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): September 15, 2008

CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

333 Fayetteville Street, Suite 700

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 (919) 645-6400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 15, 2008, Capital Bank Corporation issued a press release, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description of Document
Exhibit 99.1	Press release dated September 15, 2008

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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: September 15, 2008	CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION
	By:  /s/ Michael R. Moore
	Michael R. Moore
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description of Document
Exhibit 99.1	Press release dated September 15, 2008

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