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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on _________ ___, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>WGNB CORP.</B>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Georgia<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-1640130<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>201 Maple Street<BR>
P.O. Box 280<BR>
Carrollton, Georgia 30117<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>WGNB Corp.<BR>
2003 Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan<BR>
(Full titles of the plans)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Steven J. Haack<BR>
WGNB Corp.<BR>
201 Maple Street<BR>
P.O. Box 280<BR>
Carrollton, Georgia 30117<BR>
(770)&nbsp;832-3557<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Karen K. Leach<BR>
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker, LLP<BR>
600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite&nbsp;2400<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30308<BR>
(404)&nbsp;815-2400</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $1.25 par value (3)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">788,072</TD>
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    <TD align="right">28.95</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">21,447,184</TD>
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    <TD>Represents 128,072 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding
options previously granted by WGNB Corp. under the 1994 Stock Incentive
Plan and 660,000 shares subject to outstanding options previously granted
or reserved for issuance under options and other awards to be granted by
WGNB Corp. under the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a),
this registration statement covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from
stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the above-referenced plans.</TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the aggregate offering price of shares of
Common Stock registered hereby is estimated, solely for purposes of
calculating the registration fee, on the basis of (a)&nbsp;a weighted per share
exercise price of $18.2822 for 128,072 options issued and outstanding
under the WGNB Corp. 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (b)&nbsp;a weighted per
share exercise price of $28.87 for 15,639 options subject to outstanding
awards under the WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and (c) $28.95 for
644,361 options available for grant under the WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan based on the average high and low prices of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock traded on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market System.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers shares of common stock,
par value $1.25 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of WGNB Corp., a Georgia
corporation (&#147;WGNB&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), which may be issued in connection with,
or in respect of, options to purchase shares of Common Stock outstanding
pursuant to the WGNB Corp. 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the &#147;1994 Plan&#148;)
and options and restricted stock awards outstanding or that may be granted
and/or awarded pursuant to the WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;2003
Plan&#148; and, with the 1994 Plan, the &#147;WGNB Plans&#148;).


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the prospectus is
omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B>&nbsp; <B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by WGNB with the Commission (File
No.&nbsp;000-30805) and are incorporated herein by reference:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by WGNB&#146;s annual report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of WGNB&#146;s Common Stock which is
contained in its registration statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed under
Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by WGNB pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
of such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B>&nbsp; <B>Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B>&nbsp; <B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B>&nbsp; <B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation contain a provision which, subject
to certain limited exceptions, limits the liability of a director to the
Company or its shareholders for any breach of duty as a director. There is no
limitation of liability for: a breach of duty involving appropriation of a
business opportunity of the Company; an act or omission which involves
intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law; any transaction from which
the director derives an improper personal benefit; or as to any payments of a
dividend or any other type of distribution that is illegal under Section
14-2-832 of the Georgia Code. In addition, if at any time the Georgia Code
shall have been amended to authorize further elimination or limitation of the
liability of a director, then the liability of the


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">director of the Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest
extent permitted by such provisions, as so amended, without further action by
the shareholders, unless the provisions of the Georgia Code require such
action. The provision does not limit the right of the Company or its
shareholders to seek injunctive or other equitable relief not involving
payments in the nature of monetary damages.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation contain certain provisions which
provide indemnification to directors and officers of the Company that is
broader than the protection expressly mandated in Section&nbsp;14-2-852 and 14-2-857
of the Georgia Code. To the extent that a director or officer of the Company
has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action
or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person was a director or
officer of the Company, Sections&nbsp;14-2-852 and 14-2-857 of the Georgia Code
would require the Company to indemnify such persons against expenses (including
attorney&#146;s fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. The
Georgia Code expressly allows the Company to provide for greater
indemnification rights to its officers and directors subject to shareholder
approval.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board of Directors also has the authority to extend to officers,
employees and agents the same indemnification rights held by directors, subject
to all of the accompanying conditions and obligations.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B>&nbsp; <B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B>&nbsp; <B>Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate representing shares of Common Stock
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10-SB filed June&nbsp;14, 2000 (the &#147;Form
SB&#148;)).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of February&nbsp;12, 1997 between the
Company and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Form&nbsp;10-SB).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Form&nbsp;10-SB).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement
filed March&nbsp;24, 2003).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Porter Keadle Moore, LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B>&nbsp; <B>Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Carrollton, State of Georgia, on the 14th day of
June, 2004.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>WGNB CORP.</B>

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    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
/s/ L. Leighton Alston<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
L. Leighton Alston<BR>
<I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned directors and officers of WGNB Corp., do hereby make,
constitute and appoint L. Leighton Alston and Steven J. Haack, and each of them
acting individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to do any
and all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities as directors
and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 date indicated.

