form8-k_011706

 

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

 

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)     January 17, 2006    

 

 

 

    Greenville First Bancshares, Inc.    

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

    South Carolina    

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

 

      000-27719           

     58-2459561       

 

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

112 Haywood Road, Greenville, S.C.

29607

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

    (864) 679-9000    

 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

  Not Applicable  

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing

 

obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

 

  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14d-2(b))

   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

ITEM 5.02.   DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Keith Marrero, a director of Greenville First Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), resigned from his position as director by correspondence to the Company dated January 17, 2006.  The resignation was effective upon its receipt by the Company's Board of Directors on January 17, 2006.  No successor to Mr. Marrero has been elected at this time, although the Company anticipates filling the vacancy on the board of directors caused by Mr. Marrero's resignation in the future.





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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

GREENVILLE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.

 


 


By:     /s/ James M. Austin, III                                 
Name:    James M. Austin, III
Title:      Chief Financial Officer



Dated: January 17, 2006





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