As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2012.

Registration No. 333-69321

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-effective Amendment No. 2

to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

PINNACLE BANKSHARES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Virginia		54-1832714
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

622 Broad Street

Altavista, Virginia 24517

(434) 369-3000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Bryan M. Lemley Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Pinnacle Bankshares Corporation 622 Broad Street Altavista, Virginia 24517 (434) 369-3000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)		Copies of Communications to: Susan S. Ancarrow, Esquire Troutman Sanders Building Troutman Sanders LLP 1001 Haxall Point, P.O. Box 1122 Richmond, Virginia 23218 (804) 697-1861

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.  x

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, 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.

 

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

 

 

 

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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-69321) (the “Registration Statement”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 1998, as amended, is being filed by Pinnacle Bankshares Corporation (the “Company”) to deregister its Amended and Restated Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) and all of the shares of the Company’s common stock that remain unissued under the Plan as of the filing date of this Post-effective Amendment No. 2. The Company has terminated the Plan and no further shares will be offered under the Plan.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Altavista, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 20^th day of December, 2012.

 

Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.