# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001174850
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-065628
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 8552
**Document Hash:** bd3cbef8c56f3644a502c7b780a67a6c
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-065628.hdr.sgml**: 20260522

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-065628

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8 POS

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260522

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260522

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260522

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NICOLET BANKSHARES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001174850
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** WI
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8 POS
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-188853
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261012688

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 111 N WASHINGTON ST
- **CITY:** GREEN BAY
- **STATE:** WI
- **ZIP:** 54301
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 920 430 1400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 111 N WASHINGTON ST
- **CITY:** GREEN BAY
- **STATE:** WI
- **ZIP:** 54301

**As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2026** 

**Registration No. 333-225180**

**Registration No. 333-208192**

**Registration No. 333-188858**

**Registration No. 333-188857**

**Registration No. 333-188853**

**Registration No. 333-97791**

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT to:** 

**Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-225180**

**Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-208192**

**Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-188858**

**Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-188857**

**Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-188853**

**Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-97791**

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Wisconsin** | **47-0871001** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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**111 North Washington Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301**

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

**Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan**

**Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan**

**Nicolet National Bank 401(k) Plan**

**Nicolet National Bank 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors** 

**Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan**

**Nicolet National Bank 2000 Stock Incentive Plan**

(Full Title of Plan)

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

(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.

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| Large accelerated filer | ⌧ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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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.

**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

**DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES**

These Post-Effective Amendments relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the "Registration Statements") of Nicolet Bankshares, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Registrant") with respect to the plans indicated below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [File No. 333-97791](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000101540202002549/doc1.txt) , filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 7, 2002, registering
410,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock") to be offered or sold pursuant
to the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan and the Nicolet National Bank 2000 Stock Incentive Plan;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [File No. 333-188853](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000118811213001692/t76640_s8.htm) , filed with the Commission on May 24, 2013, registering 1,110,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold pursuant
to the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [File No. 333-188857](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000118811213001694/t76642_s8.htm) , filed with the Commission on May 24, 2013, registering 80,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold pursuant to
the Nicolet National Bank 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [File No. 333-188858](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000118811213001695/t76643_s8.htm) , filed with the Commission on May 24, 2013, registering 150,000 shares of Common Stock and an indeterminable amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Nicolet National Bank 401(k) Plan;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [File No. 333-208192](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000157104916014635/t1600273_s8pos.htm) , filed with the Commission on May 2, 2016, registering 104,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold pursuant to
the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [File No. 333-225180](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000114420418030799/tv494960_s8.htm) , filed with the Commission on May 24, 2018, registering 150,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold pursuant
to the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

With regard to the Nicolet National Bank 401(k) Plan (File No. 333-188858), the Registrant ceased offering its Common Stock as an investment option for new contributions into the plan.

With regard to the Nicolet National Bank 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (File No. 333-97791), the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (File No. 333-97791 and File No. 333-188853), the Nicolet National Bank 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (File No. 333-188857), and the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (File No. 333-208192), no shares remain available for future issuance, or remain subject to outstanding awards previously granted under these plans.

With regard to the Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (File No. 333-225180), and the Nicolet National Bank 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (File No. 333-188857) the Registrant ceased issuing its Common Stock to satisfy its obligations under such plans.

Accordingly, the Registrant hereby terminates any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statements and deregisters any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any, in accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, including any plan interests.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin, on May 22, 2026. No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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| **Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.** | **Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.** |
| By: | /s/ H. Phillip Moore, Jr. |
|  | H. Phillip Moore, Jr.<br> Chief Financial Officer |

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