Form 8-K_01192010

  

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 19, 2010           

 

                Southern 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.)

 

100 Verdae Boulevard, Suite 100, Greenville, SC

                                29606                   

(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 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On January 19, 2010, Southern First Bancshares, Inc., holding company for Southern First Bank, N.A., issued a press release announcing its financial results for the period ended December 31, 2009.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

      (c)       Exhibits

 

      Exhibit No.       Exhibit

 

      99.1                   Earnings Press Release for period ended December 31, 2009.

 

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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.

 

 

 

SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.




 

 


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


January 19, 2010





 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number             Description

 

99.1        Earnings Press Release for the period ended December 31, 2009.