WEBK Wellesley Bancorp Inc

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2020                Registration No. 333-179338

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO THE

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

WELLESLEY BANCORP, INC.

(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

100 Worcester Street, Suite 300

Wellesley, Massachusetts

(781) 235-2550    

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

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

Wellesley Bank

Employee 401(k) Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

(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, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.    

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2012 by Wellesley Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Wellesley”):

Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-179338, registering 91,481 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and an indeterminate amount of participation interests, for issuance under the Wellesley Bank Employee 401(k) Plan.

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 5, 2019, by and among Cambridge Bancorp (“Cambridge”), Wellesley, Cambridge Trust Company and Wellesley Bank, Wellesley merged with and into Cambridge (the “Merger”), with Cambridge as the surviving corporation and successor-by-merger to the plan sponsor of the Wellesley Bank Employee 401(k) Plan. The Merger became effective on June 1, 2020.

In connection with the Merger, Wellesley is terminating all offers and sales of its securities registered pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statement. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities that remain unsold or unissued at the termination of the offering, Wellesley hereby amends the Registration Statement by deregistering all shares that remain unsold or unissued under such Registration Statement.