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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;29, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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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: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Virginia</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>82-0545425</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Reston, VA</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION 2009 STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael W. Clarke<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Access National Corporation<BR>
1800 Robert Fulton Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Reston, VA 20191<BR>
(703)&nbsp;871-2100</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Susan Stoops Ancarrow, Esq.<BR>
Troutman Sanders LLP<BR>
1001 Haxall Point<BR>
Richmond, VA 23219<BR>
Telephone: (804)&nbsp;697-1861<BR>
Facsimile: (804)&nbsp;698-6015</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price per</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">1</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD NOWRAP colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">975,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,171,750</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">345</TD>
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    <TD>Common Stock, $0.835 par value per share, offered by Access National Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;) pursuant to the Access National Corporation 2009 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers 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.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
offering price and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee and were determined based on the average of the high and low
sales prices of Access National Corporation Common Stock on July&nbsp;27, 2009 as reported on the NASDAQ
Global Market.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">Part I &#151; Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. <U>Plan Information</U>.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. <U>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</U>.*</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w75019exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
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    <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
428.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following
documents:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;31,
2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March&nbsp;31, 2009, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;15, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January
6, 2009, January&nbsp;29, 2009, February&nbsp;3, 2009, February&nbsp;5, 2009, February&nbsp;17, 2009, April
22, 2009, May&nbsp;26, 2009, and July&nbsp;6, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s capital stock contained in Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;19, 2006,
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;All documents filed by the Company 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;Exchange Act&#148;) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which either
indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregister 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 in this
registration statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein, 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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. The Virginia Stock Corporation Act limits the liability of a
director or officer in derivative or shareholder proceedings to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;the amount
specified in the corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or a shareholder-approved bylaw; or (ii)
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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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
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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, a Virginia corporation may not indemnify a director
or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a
judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either
case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon
the corporation&#146;s receipt of:
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    <TD>a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has
met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the company; and</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a written undertaking by the director or on the director&#146;s behalf to repay the amount
paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director did
not meet the standard of conduct.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Article&nbsp;III of the Plan mandates indemnification of the members of the committee
administering the Plan against reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees actually and
reasonably incurred, in connection with any proceeding arising out of their administration of the
Plan, and against all amounts reasonably paid in settlement thereof or paid in satisfaction of a
judgment in any such proceeding, if such committee members acted in good faith and in a manner
which they believed to be in, and not opposed to, the best interests of the Company. These
indemnification rights are in addition to any indemnification rights the members of the committee
may otherwise have as directors of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company also carries insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, employees or agents
which may cover liabilities under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons
controlling the Company for liability arising under the Securities Act, the Company has been
informed that in the opinion of the Commission, this indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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<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">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Exhibit&nbsp;Index appears at page 7 hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</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;&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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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 the 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 the volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><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 reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Reston, Commonwealth of Virginia, on July&nbsp;29, 2009.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Access National Corporation</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Charles Wimer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles Wimer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWERS OF ATTORNEY<BR>
AND<BR>
SIGNATURES
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 and Charles Wimer with full power of substitution, as
his attorneys-in-fact and agents 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,
including any amendment to this registration statement for the purpose of registering additional
shares in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, and other documents (including any
necessary amendments thereof) which such attorneys-in-fact may deem appropriate or necessary and to
cause the same to be filed with the Commission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="BOTTOM"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. Randolph Babbitt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael W. Clarke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael W. Clarke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, President, Chief<BR>
Executive Officer &#038; Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2009</TD>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John W. Edgemond</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John W. Edgemond</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James L. Jadlos</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas M. Kody</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas M. Kody</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert C. Shoemaker</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert C. Shoemaker</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles Wimer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles Wimer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President &#038;
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;29, 2009</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Access National Corporation 2009 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;15, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Troutman Sanders LLP with respect to the validity of the Common
Stock, filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2009
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
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
82-0545425
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300
Reston, VA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
20191
(Zip Code)
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION 2009 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Michael W. Clarke
President and Chief Executive Officer
Access National Corporation
1800 Robert Fulton Drive
Suite 300
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 871-2100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
þ
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
Susan Stoops Ancarrow, Esq.
Troutman Sanders LLP
1001 Haxall Point
Richmond, VA 23219
Telephone: (804) 697-1861
Facsimile: (804) 698-6015
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
2
share
price
registration fee
Common Stock
1
975,000 shares
$
6.33
3
$
6,171,750
3
$
345
1
Common Stock, $0.835 par value per share, offered by Access National Corporation (the
"Company") pursuant to the Access National Corporation 2009 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
2
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this registration statement also covers 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(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum
offering price and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee and were determined based on the average of the high and low
sales prices of Access National Corporation Common Stock on July 27, 2009 as reported on the NASDAQ
Global Market.
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Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Item 1.
Plan Information
.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.*
Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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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
.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following
documents:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 31,
2009;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2009;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January
6, 2009, January 29, 2009, February 3, 2009, February 5, 2009, February 17, 2009, April
22, 2009, May 26, 2009, and July 6, 2009; and
(d)
The description of the Company's capital stock contained in Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on July 19, 2006,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company 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 "Exchange Act") and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which either
indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregister 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 in this
registration statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein, 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.
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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. The Virginia Stock Corporation Act limits the liability of a
director or officer in derivative or shareholder proceedings 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
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.
Under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, a Virginia corporation may not indemnify a director
or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a
judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either
case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon
the corporation's receipt of:
•
a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has
met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the company; and
•
a written undertaking by the director or on the director's behalf to repay the amount
paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director did
not meet the standard of conduct.
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In addition, Article III of the Plan mandates indemnification of the members of the committee
administering the Plan against reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and
reasonably incurred, in connection with any proceeding arising out of their administration of the
Plan, and against all amounts reasonably paid in settlement thereof or paid in satisfaction of a
judgment in any such proceeding, if such committee members acted in good faith and in a manner
which they believed to be in, and not opposed to, the best interests of the Company. These
indemnification rights are in addition to any indemnification rights the members of the committee
may otherwise have as directors of the Company.
The Company also carries insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, employees or agents
which may cover liabilities under the Securities Act.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons
controlling the Company for liability arising under the Securities Act, the Company has been
informed that in the opinion of the Commission, this indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities 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) 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;
(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 the 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 the volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price
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set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective 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) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange 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.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Reston, Commonwealth of Virginia, on July 29, 2009.
Access National Corporation
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Charles Wimer
Charles Wimer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial 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 and Charles Wimer with full power of substitution, as
his attorneys-in-fact and agents 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,
including any amendment to this registration statement for the purpose of registering additional
shares in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, and other documents (including any
necessary amendments thereof) which such attorneys-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, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Director
J. Randolph Babbitt
/s/ Michael W. Clarke
Michael W. Clarke
Chairman, President, Chief
Executive Officer & Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 29, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John W. Edgemond
John W. Edgemond
Director
July 29, 2009
James L. Jadlos
Director
/s/ Thomas M. Kody
Thomas M. Kody
Director
July 23, 2009
/s/ Robert C. Shoemaker
Robert C. Shoemaker
Director
July 29, 2009
/s/ Charles Wimer
Charles Wimer
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
July 29, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Access National Corporation 2009 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed on April 15, 2009).
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP with respect to the validity of the Common
Stock, filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, filed herewith.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration
statement).
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