As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2005 Registration No. 333-__________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------------- THE BANC CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) DELAWARE 63-1201350 (State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) 17 NORTH TWENTIETH STREET BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF THE BANC CORPORATION COMMERCE BANK OF ALABAMA INCENTIVE STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN (Full Title of the Plans) C. STANLEY BAILEY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER THE BANC CORPORATION 17 NORTH TWENTIETH STREET BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) (205) 326-2265 (Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service) The Commission is requested to send copies of all notices and other communications to: F. HAMPTON MCFADDEN, JR., ESQ. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY THE BANC CORPORATION 17 NORTH TWENTIETH STREET BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203 TEL: (205) 326-2265 FAX: (205) 327-3479 ------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Offering Amount of to be Registered Registered Per Share Price (1) Registration Fee(1) ----------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------------- Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 1,000,000 shares $___N/A______ $10,650,000.00 $1,253.50 ============================= ================ ================ ================== =================== (1) In accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the maximum offering price per share is based on the average of the high and low sales price of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 10, 2005. EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an additional 1,000,000 shares of The Banc Corporation's Common Stock issuable pursuant to its Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (formerly the Second Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan). This Registration Statement includes a facing page, this page, the signature page, an Exhibit Index, an Exhibit 5 Legal Opinion (and a consent included therein), and accountants' consents. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of The Banc Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-72747) and Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-58170), including the exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. All previously registered shares may be issued pursuant to The Banc Corporation's Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan or the Commerce Bank of Alabama Stock Option Plan. Registration fees have been paid for all of these previously registered shares. II-1 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on March 17, 2005. THE BANC CORPORATION By /s/ C. STANLEY BAILEY ---------------------------- C. Stanley Bailey Chief Executive Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints C. Stanley Bailey and David R. Carter, and each or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any subsequent registration statements relating to the offering to which this Registration Statement relates, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ C. Stanley Bailey Chief Executive Officer ------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) March 17, 2005 C. Stanley Bailey /s/ David R. Carter Executive Vice President, ------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer and Director David R. Carter (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) March 17, 2005 /s/ James A. Taylor Chairman of the Board March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- James A. Taylor /s/ James Mailon Kent, Jr. Vice Chairman March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- James Mailon Kent, Jr. II-2 /s/ Larry D. Striplin, Jr. Vice Chairman March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Larry D. Striplin, Jr. /s/ K. Earl Durden Vice Chairman March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- K. Earl Durden /s/ James R. Andrews, M.D. Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- James R. Andrews, M.D. /s/ Roger Barker Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Roger Barker /s/ W. T. Campbell, Jr. Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- W. T. Campbell, Jr. /s/ Thomas E. Jernigan, Jr. Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Thomas E. Jernigan, Jr. /s/ Randall E. Jones Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Randall E. Jones /s/ Ronald W. Orso, M.D. Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Ronald W. Orso, M.D. /s/ Harold W. Ripps Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Harold W. Ripps /s/ Jerry M. Smith Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Jerry M. Smith /s/ Michael E. Stephens Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Michael E. Stephens /s/ Marie Swift Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- Marie Swift /s/ James A. Taylor, Jr. Director March 17, 2005 ------------------------------- James A. Taylor, Jr. II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit ------- ---------------------- (4)-1 The Banc Corporation Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed as Exhibit (3)-1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-58493), is hereby incorporated herein by reference. (4)-2 Third Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan of The Banc Corporation, filed as Exhibit (10)-1 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, is hereby incorporated herein by reference. (4)-3 Commerce Bank of Alabama Incentive Stock Compensation Plan, filed as Exhibit (4)-3 to the Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated February 22, 1999, (Registration No. 333-72747), is hereby incorporated herein by reference. (5) Opinion of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC as to the legality of The Banc Corporation Common Stock being registered. (23)-1 Consent of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC. (23)-2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (23)-3 Consent of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC (included in Exhibit 5). 24 Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). II-4