<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000726854-15-000051.txt : 20151217
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20151217153130
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000726854-15-000051
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151217

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CITY HOLDING CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000726854
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				550619957
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3/A
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-208372
		FILM NUMBER:		151293455

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 GATEWATER ROAD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 7520
		CITY:			CHARLESTON
		STATE:			WV
		ZIP:			25313
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3047691100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 GATEWATER ROAD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 7520
		CITY:			CHARLESTON
		STATE:			WV
		ZIP:			25313
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<a name="sce16bd8ce28441769ee5774726d2ca9f"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No.&#160;333-208372</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">to</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">CITY HOLDING COMPANY</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div 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This Amendment is being filed solely to amend Exhibit 5.1 of the Registration Statement, which is the opinion and consent of Dinsmore &amp; Shohl, LLP, legal counsel to City Holding Company.  The opinion is being amended to include a statement that the warrants, if issued, will be binding obligations of the Registrant.  Accordingly, this Amendment consists solely of the facing page, this Explanatory Note, the signature pages to the Registration Statement, the Exhibit Index to the Registration Statement, and Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.  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<a name="sc75c60e8e09e4e1dbfbb97dc4ea95060"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">EXHIBIT 5.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 17, 2015</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">City Holding Company</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">25 Gatewater Road</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Charleston, West Virginia 25313</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We have acted as counsel to City Holding Company, a West Virginia corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) being filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), including the related prospectus filed with the Registration Statement (the &#8220;Prospectus&#8221;) and one or more supplements to the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (each, a &#8220;Prospectus Supplement&#8221;), covering the registration of an unspecified amount of common stock, preferred stock, warrants and units of the Company (the &#8220;Securities&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In rendering this opinion letter, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement, the exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference and such other records, documents and statutes as we have deemed necessary for purposes of the opinions expressed below. We have also examined and relied without investigation as to matters of fact upon such certificates, statements and results of inquiries of officers and representatives of the Company and originals, or copies of originals certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other documents, certificates and other instruments as we have considered relevant and necessary to enable us to render the opinions expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all documents examined by us, the legal competence and capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies for examination.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Based on the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Securities covered by the Registration Statement will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the warrants will be binding obligations of the Registrant under the law of the jurisdiction governing the warrants, provided that: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended (including any necessary pre-effective and post-effective amendments), shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) a Prospectus Supplement with respect to each sale of such Securities shall have been filed with the SEC in compliance with the Securities Act and the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder; and (iii) the issuance and sale of the Securities does not violate any applicable law, and is in conformity with the Company&#8217;s amended articles of incorporation and bylaws.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The opinions expressed herein are limited solely to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of West Virginia. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state law, rule, or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof, or the application of securities or &#8220;blue sky&#8221; laws of any jurisdiction (except federal securities laws). The opinions expressed herein are being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of the SEC&#8217;s Regulation S-K, and we express no opinion as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Securities.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This opinion letter is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you after the date hereof of facts or circumstances that come to our attention or changes in law that occur that could affect the opinions contained herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We hereby consent to your filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption &#8220;Legal Matters&#8221; in the Prospectus comprising a part of the Registration Statement. 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