BANKING COMPANY
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WASHINGTON     91-1725825 
(State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer 
incorporation or organization)     Identification No.) 
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
450 SW Bayshore Dr.
Oak Harbor, Washington 98277
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
Washington Banking Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
1998 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Award Plan
Whidbey Island Bank 401(K) Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
John L Wagner
President and Chief Executive Officer
Washington Banking Company
450 SW Bayshore Dr.
Oak Harbor, Washington 98277
(360) 679-3121
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
 
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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

Washington Banking Company (the "Company") is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statements on Form S-8 to withdraw and remove from registration the unissued and unsold shares of the Company's common stock (the "Common Stock") previously registered by the Company pursuant to the following registration statements (collectively, the "Registration Statements"):

·     
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-129647), registering 666,666 shares of Common Stock under the Washington Banking Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2005;
·     
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-72436), registering 180,200 shares of Common Stock under the 1998 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Award Plan, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2001; and
·     
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-57431), registering 200,000 shares of Common Stock under the Whidbey Island Bank 401(K) Plan, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 1998.

On May 1, 2014, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 23, 2013, by and between the Company and Heritage Financial Corporation, a Washington corporation ("Heritage"), the Company merged with and into Heritage (the "Merger"), with Heritage as the surviving corporation. As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. Accordingly, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of each Registration Statement, in accordance with an undertaking made in each of the Registration Statements, and removes from registration any and all securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof.


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 No. 1 to Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Olympia, State of Washington, on May 5, 2014.
 
 
 
Heritage Financial Corporation as successor to
Washington Banking Company
   
  By: /s/Brian L. Vance                                                     
 
      Brian L. Vance
      President and Chief Executive Officer
 
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.