- Current report filing (8-K)
November 24 2009 - 10:53AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Current
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
November
24, 2009
(Date of
earliest event reported)
First Financial
Service Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Securities
and Exchange Commission File Number:
0-18832
KENTUCKY
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61-1168311
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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of
incorporation or organization)
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2323
Ring Road, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 42701
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone, including area code:
(270) 765-2131
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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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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))
Item
8.01: Other Events
On
November 24, 2009, First Financial Service Corporation (the Company) announced
that after careful consideration its Board of Directors voted to suspend payment
of cash dividends to common shareholders in an effort to preserve
capital. Going forward, the Board will re-evaluate the decision to
pay a quarterly cash dividend as Company performance strengthens. A
copy of the press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
The
information in this report is being furnished, not filed, for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and pursuant to
Item 8.01 of Form 8-K will not be incorporated by reference into any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified
therein as being incorporated therein by reference.
Item
9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits
Attached
is the press release for the suspension of cash dividends.
Exhibit
Number Description
99.1
Press release dated November 24, 2009
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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FIRST
FINANCIAL SERVICE CORPORATION
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Date:
November 24, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Steven
M. Zagar
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Steven
M. Zagar
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Chief
Financial Officer &
Chief
Accounting Officer
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