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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ L. Leighton Alston<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
L. Leighton Alston, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
&#091;Principal Executive Officer&#093;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Steven J. Haack<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Steven J. Haack, Secretary and Treasurer
&#091;Principal Financial and Accounting Officer&#093;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ W. T. Green<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
W. T. Green, Chairman of the Board</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Wanda W. Calhoun<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Wanda W. Calhoun, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Grady W. Cole<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Grady W. Cole, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard A. Duncan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard A. Duncan, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ L. G. Joyner<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
L.G. (Jack) Joyner, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ R. David Perry<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
R. David Perry, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ L. Richard Plunkett<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
L. Richard Plunkett, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas E. Reeve, III<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Thomas E. Reeve, III, M.D., Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas T. Richards<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Thomas T. Richards, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Oscar W. Roberts, III<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Oscar W. Roberts, III, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Frank T. Thomasson, III<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Frank T. Thomasson, III, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ J. Thomas Vance<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
J. Thomas Vance, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/Charles M. Willis, Sr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Charles M. Willis, Sr., Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Date: June 8, 2004</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate representing shares of Common Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10-SB filed June&nbsp;14, 2000 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;SB&#148;)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of February&nbsp;12, 1997 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Form&nbsp;10-SB).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Form&nbsp;10-SB).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Definitive
Proxy Statement filed March&nbsp;24, 2003).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Porter Keadle Moore, LLP.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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WGNB CORP.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on _________ ___, 2004
Registration No. 333-_______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WGNB CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
58-1640130
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
201 Maple Street
P.O. Box 280
Carrollton, Georgia 30117
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
WGNB Corp.
2003 Stock Incentive Plan
1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Steven J. Haack
WGNB Corp.
201 Maple Street
P.O. Box 280
Carrollton, Georgia 30117
(770) 832-3557
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Karen K. Leach
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP
600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 815-2400
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of each class of
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
securities to be registered
registered
(1)
per share
(2)
offering price
(2)
registration fee
Common Stock, $1.25 par value (3)
788,072
$
28.95
$
21,447,184
$
2,717.36
(1)
Represents 128,072 shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding
options previously granted by WGNB Corp. under the 1994 Stock Incentive
Plan and 660,000 shares subject to outstanding options previously granted
or reserved for issuance under options and other awards to be granted by
WGNB Corp. under the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a),
this registration statement covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from
stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the above-referenced plans.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 457(h), the aggregate offering price of shares of
Common Stock registered hereby is estimated, solely for purposes of
calculating the registration fee, on the basis of (a) a weighted per share
exercise price of $18.2822 for 128,072 options issued and outstanding
under the WGNB Corp. 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (b) a weighted per
share exercise price of $28.87 for 15,639 options subject to outstanding
awards under the WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and (c) $28.95 for
644,361 options available for grant under the WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan based on the average high and low prices of the
Registrant's Common Stock traded on the Nasdaq Smallcap Market System.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers shares of common stock,
par value $1.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), of WGNB Corp., a Georgia
corporation ("WGNB" or the "Company"), which may be issued in connection with,
or in respect of, options to purchase shares of Common Stock outstanding
pursuant to the WGNB Corp. 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "1994 Plan")
and options and restricted stock awards outstanding or that may be granted
and/or awarded pursuant to the WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2003
Plan" and, with the 1994 Plan, the "WGNB Plans").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is
omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by WGNB with the Commission (File
No. 000-30805) and are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003;
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by WGNB's annual report referred to in (a) above; and
(c) The description of WGNB's Common Stock which is
contained in its registration statement on Form 10 filed under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by WGNB pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
of such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Articles of Incorporation contain a provision which, subject
to certain limited exceptions, limits the liability of a director to the
Company or its shareholders for any breach of duty as a director. There is no
limitation of liability for: a breach of duty involving appropriation of a
business opportunity of the Company; an act or omission which involves
intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law; any transaction from which
the director derives an improper personal benefit; or as to any payments of a
dividend or any other type of distribution that is illegal under Section
14-2-832 of the Georgia Code. In addition, if at any time the Georgia Code
shall have been amended to authorize further elimination or limitation of the
liability of a director, then the liability of the
director of the Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest
extent permitted by such provisions, as so amended, without further action by
the shareholders, unless the provisions of the Georgia Code require such
action. The provision does not limit the right of the Company or its
shareholders to seek injunctive or other equitable relief not involving
payments in the nature of monetary damages.
