UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, DC 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 8, 2010


                               CORNERSTONE BANCORP

Incorporated under the     Commission File No. 000-51950     I.R.S. Employer
laws of South Carolina                                      Identification No.
                                                              57-1077978

                              1670 East Main Street
                          Easley, South Carolina 29640

                                 (864) 306-1444

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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

         The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 8, 2010. At
that meeting three  directors  were elected to each serve three year terms.  The
voting results were as follows:

Name                         FOR             WITHHOLD        BROKER NON-VOTES
----                         ---             --------        ----------------

Janice E. Childress       1,386,539           18,224            234,049
J. Rodger Anthony         1,404,128              635            234,049
Walter L. Brooks          1,387,128           17,635            234,049

The following directors' terms of office continued after the Annual Meeting:

Joe E. Hooper  (2012),  Robert R.  Spearman  (2012),  John M. Warren,  Jr., M.D.
(2012), George I. Wike, Jr. (2012), Jennifer M. Champagne (2011), Susan S. Jolly
(2011), J. Bruce Gaston (2011), and S. Ervin Hendricks, Jr. (2011).




SIGNATURE

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.

                                  CORNERSTONE BANCORP
                                  (Registrant)



Date: June 8, 2010                By: s/J. Rodger Anthony
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                                      J. Rodger Anthony
                                      Chief Executive Officer