0001104659-12-084339.txt : 20121214 0001104659-12-084339.hdr.sgml : 20121214 20121214170138 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-084339 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121212 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20121214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121214 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Independence Bancshares, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001311828 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 201734180 STATE OF INCORPORATION: SC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51907 FILM NUMBER: 121266351 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 E. WASHINGTON STREET STREET 2: P.O. BOX 1776 CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29602 BUSINESS PHONE: 864-672-1776 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 E. WASHINGTON STREET STREET 2: P.O. BOX 1776 CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29602 8-K 1 a12-29455_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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):  December 12, 2012

 

Independence Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

South Carolina

 

333-121485

 

20-1734180

(State or other

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

500 East Washington Street, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (864) 672-1776

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02 — Departure of Director

 

(b)           On December 12, 2012, James D. King notified the Boards of Directors of Independence Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), and Independence National Bank (the “Bank”), the bank subsidiary of the Company, of his resignation as a director of the Company and the Bank, effective immediately.  Mr. King indicated that his resignations were due to health reasons and did not result from any disagreements with the Company or the Bank over matters relating to operations, policies, or practices.  The Company and Bank both thank Mr. King for his service as an organizer of the Bank as long-serving member of these two boards.

 

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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.

 

 

 

INDEPENDENCE BANCSHARES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lawrence R. Miller

 

Name:

Lawrence R. Miller

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Dated: December 14, 2012

 

 

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