As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2012
Registration No. 333-174149
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HILLS BANCORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa | 42-1208067 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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131 Main Street
Hills, Iowa 52235
(319) 679-2291
(800) 445-5725
(Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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James G. Pratt, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
Hills Bancorporation
131 Main Street
Hills, Iowa 52235
(319) 679-2291
(800) 445-5725
(Name, address, including Zip Code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:
Martin D. Werner, Esq.
Thomas C. Blank, Esq.
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
1000 Jackson
Toledo, Ohio 43604
Phone: (419) 241-9000
Fax: (419) 241-6894
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 deregisters the securities that remain unsold hereunder as of the date hereof.
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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-174149) (the “Registration Statement’) of Hills Bancorporation.
In accordance with an undertaking made by Hills Bancorporation in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Hills Bancorporation hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold (63,530 shares of common stock) and terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
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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 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 Hills, State of Iowa, on June 29, 2012.
HILLS BANCORPORATION | ||
By: /s/ Dwight O. Seegmiller | ||
Dwight O. Seegmiller, President and | ||
Chief Executive Offier | ||
(Duly Authorized Representative) |
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