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 4, 2008
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GREEN BANKSHARES, INC. |
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Tennessee |
0-14289 |
62-1222567 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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100 North Main Street, Greeneville, Tennessee |
37743-4992 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (423) 639-5111
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N/A |
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
(d) On January 4, 2008, Samuel E. Lynch, D.M.D., D.M.Sc. was elected to the Board of Directors of Green Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company"). Dr. Lynch, who will serve in the class of directors whose term is to expire at the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, has not yet been appointed to serve on any of the committees of the Company’s Board of Directors, but is expected to be appointed to committees in connection with the annual committee assignment process which is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2008. At this time, the particular committees to which Dr. Lynch will be assigned is not known. With Dr. Lynch’s election to the Board of Directors, the size of the Company’s Board of Directors has been increased to fifteen members from fourteen.
Dr. Lynch is not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which he was selected as a member of the Board of Directors nor is he a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 9, 2008, the Company issued the press release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 announcing the appointment of Dr. Lynch to the Company’s Board of Directors.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press release dated January 9, 2008
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.
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GREEN BANKSHARES, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ James E. Adams |
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James E. Adams |
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Executive
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Date: |
January 9, 2008 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
Description |
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99.1 |
Press release dated January 9, 2008 |