UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): December 14, 2005
CARDINAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | | 0-24557 | | 54-1874630 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
8270 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500 | | |
McLean, Virginia | | 22102 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 584-3400
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
(c) Cardinal Financial Corporation appointed Kim C. Liddell as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective December 14, 2005. Mr. Liddell, who is 45, joined the Company in March 2004 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. He will continue to be responsible for the Retail Branch Network, Retail Lending, Call Center, Training, Deposit Operations, Facilities, Human Resources, Information Technology, Compliance and Marketing functions of the Company.
From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Liddell was employed by two community banks, SeqouiaBank in Bethesda, Maryland and Planters Bank in Staunton, Virginia, where he was Senior Vice President responsible for the Retail Banking, Marketing, Small Business Lending, and Mortgage Banking divisions. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Liddell was the retail sales manager for 87 branches of First Virginia Bank in Northern Virginia and, from 1984 to 1999, he worked his way up in that bank’s Retail Banking Division from management trainee to regional sales manager for 23 branches in Northern Virginia.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CARDINAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
| | (Registrant) |
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Date: December 19, 2005 | By: | /s/ Bernard H. Clineburg |
| | Bernard H. Clineburg |
| | Chairman, President and |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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