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): August 19, 2008

 

 

COOPERATIVE BANKSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

North Carolina		0-24626		56-1886527
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

201 Market Street, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (910) 343-0181

Not Applicable

(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:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

Beginning August 19, 2008, Cooperative Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) will make available to analysts and prospective investors a slide presentation that Frederick Willetts, III, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will make at the 13th Annual Community Bank Conference hosted by Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc. on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Pursuant to Regulation FD, the presentation materials are furnished with this Report as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Number		Description
99.1		Presentation Materials

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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: August 19, 2008