UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 29549
Form 8-K
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 11, 2002
Bank of Granite Corporation
| Delaware | 0-15956 | 56-1550545 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| P.O. Box 128, 23 North Main Street, Granite Falls, N.C. | 28630 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(828) 496-2000
Not Applicable
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Bank of Granite Corporation
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| Item 5 - Other Events | 3 | |||||||
| Item 7 - Exhibits | 3 | |||||||
| Signatures | 4 | |||||||
| Exhibit 99 (a) News Release dated July 11, 2002 | 5 | |||||||
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Item 5 — Other Events
(a) On July 11, 2002, the Registrant issued a news release to announce an additional $10 million common stock repurchase program.
As of June 30, 2002, the Company had 13,539,181 shares outstanding.
Disclosures About Forward Looking Statements
The discussions included in this document and its exhibits may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995, including Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. For the purposes of these discussions, any statements that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward looking statements. Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualifying words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “projects,” or other statements concerning opinions or judgments of the Company and its management about future events. The accuracy of such forward looking statements could be affected by such factors as, including but not limited to, the financial success or changing conditions or strategies of the Company’s customers or vendors, fluctuations in interest rates, actions of government regulators, the availability of capital and personnel or general economic conditions.
The news of this event was released on July 11, 2002, as evidenced by Exhibit 99(a) to this Form 8-K.
Item 7 — Exhibits
99 Additional Exhibits
| (a) News Release dated July 11, 2002 |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Bank of Granite Corporation | ||||||
| July 11, 2002 | By: | /s/ Kirby A. Tyndall | ||||
| Kirby A. Tyndall | ||||||
| Senior Vice President | ||||||
| and Chief Financial Officer |
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