SEC Form POS AM filed by County Bancorp, Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2021

Registration No. 333-238114

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (NO. 333-238114)

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

COUNTY BANCORP, INC.

(NICOLET BANKSHARES, INC., as successor by merger to
COUNTY BANCORP, INC.)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

c/o Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.

111 North Washington Street

Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301

(920) 430-1400

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

Michael E. Daniels
President and Chief Executive Officer
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.
111 North Washington Street
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301
(920) 430-1400

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Robert D. Klingler, Esq.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street, NW

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3488

(404) 572-6600

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (“Nicolet”), as successor by merger to County Bancorp, Inc. (the “Registrant”), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), which was previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), to deregister any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued as of the date hereof thereunder:

On December 3, 2021, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 22, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Nicolet, the Registrant merged with and into Nicolet, with Nicolet surviving the merger (the “Merger”). 

In connection with the completion of the Merger, the offerings pursuant to the Registration Statement have terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 removes from registration any and all securities of the Registrant that were registered but unsold under the Registration Statement 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-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 Green Bay, State of Wisconsin on December 6, 2021.

Note: Pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement.