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) | December 8, 2004 |
First Security Group, Inc. |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |
Tennessee |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
000-549747 | 58-2461486 |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
817 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee | 37402 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(423) 266-2000 |
| (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
Not Applicable |
| (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
The board of directors of First Security Group has approved a 12 for 10 stock split in the form of a 20% stock dividend to be distributed on December 22, 2004 to shareholders of record on December 10, 2004. Cash in lieu of fractional shares will be paid at a rate of $10.00 per whole share on a pre-split basis ($8.33 on a post-split basis).
The information contained or referenced to in this report is furnished or referred to by First Security Group pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, unless First Security Group specifically incorporates it by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing or referring to this information, First Security Group makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD or that the information includes material investor information that was not previously publicly available.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| | FIRST SECURITY GROUP, INC. |
| | | |
| Dated: December 8, 2004 | | |
| | By: | /s/ William L. Lusk, Jr. |
| | Name: | William L. Lusk, Jr. |
| | Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
