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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;2, 2004



  <P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Access National Corporation</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Virginia</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>82-0545425</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite&nbsp;300</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Reston, Virginia</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20191</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Access National Corporation Profit Sharing Plan<BR>
(As Restated February&nbsp;4, 2004)</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Michael W. Clarke<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Access National Corporation<BR>
1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Reston, Virginia 20191<BR>
(703)&nbsp;871-2100</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Jacob A. Lutz, III, Esq.<BR>
Troutman Sanders LLP<BR>
1111 East Main Street<BR>
P.O. Box 1122<BR>
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1122<BR>
Telephone: (804)&nbsp;697-1490<BR>
Facsimile: (804)&nbsp;698-6014</B>



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        <TD colspan="15"><div align="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of each class of</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum aggregate</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray"><B>securities
          to be registered<SUP>1</SUP></B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray"><B>registered<SUP>2</SUP></B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray"><B>share<SUP>3</SUP></B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray"><B>offering
          price<SUP>3</SUP></B></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common
            Stock, $1.67 par value </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">250,000 shares </TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top">13.965</TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top">3,491,250.00</TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top">442.35</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><sup>1</sup> Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;1933 Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein
(the &#147;Plan&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><sup>2</sup> Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the 1933 Act, includes an indeterminate number
of additional shares that may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as
provided in the Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><sup>3</sup> Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the 1933 Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the
basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of Access National
Corporation Common Stock on August&nbsp;27, 2004 as reported on the Nasdaq National
Market System.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part I &#151; Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. <U>Plan Information</U>. </B>*



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. <U>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</U>. </B>*



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">*</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with
the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 and Rule&nbsp;428.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part II &#151; Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Access National Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby
incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following
documents:


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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 and June&nbsp;30, 2004, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on May&nbsp;17, 2004 (file
number 333-109125) and August&nbsp;16, 2004 (file number 000-49929);</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A, as filed
with the Commission on July&nbsp;19, 2004, July&nbsp;30, 2004, August&nbsp;5, 2004
and August&nbsp;19, 2004 (file number 000-49929);</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-KSB/A
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, as filed with the Commission
on March&nbsp;30, 2004 and April&nbsp;23, 2004 (file number 333-109125);</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="right">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, $1.67 par
value per share, contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-8, as filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27,
2004 (file number 333-114897), including all amendments and
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this
registration statement pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates
of filing.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a
subsequently filed document which is, or
is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement. Any


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained in any other subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.</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. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</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. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation limits the liability
of the Company&#146;s directors and officers to the Company and its shareholders to
the full extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act as now and
hereafter in effect. The Virginia Stock Corporation Act places a limit on the
liability of a director or officer in derivative or shareholder proceedings
equal to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;the amount specified in the corporation&#146;s articles
of incorporation or a shareholder-approved bylaw; or (ii)&nbsp;the greater of (a)
$100,000 or (b)&nbsp;twelve months of cash compensation received by the director or
officer. The Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provide that the Company&#146;s
directors and officers will not be monetarily liable to the Company or the
Company&#146;s shareholders, if such limitation is permissible under the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act. This limitation does not apply in the event the
director or officer has engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of
a criminal law or a federal or state securities law. The effect of the
Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, together with the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act, is to eliminate liability of directors and officers for
monetary damages in derivative or shareholder proceedings so long as the
required standard of conduct is met.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation also mandates
indemnification of the Company&#146;s directors and officers to the full extent
permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. The Virginia Stock
Corporation Act permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers
against liability incurred in all proceedings, including derivative
proceedings, arising out of their service to the corporation or to other
corporations or enterprises that the officer or director was serving at the
request of the corporation, except in the case of willful misconduct or a
knowing violation of a criminal law. The Company is required to indemnify its
directors and officers in all such proceedings if they have not violated this
standard.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may
be permitted the Company&#146;s directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">otherwise, the Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Exhibit&nbsp;Index appears at page 7 hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.</B>



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    <TD>Rule&nbsp;415 Offerings. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&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:15%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)
of the 1933 Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:15%; font-size: 10pt">(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:15%; font-size: 10pt">(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;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if 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&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934
Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
1933 Act, 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="margin-left:10%; font-size: 10pt">(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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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by
reference. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each
filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the 1934 Act) 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.</TD>
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    <TD width="9%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filing of registration statement on Form S-8. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act 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 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
1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">THE REGISTRANT



<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 City of Reston, State of Virginia, on August&nbsp;31, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%"><B>Access National Corporation</B><BR>
(Registrant)


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">By: <u>/s/ Michael W. Clarke</u><BR>
Michael W. Clarke<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael W. Clarke as his attorney-in-fact
and agent for him and in his name and on his behalf as a director and/or
officer of Access National Corporation to prepare, execute and file any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, or supplements to this
registration statement on Form S-8, and other documents (including any
necessary amendments thereof) which such attorney-in-fact may deem appropriate
or necessary and to cause the same to be filed with the Commission.


