As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2003 Registration No. 33-54003 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _______________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 to FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _______________ PEOPLES BANCORP INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio 31-0987416 --------------------------------- ----------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 138 Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750 (740) 373-3155 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) Charles R. Hunsaker, Esq., General Counsel Peoples Bancorp Inc. 138 Putnam Street Marietta, Ohio 45750 (740) 374-6109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Elizabeth Turrell Farrar, Esq. Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP 52 East Gay Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 464-5607 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 becomes effective. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [X] If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] _________ If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] _________ If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] Pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-54003) (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 7, 1994, Peoples Bancorp Inc. (the "Registrant") registered 500,000 common shares, without par value, of the Registrant for issuance to participants in the Peoples Bancorp Inc. Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "DRIP"). Pursuant to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement is deemed to cover any additional common shares resulting from a stock split or stock dividend occurring after June 7, 1994 and prior to the completion of the distribution of the common shares covered by the Registration Statement, unless the Registration Statement expressly provides otherwise. The Registrant has determined that the Registration Statement shall cover only the 500,000 common shares originally registered and shall not cover any additional common shares resulting from any stock split or stock dividend occurring after June 7, 1994 and prior to the completion of the offering of common shares of the Registrant covered by the Registration Statement pursuant to the DRIP. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank; signatures on following page.] 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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Marietta, State of Ohio, on April 22, 2003. PEOPLES BANCORP INC. By:/s/ ROBERT E. EVANS ------------------------------------- Robert E. Evans President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ ROBERT E. EVANS President and Chief Executive April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Robert E. Evans Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ MARK F. BRADLEY Executive Vice President, Chief April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Mark F. Bradley Integration Officer and Director * George W. Broughton Director April 22, 2003 ---------------------- George W. Broughton * Wilford D. Dimit Director April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Wilford D. Dimit * Paul T. Theisen Director April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Paul T. Theisen * Thomas C. Vadakin Director April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Thomas C. Vadakin * Joseph H. Wesel Chairman of the Board and Director April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Joseph H. Wesel * John W. Conlon Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer April 22, 2003 ---------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) John W. Conlon /s/ GARY L. KRIECHBAUM Controller April 22, 2003 ---------------------- Gary L. Kriechbaum * By Robert E. Evans pursuant to Powers of Attorney executed by the directors and executive officers listed above, which Powers of Attorney have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ ROBERT E. EVANS -------------------------------------------------- Name: Robert E. Evans Title: President and Chief Executive Officer and Director