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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2005
</b></DIV>

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333-_____</b></div>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</B></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><u><B>Delaware</B></U>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><u>48-1175170</u></B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>610 Alamo Pintado Road<BR>
Solvang, California</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><u>93463</u><BR></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2005 EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Craig J. Cerny<BR>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Harrington West Financial Group, Inc.<BR>
610 Alamo Pintado Road<BR>
Solvang, CA 93463</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(805)&nbsp;688-6644</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><I>Copies of communications to:</I></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>John F. Stuart, Esq.<BR>
Reitner, Stuart &#038; Moore<BR>
1319 Marsh Street<BR>
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401<BR>
(805)&nbsp;545-8590</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,<br>
par value $0.01<br>
per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">536,385</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.19</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$9,220,458</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,085.25</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become
issuable under the plan to which this registration relates by reason of any anti-dilution
provisions, stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction or
action taken effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant
to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The computation with respect to unissued awards is based
upon the average high and low sale prices of the registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on August&nbsp;4, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Part I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under
the Securities Act and pursuant to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of From S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</B>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under
the Securities Act and pursuant to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of From S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Part II Information Required in the Registration Statement</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference.
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;24,
February&nbsp;3, February&nbsp;4, March&nbsp;8, April&nbsp;25, May&nbsp;3, May&nbsp;27, and July&nbsp;21, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>The registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the
registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission under
section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) on
August&nbsp;30, 2002, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally, all documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of 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 securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the registrant&#146;s Bylaws, the registrant has agreed to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, from and against any and all expenses and liabilities permitted by Delaware
law. The indemnification provided for in the Bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which
those indemnified may be entitled under the registrant&#146;s Certification of Incorporation, or by
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and applies to such party
both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office. Moreover, the indemnification provided continues as to a person who has ceased
to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide that the board of directors may authorize that registrant pay, in
advance, for expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action of proceeding for which
registrant must or could pay for indemnification, provided that any party seeking such
indemnification provides to registrant an undertaking that such person will repay any such amount
to registrant in the event that it is ultimately determined that such party is not entitled to
indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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<TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></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">2005 Equity Based Compensation Plan</TD>
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    <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 Reitner, Stuart &#038; Moore regarding legality of the securities
covered by the Registration Statement</TD>
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    <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 Reitner, Stuart &#038; Moore (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <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 Deloitte &#038; Touche, LLP</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">* Incorporated herein by reference from the registrant&#146;s proxy statement filed with the Commission
on Schedule&nbsp;14A on April&nbsp;13, 2005 for its 2005 annual meeting.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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<FONT style="font-family: WP TypographicSymbols">&#061;</FONT>s annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable), each filing of an employee benefit plan<FONT style="font-family: WP TypographicSymbols">&#061;</FONT>s annual report
pursuant to 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Registrant meets all of the requirements of
filing on Form S-8 and authorized this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, in the City of Solvang, State of California on July&nbsp;26, 2005.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/   Craig J. Cerny
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Craig J. Cerny&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July&nbsp;26, 2005.
</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Craig J. Cerny</TD>
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Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  William W. Phillips, Jr
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William W. Phillips, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, President, Chief<BR>
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer<BR></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stanley J. Kon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stanley J. Kon</TD>
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Director<BR></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John J. McConnell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John J. McConnell</TD>
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Director<BR></TD>
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Paul O. Halme</TD>
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Director<BR></TD>
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William D. Ross</TD>
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2005
Registration No.
333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
48-1175170
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
610 Alamo Pintado Road
Solvang, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
93463
(Zip Code)
2005 EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of plan)
Craig J. Cerny
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Harrington West Financial Group, Inc.
610 Alamo Pintado Road
Solvang, CA 93463
(Name and address of agent for service)
(805) 688-6644
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
John F. Stuart, Esq.
Reitner, Stuart & Moore
1319 Marsh Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
(805) 545-8590
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities
Amount
offering
aggregate
Amount of
to be
to be
price
offering
registration
registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
fee
Common Stock,
par value $0.01
per share
536,385
$17.19
$9,220,458
$1,085.25
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become
issuable under the plan to which this registration relates by reason of any anti-dilution
provisions, stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction or
action taken effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant
to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The computation with respect to unissued awards is based
upon the average high and low sale prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on August 4, 2005.
Part I            Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Item 1. Plan Information.
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act and pursuant to the Note to Part I of From S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act and pursuant to the Note to Part I of From S-8.
Part II Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference.
(a)
The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004;
(b)
The registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 24,
February 3, February 4, March 8, April 25, May 3, May 27, and July 21, 2005;
(c)
The registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2005; and
(d)
The description of the registrant's common stock contained in the
registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission under
section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") on
August 30, 2002, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
Additionally, all documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of 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 securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and be part thereof 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
.
Pursuant to the registrant's Bylaws, the registrant has agreed to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, from and against any and all expenses and liabilities permitted by Delaware
law. The indemnification provided for in the Bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which
those indemnified may be entitled under the registrant's Certification of Incorporation, or by
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and applies to such party
both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office. Moreover, the indemnification provided continues as to a person who has ceased
to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
The Bylaws also provide that the board of directors may authorize that registrant pay, in
advance, for expenses incurred in defending any civil or criminal action of proceeding for which
registrant must or could pay for indemnification, provided that any party seeking such
indemnification provides to registrant an undertaking that such person will repay any such amount
to registrant in the event that it is ultimately determined that such party is not entitled to
indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1*
2005 Equity Based Compensation Plan
5.1
Opinion of Reitner, Stuart & Moore regarding legality of the securities
covered by the Registration Statement
23.1
Consent of Reitner, Stuart & Moore (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP
* Incorporated herein by reference from the registrant's proxy statement filed with the Commission
on Schedule 14A on April 13, 2005 for its 2005 annual meeting.
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
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those 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
(and, where applicable), each filing of an employee benefit plan
=
s annual report
pursuant to 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
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Registrant meets all of the requirements of
filing on Form S-8 and authorized this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, in the City of Solvang, State of California on July 26, 2005.
HARRINGTON WEST FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/   Craig J. Cerny
Craig J. Cerny
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 26, 2005.
Signature
Capacity
/s/   Craig J. Cerny
Craig J. Cerny
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
/s/  William W. Phillips, Jr
William W. Phillips, Jr.
Director, President, Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Stanley J. Kon
Stanley J. Kon
Director
/s/ John J. McConnell
John J. McConnell
Director
/s/  Paul O. Halme
Paul O. Halme
Director
/s/  William D. Ross
William D. Ross
Director