SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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): January 28, 2008
First
Citizens BancShares, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-16471 56-1528994
(State or other
jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS
Employer
of
incorporation)
File
Number)
Identification Number)
4300
Six
Forks Road; Raleigh, North
Carolina 27609
(Address
of principal executive
offices) (Zip
Code)
Registrant's
phone number including area code: 919/716-7000
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
2.02. Results
of Operations and Financial Condition
Item
7.01. Regulation
FD Disclosure
On
January 28, 2008, Registrant announced its results of operations for the year
ended December 31, 2007. A copy of Registrant's press release issued this date
is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Report and is incorporated by reference into
this Report.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits. The
following exhibit is being filed with this Report:
Exhibit
No.
Exhibit Description
99
Copy of press release dated January 28, 2008
Disclosures
About Forward Looking Statements
The
discussions included in this Report 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 Registrant 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 Registrant's customers or vendors,
fluctuations in interest rates, actions of government regulators, the
availability of capital and personnel or general economic
conditions.
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
thereunto duly authorized.
First
Citizens BancShares,
Inc.
(Registrant)
By: /s/
KENNETH A.
BLACK
Date: January
28,
2008 Kenneth
A. Black, Vice President