Greer Bancshares (GRBS) 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

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): November 11, 2011

Greer Bancshares Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

South Carolina

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

000-33021	57-1126200
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1111 W. Poinsett Street, Greer, South Carolina	29650
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(864) 877-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Dennis Hennett, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Greer Bancshares Incorporated, the parent company of Greer State Bank, was interviewed and quoted in a news article in the Greenville Journal (the “Article”). The Article was published on November 11, 2011. The Article may include some forward looking statements. A copy of the Article is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-looking and cautionary statements

This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements relate to among other things, future economic performance plans and objectives of management for future operations, and projections of revenues and other financial items that are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. The words “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “may,” and “intend,” as well as other similar words and expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The Company’s operating performance is subject to various risks and uncertainties including without limitation:

• significant increases in competitive pressure in the banking and financial services industries;

• reduced earnings due to higher credit losses owing to economic factors, including declining home values, increasing interest rates increasing unemployment, or changes in payment behavior or other causes;

• the concentration of our portfolio in real estate based loans and the weakness in the commercial real estate market;

• increased funding costs due to market illiquidity, increased competition for funding or other regulatory requirements;

• market risk and inflation;

• level composition and re-pricing characteristics of our securities portfolios;

• availability of wholesale funding;

• adequacy of capital and future capital needs;

• our reliance on secondary sources of liquidity such as FHLB advances, federal funds lines of credit from correspondent banks and brokered time deposits, to meet our liquidity needs;

• changes in the interest rate environment which could reduce anticipated or actual margins;

• operating restrictions imposed by our Consent Order, such as limitations on the use of brokered deposits;

• our inability to meet the requirements set forth in our Consent Order within prescribed time frames;

• changes in political conditions or the legislative or regulatory environment, including recently enacted and proposed legislation;

• adequacy of the level of our allowance for loan losses;

• the rate of delinquencies and amounts of charge-offs;

• the rates of loan growth;

• adverse changes in asset quality and resulting credit risk-related losses and expenses;

• general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally and especially in our primary service area, becoming less favorable than expected resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality;

• changes occurring in business conditions and inflation;

• changes in technology;

• changes in monetary and tax policies;

• loss of consumer confidence and economic disruptions resulting from terrorist activities;

• changes in the securities markets;

• ability to generate future taxable income to realize deferred tax assets;

• ability to have sufficient liquidity at the parent holding company level to pay preferred stock dividends and interest expense on junior subordinated debt; and

• other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For a description of factors which may cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and other reports from time to time filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements as these statements speak only as of the date when made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this report.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished as part of this report:

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Dick Hughes,The bank saver, GREENVILLE JOURNAL, dated November 11, 2011

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.

GREER BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
By:	/s/ R. Dennis Hennett
Name:	R. Dennis Hennett
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: November 14, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Dick Hughes,The bank saver, GREENVILLE JOURNAL, dated November 11, 2011