As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2024
Registration No. 333-267930
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (Registration No. 333-267930)
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CAMBRIDGE BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts | 04-2777442 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
1336 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 876-5500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants’ principal executive offices)
Kathleen C. Henry, Esq.
c/o Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
125 High Street, Suite 901
Boston, Massachusetts
(617) 897-1100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael K. Krebs, Esq.
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 439-2000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as registrant determines based on market conditions and other factors.
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on October 18, 2022 (File No. 333-267930) (the “Registration Statement”) and is being filed for the sole purpose of removing from registration any unsold shares of the Registrant’s common stock that remain unsold under the Registration Statement.
On July 12, 2024, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 19, 2023, by and among the Registrant, Cambridge Trust Company, Eastern Bankshares, Inc., Eastern Bank and Citadel MS 2023, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), the Registrant merged with and into Merger Sub, with the Registrant as the surviving entity (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
In accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all of such securities registered with respect to the Registration Statement, which remain unsold and unissued under the Registration Statement in connection therewith as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (as successor to 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 15th day of July 2024. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
EASTERN BANKSHARES, INC. (as successor to Cambridge Bancorp) | ||
By: | /s/ James B. Fitzgerald | |
Name: James B. Fitzgerald | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |