As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2012

Registration No. 333-51148

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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BRITTON & KOONTZ CAPITAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Mississippi	64-0665423
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 Main Street

Natchez, Mississippi 39120

 (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

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BRITTON & KOONTZ CAPITAL CORPORATION’S ASSUMPTION OF THE

LOUISIANA BANCSHARES, INC. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

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W. Page Ogden	Copy to:
President and Chief Executive Officer	Mark W. Jeanfreau, Esq.
Britton & Koontz Capital Corporation	Phelps Dunbar LLP
500 Main Street	365 Canal Street, Suite 2000
Natchez, Mississippi 39120	New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
(601) 445-5576	(504) 566-1311
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer               o	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company x

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-51148) that Britton & Koontz Capital Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (the “Registrant”), filed on December 1, 2000 to register 47,124 shares of its common stock, par value $2.50 per share, for issuance in connection with its assumption of the Louisiana Bancshares, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Plan, which plan was assumed in connection with the merger of Louisiana Bancshares, Inc. with and into the Registrant (the “Assumed Incentive Plan”).  As of the date hereof, the Assumed Incentive Plan has terminated in accordance with its terms, and there are no stock options outstanding thereunder.  The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to deregister any and all shares of its common stock previously registered on the above-referenced registration statement that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment.

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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Natchez, State of Mississippi, on the 11th day of July, 2012.

BRITTON & KOONTZ CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:	/s/ W. Page Ogden
	W. Page Ogden, President and Chief
	Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on the 11th day of July, 2012.

Signature		Title
/s/ W. Page Ogden		President, Chief Executive
W. Page Ogden		Officer and Director
		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ William M. Salters		Chief Financial Officer
William M. Salters		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert R. Punches		Chairman and Director
Robert R. Punches
*		Director
W.W. Allen, Jr.
*		Director
Craig A. Bradford, DMD
/s/ George R. Kurz		Director
George R. Kurz
/s/ Vinod K. Thukral, Ph.D.		Director
Vinod K. Thukral, Ph.D.
*  By:	/s/ W. Page Ogden, Jr.
	W. Page Ogden, Jr.
	Attorney-in-Fact