<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 indicated below on this 31st day of August, 2004.

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      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
            Michael W. Clarke </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">President and Chief
            Executive Officer</div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <HR align="center" size="1" noshade>
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">and Director</div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael
            W. Clarke</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">(Principal Executive
            Officer)</div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" 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 align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
            Charles Wimer </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Executive Vice President
            and Chief Financial </div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <HR align="center" size="1" noshade>
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center"> Officer (Principal
            Accounting Officer and </div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles
            Wimer</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Principal Financial
            Officer)</div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center"></div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
            J. Randolph Babbitt</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <HR align="center" size="1" noshade>
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Director</div></TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J.
            Randolph Babbitt</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD width="57%">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <div align="center">/s/ John W. Edgemond, IV</div>
          </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"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Director</div></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <div align="center">John W. Edgemond, IV</div>
          </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">&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">
            <div align="center">/s/ James L. Jadlos</div>
          </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"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Director</div></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <div align="center">James L. Jadlos</div>
          </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">&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">
            <div align="center">/s/ Thomas M. Kody</div>
          </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"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Director</div></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <div align="center">Thomas M. Kody</div>
          </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">&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">
            <div align="center">/s/ Jacques Rebibo </div>
          </DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Chairman of the Board</div></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">and Director</div></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
            <div align="center">Jacques Rebibo</div>
          </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">&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">
            <div align="center">/s/ Robert C. Shoemaker</div>
          </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"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><div align="center">Director</div></TD>
</TR>

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

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">THE PLAN




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
of the Plan have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Reston,
State of Virginia, on August&nbsp;31, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%"><B>Access National Corporation Profit Sharing Plan</B><BR>
(Plan)


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">By: <U>/s/ Michael W. Clarke</U><BR>
Michael W. Clarke, Trustee


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">&nbsp;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">By: <U>/s/ Dean Hackemer</U><BR>
Dean Hackemer, Trustee


