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): August 10, 2010

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:

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert E. Marziano, has taken a temporary medical leave of absence, effective immediately. In his absence, on August 10, 2010, our Board of Directors appointed Stephen R. Talbert, our Vice Chairman, to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer of our company and our subsidiary, Bank of the Carolinas, until Mr. Marziano returns. As Vice Chairman, Mr. Talbert also will perform the duties of the Board’s Chairman.

Mr. Talbert, age 64, joined the Bank on December 31, 2001, in connection with the Bank’s acquisition of BOC Financial Corp. Previously, he had served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BOC Financial Corp since its organization during 1998, and in the same positions with that company’s bank subsidiary or its predecessor since 1971. He served as the Bank’s Chairman and Executive Vice President until 2004, and he currently serves as Vice Chairman of our and the Bank’s Boards and manages the Bank’s Landis, North Carolina office.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	BANK OF THE CAROLINAS CORPORATION
		(Registrant)
Date:     August 13, 2010	By:	/S/ Eric E. Rhodes
		Eric E. Rhodes
		Chief Financial Officer