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) January 12, 1998 CCB Financial Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) North Carolina 0-12358 56-1347849 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer of incorporation) Number) Identification No.) 111 Corcoran Street, Post Office Box 931, Durham, NC 27702 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (919) 683-7777 N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Item 5. Other Events. The Registrant and its lead bank subsidiary, Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company ("CCB"), have entered into employment and amended and restated change of control agreements (the "Executive Agreements") with the Registrant's three executive officers. The Executive Agreements provide that Ernest C. Roessler will be employed as President and Chief Executive Officer and J. Scott Edwards and Richard L. Furr will be employed as Executive Vice Presidents. The agreement for Mr. Roessler has a five- year term and the agreements for Messrs. Edwards and Furr provide for a three-year term (collectively the "Employment Period"); all of the Executive Agreements include provisions for automatic one-year extensions under certain conditions. In addition, the Executive Agreements provide, among other benefits, that the Registrant and CCB will maintain split- dollar life insurance agreements with the respective executive officers and maintain related executive officer- owned life insurance policies. The Executive Agreements provide that, if during the Employment Period, the Registrant or CCB terminate an Executive Agreement other than for Cause or Disability or the executive officer terminates it for Good Reason (as defined therein), in any of the foregoing cases within one year following a Change in Control (as defined therein), then the executive officer shall be entitled to receive, among other things and in addition to compensatory amounts owed to him for the current fiscal year, an amount equal to 2.99 times the total of the executive officer's base salary and aggregate cash bonus for the last completed fiscal year as well as accelerated vesting of certain employee benefits. The Executive Agreements supersede the change of control agreements that were adopted in 1995. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits Exhibit 10.1 Employment and Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement dated January 12, 1998 by and among Registrant, Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company and Ernest C. Roessler Exhibit 10.2 Employment and Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement dated January 27, 1998 by and among Registrant, Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company and Richard L. Furr Exhibit 10.3 Employment and Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement dated January 21, 1998 by and among Registrant, Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company and J. Scott Edwards SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION Date: March 16, 1998 By: /s/ ROBERT L. SAVAGE, JR. Robert L. Savage, Jr. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: March 16, 1998 By: /s/ W. HAROLD PARKER, JR. W. Harold Parker, Jr. Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer