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 21, 2005


                            CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       North Carolina                 000-30062                 56-2101930
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File No.)       (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                                    Identification Number)

                               4901 Glenwood Ave.
                          Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (919) 645-6400
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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

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ITEM 1.01  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

      On November 21, 2005,  Capital Bank Corporation (the "Company")  signed an
Office Lease dated as of November 1, 2005 (the "Lease"),  with 333 Ventures, LLC
(the  "Landlord"),  who also  signed  the Lease on  November  21,  2005,  for an
eventual total of  approximately  55,359 rentable square feet of premises at 333
Fayetteville Street,  Raleigh, North Carolina. This space will serve as a branch
location (with associated office space) for the Company.

      The initial term of the Lease is one hundred twenty (120) full months. The
Company  has two (2)  options  to  extend  the Lease for terms of five (5) years
each. Future minimum lease payments under the lease are as follows:

                                                  $ Thousands
                      2006                           $    456

                      2007                                855

                      2008                              1,216

                      2009                              1,216

                      2010                              1,216

                      Thereafter                        6,387
                                                     --------

                      Total                          $ 11,346

      In addition  to base rent,  the Company  will be  responsible  for certain
costs and charges as more particularly described in the Lease, including certain
operating expenses, real estate taxes, and utility expenses. The Company intends
to make  certain  improvements  to the Premises  covered by the Lease.  Costs of
construction  in excess of $32.50 per  rentable  square foot must be paid by the
Company.

      The foregoing is a summary  description  of certain terms of the Lease and
is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Lease,  attached as Exhibit 10.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

      Information set forth above contains  various  forward-looking  statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which statements
represent the Company's judgment  concerning the future and are subject to risks
and  uncertainties  that could cause the Company's actual  operating  results to
differ materially.  Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology,  such as "may", "will",


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"expect",  "anticipate",  "estimate",  "believe", or "continue", or the negative
thereof or other  variations  thereof or  comparable  terminology.  The  Company
cautions that such forward-looking statements are further qualified by important
factors  that  could  cause the  Company's  actual  operating  results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking  statements, as well as the factors
set forth in the Company's periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.

ITEM 2.03  CREATION OF A DIRECT  FINANCIAL  OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN
           OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

      The information  contained in Item 1.01 (Entry into a Material  Definitive
Agreement)  above is  incorporated  herein by reference.  The description of the
lease  contained in Item 1.01 above is qualified in its entirety by reference to
its full  terms  and  provisions  as set forth  therein.  A copy of the lease is
attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is  incorporated
herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)   Exhibits.

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Exhibit No.            Description of Document
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10.1                   Lease Agreement,  dated November 1, 2005, by and between
                       Capital Bank Corporation and 333 Ventures, LLC.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 28, 2005

                                                  CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION


                                                  By:   /s/B. Grant Yarber
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                                                        B. Grant Yarber
                                                        Chief Executive Officer


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