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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><b>Registration No. 333-_______ </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>UNITED STATES </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>MainStreet Bancshares, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Virginia</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>81-2871064</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>10089 Fairfax Boulevard</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Fairfax, VA</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 64pt;text-indent:14pt;"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;22030</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>MainStreet Bancshares, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>2019 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended)</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Jeff W. Dick</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Chairman, President and CEO</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>MainStreet Bancshares, Inc.</b><br>
<b>10089 Fairfax Boulevard</b></p>

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(Name and address of agent for service)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(703) 481-4567</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>Copy to:</i></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Edward B. Crosland, Jr.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Jones Walker LLP </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>499 South Capitol Steet, SW, Suite 600</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(202) 203-8100</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#8999;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#8999;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#8999;</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9746;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed by MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) to register an additional 500,000 shares of its common stock, $4.00 par value per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), issuable to eligible participants under the MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant&#8217;s registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on August 7, 2019 (Registration No. 333-<u>233077</u>) which is hereby incorporated by reference, except to the extent modified by this Registration Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>PART II</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 8. Exhibits.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent:-36pt;">5.1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="ex_677699.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Jones Walker LLP.</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent:-36pt;">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ex_677700.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Yount, Hyde &amp; Barbour, P.C.</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent:-36pt;">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ex_677699.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Jones Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent:-36pt;">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement).</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent:-36pt;">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001693577/000143774924017296/main20240513_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 16, 2024).</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;text-indent:-36pt;">107&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ex_677702.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Calculation of Filing Fee Table.</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the town of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia, on May 22, 2024.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 225pt; text-indent: 59pt; text-align: center;"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MAINSTREET BANCSHARES, INC.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 10pt; text-indent: -9pt;">/s/ Jeff W. Dick</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeff W. Dick, Thomas J. Chmelik and Richard A. Vari, or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">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.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><u>Signature</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><u>Title</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><u>Date</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Jeff W. Dick</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:36.5%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Jeff W. Dick</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>(Principal Executive Officer)</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Thomas J. Chmelik</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Thomas J. Chmelik</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>(Principal Financial Officer)</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Richard A. Vari</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Richard A. Vari</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>(Principal Accounting Officer)</i></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Elizabeth S. Bennett</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Rafael DeLeon</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Rafael DeLeon</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Russell Echlov</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Russell Echlov</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Darrell Green</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Darrell Green</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Paul Thomas Haddock</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Paul Thomas Haddock</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Patsy I. Rust</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">May 22, 2024</p>
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main20240521_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22
, 2024
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MainStreet Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
81-2871064
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10089 Fairfax Boulevard
Fairfax, VA
22030
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
MainStreet Bancshares, Inc.
2019 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended)
(Full title of the plan)
Jeff W. Dick
Chairman, President and CEO
MainStreet Bancshares, Inc.
10089 Fairfax Boulevard
Fairfax, VA 22030
(Name and address of agent for service)
(703) 481-4567
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Edward B. Crosland, Jr.
Jones Walker LLP
499 South Capitol Steet, SW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 203-8100
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
⌧
Smaller reporting company
⌧
Emerging growth company
⌧
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed by MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. (the "Registrant") to register an additional 500,000 shares of its common stock, $4.00 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable to eligible participants under the MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 7, 2019 (Registration No. 333-
233077
) which is hereby incorporated by reference, except to the extent modified by this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Jones Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.
23.2
Consent of Jones Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1         Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement).
99.1
MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 16, 2024).
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the town of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia, on May 22, 2024.
MAINSTREET BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/ Jeff W. Dick
Jeff W. Dick
Chairman, President and CEO
(Duly Authorized Representative)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeff W. Dick, Thomas J. Chmelik and Richard A. Vari, or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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
/s/ Jeff W. Dick
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
May 22, 2024
Jeff W. Dick
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Thomas J. Chmelik
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
May 22, 2024
Thomas J. Chmelik
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Richard A. Vari
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
May 22, 2024
Richard A. Vari
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Elizabeth S. Bennett
Director
May 22, 2024
Elizabeth S. Bennett
/s/ Charles C. Brockett
Director
May 22, 2024
Charles C. Brockett
/s/ Rafael DeLeon
Director
May 22, 2024
Rafael DeLeon
/s/ Russell Echlov
Director
May 22, 2024
Russell Echlov
/s/ Darrell Green
Director
May 22, 2024
Darrell Green
/s/ Paul Thomas Haddock
Director
May 22, 2024
Paul Thomas Haddock
/s/ Patsy I. Rust
Director
May 22, 2024
Patsy I. Rust
/s/ Terry M. Saeger
Director
May 22, 2024
Terry M. Saeger