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): June 19, 2008

BANK OF THE CAROLINAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina	000-52195	20-4989192
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

135 Boxwood Village Drive Mocksville, North Carolina	27028
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (336) 751-5755

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))

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 19, 2008, we distributed a letter to our shareholders addressing various matters related to our business, including the recent market price of our shares. A copy of the letter is included as an exhibit to this Report.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits. The following Exhibit is being furnished with this Report.

Exhibit No.	Exhibit Description
99.1	A copy of the letter to our shareholders dated June 16, 2008

Disclosures About Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this Report and its exhibits relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends, projections of results of specific activities or investments, expectations or beliefs about future events or results, and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts, may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Copies of those reports are available through our Internet website at www.ecbbancorp.com or directly through the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “forecasts”, “potential” or “continue,” or similar terms or the negative of these terms, or other statements concerning opinions or judgments of our management about future events. Factors that could influence the accuracy of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (a) the financial success or changing strategies of our customers; (b) actions of government regulators, or changes in laws, regulations or accounting standards, that adversely affect our business; (c) changes in the interest rate environment and the level of market interest rates that reduce our net interest margins and/or the volumes and values of loans we make and securities we hold; (d) changes in competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions or in our ability to compete effectively against other financial institutions in our banking market; (e) changes in general economic and business conditions and changes in real estate values in our banking market (particularly changes that affect our loan portfolio, the abilities of our borrowers to repay their loans, and the values of loan collateral); and (f) other developments or changes in our business that we do not expect. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this paragraph.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we have duly caused this Report to be signed on our behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	BANK OF THE CAROLINAS CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Date: June 24, 2008	By:	/s/ Robert E. Marziano
		Robert E. Marziano
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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