As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2024

 

Registration No. 333-268635

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Orange County Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

26-1135778

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

212 Dolson Avenue
Middletown, New York 10940
(845) 341-5000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Michael J. Gilfeather
President and Chief Executive Officer
212 Dolson Avenue
Middletown, New York 10940
(845) 341-5000

 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies of all communications to:

 

Benjamin M. Azoff, Esq.

Luse Gorman, PC

5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 780

Washington, D.C. 20015

(202) 274-2000

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  Not Applicable.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.    ¨

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, 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, please 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(c) 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 registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    ¨

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer	¨		Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	x		Smaller reporting company	x
			Emerging growth company	x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, initially filed December 1, 2022 (Registration No. 333-268635) (the “Registration Statement”), deregisters any and all securities unsold under the Registration Statement.

 

The Registrant terminates the Registration Statement and deregisters any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, all securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.

 

 

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-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Middletown, State of New York, on July 12, 2024.

 

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	By:	/s/ Michael J. Gilfeather
		Michael J. Gilfeather
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Duly Authorized Representative)

 

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 in reliance upon Rule 478 of the Securities Act.