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File No. 333-114117

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2011

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C.  20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

52-2407114
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

195 Church Street, New Haven Connecticut 06510         (203) 787-1111
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

NewAlliance Bank 401(k) Savings Plan
(Full title of the plan)

The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801  (302) 658-7581
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer þ
Accelerated filer 
Non-accelerated filer 
Smaller reporting company 
 
 
 

 
 
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”), relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), File No. 333-114117, of NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and became effective on April 1, 2004. The Registration Statement registered 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) for issuance pursuant to the NewAlliance Bank 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”). This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of terminating the Registration Statement and deregistering any unissued shares previously registered under the Registration Statement and issuable under the Plan. The Company hereby removes from registration any and all unissued shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement.

Item 8.
Exhibits.
   
24
Power of Attorney incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 of Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on April 1, 2004.


 
 

 


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-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.
 
   
By:  /s/ Peyton R. Patterson
April 15, 2011
Peyton R. Patterson
 
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

Name
Title
Date
     
/s/ Peyton R. Patterson
   
Peyton R. Patterson
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Glenn I. MacInnes
   
Glenn I. MacInnes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Mark F. Doyle
   
Mark F. Doyle
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Roxanne J. Coady*
   
Roxanne J. Coady
Director
April 15, 2011
     
/s/Sheila B. Flanagan*
   
Sheila B. Flanagan
Director
April 15, 2010
     
/s/ Robert J. Lyons, Jr.*
   
Robert J. Lyons, Jr.
Director
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Eric A. Marziali*
   
Eric A. Marziali
Director
April 15, 2011
 
 
 

 
     
/s/ Julia M. McNamara*
   
Julia M. McNamara
Director
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Gerald B. Rosenberg*
   
Gerald B. Rosenberg
Director
April 15, 2011
     
/s/Joseph H. Rossi*
   
Joseph H. Rossi
Director
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Nathaniel D. Woodson*
   
Nathaniel D. Woodson
Director
April 15, 2011
     
/s/ Joseph A. Zaccagnino*
   
Joseph A. Zaccagnino
Director
April 15, 2011
_________________     
Douglas K. Anderson
Director
 
_________________     
Carlton L. Highsmith
Director
 


*By:  Peyton R. Patterson, Attorney-in-Fact

/s/ Peyton R. Patterson
Peyton R. Patterson