The Company's Articles of Incorporation contain certain provisions which
provide indemnification to directors and officers of the Company that is
broader than the protection expressly mandated in Section 14-2-852 and 14-2-857
of the Georgia Code. To the extent that a director or officer of the Company
has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action
or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person was a director or
officer of the Company, Sections 14-2-852 and 14-2-857 of the Georgia Code
would require the Company to indemnify such persons against expenses (including
attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. The
Georgia Code expressly allows the Company to provide for greater
indemnification rights to its officers and directors subject to shareholder
approval.
The Board of Directors also has the authority to extend to officers,
employees and agents the same indemnification rights held by directors, subject
to all of the accompanying conditions and obligations.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Number
Description
4.1
Specimen certificate representing shares of Common Stock
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed June 14, 2000 (the "Form
SB")).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated as of February 12, 1997 between the
Company and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the Form 10-SB).
4.3
1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-SB).
4.4
WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
filed March 24, 2003).
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of Porter Keadle Moore, LLP.
23.2
Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Carrollton, State of Georgia, on the 14th day of
June, 2004.
WGNB CORP.
By:
/s/ L. Leighton Alston
L. Leighton Alston
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of WGNB Corp., do hereby make,
constitute and appoint L. Leighton Alston and Steven J. Haack, and each of them
acting individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to do any
and all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities as directors
and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his
substitute or substitutes, 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 date indicated.
/s/ L. Leighton Alston
L. Leighton Alston, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
[Principal Executive Officer]
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Steven J. Haack
Steven J. Haack, Secretary and Treasurer
[Principal Financial and Accounting Officer]
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ W. T. Green
W. T. Green, Chairman of the Board
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Wanda W. Calhoun
Wanda W. Calhoun, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Grady W. Cole
Grady W. Cole, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Richard A. Duncan
Richard A. Duncan, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ L. G. Joyner
L.G. (Jack) Joyner, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ R. David Perry
R. David Perry, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ L. Richard Plunkett
L. Richard Plunkett, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Thomas E. Reeve, III
Thomas E. Reeve, III, M.D., Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Thomas T. Richards
Thomas T. Richards, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Oscar W. Roberts, III
Oscar W. Roberts, III, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ Frank T. Thomasson, III
Frank T. Thomasson, III, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/ J. Thomas Vance
J. Thomas Vance, Director
Date: June 8, 2004
/s/Charles M. Willis, Sr.
Charles M. Willis, Sr., Director
Date: June 8, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Number
Description
4.1
Specimen certificate representing shares of Common Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed June 14, 2000 (the "Form SB")).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated as of February 12, 1997 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Form 10-SB).
4.3
1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-SB).
4.4
WGNB Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company's Definitive
Proxy Statement filed March 24, 2003).
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of Porter Keadle Moore, LLP.
23.2
Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).