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">6
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="78%">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD colspan="5" align="center" nowrap><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD colspan="5" align="center" nowrap style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray"><B><U>Number</U></B></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" >&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">4.1</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation of Access National
          Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;10-KSB/A,
          filed April&nbsp;23, 2004 (file number 333-109125).</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">4.2</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Access National Corporation, incorporated
          by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Form&nbsp;8-K12G3, filed July&nbsp;19,
          2002 (file number 000-49929).</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">5.1</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP with respect
          to the validity of the Common Stock under the Plan, filed herewith.</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">5.2</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Internal Revenue Service Representation
          Letter, filed herewith.</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">23.1</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP, contained
          in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto.</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">23.2</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Yount, Hyde &#038; Barbour, P.C.,
          filed herewith.</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left"></div></TD>
        <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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"> </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><div align="left">24</div></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney of directors and officers
          of Access National Corporation, included on pages 5 and 6 herein.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2004
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Access National Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
82-0545425
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300
Reston, Virginia
20191
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Access National Corporation Profit Sharing Plan
(As Restated February 4, 2004)
(Full title of the plan)
Michael W. Clarke
President and Chief Executive Officer
Access National Corporation
1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300
Reston, Virginia 20191
(703) 871-2100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
Jacob A. Lutz, III, Esq.
Troutman Sanders LLP
1111 East Main Street
P.O. Box 1122
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1122
Telephone: (804) 697-1490
Facsimile: (804) 698-6014
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed
Title of each class of
Amount to be
offering price per
maximum aggregate
Amount of
securities
          to be registered
1
registered
2
share
3
offering
          price
3
registration
          fee
Common
            Stock, $1.67 par value
250,000 shares
$
13.965
$
3,491,250.00
$
442.35
1
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein
(the "Plan").
2
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the 1933 Act, includes an indeterminate number
of additional shares that may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as
provided in the Plan.
3
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the 1933 Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the
basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of Access National
Corporation Common Stock on August 27, 2004 as reported on the Nasdaq National
Market System.
Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
*
*
The information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with
the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428.
Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Access National Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") hereby
incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following
documents:
(a)
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 17, 2004 (file
number 333-109125) and August 16, 2004 (file number 000-49929);
(b)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A, as filed
with the Commission on July 19, 2004, July 30, 2004, August 5, 2004
and August 19, 2004 (file number 000-49929);
(c)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-KSB/A
for the year ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the Commission
on March 30, 2004 and April 23, 2004 (file number 333-109125);
(d)
The description of the Company's common stock, $1.67 par
value per share, contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, as filed with the Commission on April 27,
2004 (file number 333-114897), including all amendments and
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this
registration statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates
of filing.
Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a
subsequently filed document which is, or
is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement. Any
1
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained in any other subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Article VI of the Company's Articles of Incorporation limits the liability
of the Company's directors and officers to the Company and its shareholders to
the full extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act as now and
hereafter in effect. The Virginia Stock Corporation Act places a limit on the
liability of a director or officer in derivative or shareholder proceedings
equal to the lesser of (i) the amount specified in the corporation's articles
of incorporation or a shareholder-approved bylaw; or (ii) the greater of (a)
$100,000 or (b) twelve months of cash compensation received by the director or
officer. The Company's Articles of Incorporation provide that the Company's
directors and officers will not be monetarily liable to the Company or the
Company's shareholders, if such limitation is permissible under the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act. This limitation does not apply in the event the
director or officer has engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of
a criminal law or a federal or state securities law. The effect of the
Company's Articles of Incorporation, together with the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act, is to eliminate liability of directors and officers for
monetary damages in derivative or shareholder proceedings so long as the
required standard of conduct is met.
Article VI of the Company's Articles of Incorporation also mandates
indemnification of the Company's directors and officers to the full extent
permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. The Virginia Stock
Corporation Act permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers
against liability incurred in all proceedings, including derivative
proceedings, arising out of their service to the corporation or to other
corporations or enterprises that the officer or director was serving at the
request of the corporation, except in the case of willful misconduct or a
knowing violation of a criminal law. The Company is required to indemnify its
directors and officers in all such proceedings if they have not violated this
standard.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may
be permitted the Company's directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or
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otherwise, the Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
An Exhibit Index appears at page 7 hereof.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
Rule 415 Offerings. 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 1933 Act;
(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(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) do not
apply if 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 1934
Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
1933 Act, 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)
Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by
reference. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the 1934 Act) 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)
Filing of registration statement on Form S-8. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act 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 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
1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT
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 City of Reston, State of Virginia, on August 31, 2004.
Access National Corporation
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Michael W. Clarke
Michael W. Clarke
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWERS OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael W. Clarke as his attorney-in-fact
and agent for him and in his name and on his behalf as a director and/or
officer of Access National Corporation to prepare, execute and file any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, or supplements to this
registration statement on Form S-8, and other documents (including any
necessary amendments thereof) which such attorney-in-fact may deem appropriate
or necessary and to cause the same to be filed with the Commission.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated below on this 31st day of August, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/
            Michael W. Clarke
President and Chief
            Executive Officer
and Director
Michael
            W. Clarke
(Principal Executive
            Officer)
/s/
            Charles Wimer
Executive Vice President
            and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
            Accounting Officer and
Charles
            Wimer
Principal Financial
            Officer)
/s/
            J. Randolph Babbitt
Director
J.
            Randolph Babbitt
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/s/ John W. Edgemond, IV
Director
John W. Edgemond, IV
/s/ James L. Jadlos
Director
James L. Jadlos
/s/ Thomas M. Kody
Director
Thomas M. Kody
/s/ Jacques Rebibo
Chairman of the Board
and Director
Jacques Rebibo
/s/ Robert C. Shoemaker
Director
Robert C. Shoemaker
THE PLAN
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
of the Plan have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Reston,
State of Virginia, on August 31, 2004.
Access National Corporation Profit Sharing Plan
(Plan)
By:
/s/ Michael W. Clarke
Michael W. Clarke, Trustee
By:
/s/ Dean Hackemer
Dean Hackemer, Trustee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of Access National
          Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-KSB/A,
          filed April 23, 2004 (file number 333-109125).
4.2
Bylaws of Access National Corporation, incorporated
          by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K12G3, filed July 19,
          2002 (file number 000-49929).
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP with respect
          to the validity of the Common Stock under the Plan, filed herewith.
5.2
Internal Revenue Service Representation
          Letter, filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP, contained
          in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
23.2
Consent of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.,
          filed herewith.
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Powers of Attorney of directors and officers
          of Access National Corporation, included on pages 5 and 6 herein.
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