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): November 24, 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.

On November 24, 2010, our Board of Directors appointed George E. (Ed) Jordan (age 52) to serve as Chief Operating Officer of our bank subsidiary, Bank of the Carolinas (the “Bank”). Mr. Jordan had served as the Bank’s Executive Vice President since January 2008 and, in that position, had supervised the Bank’s financial services, marketing and sales functions and served as regional executive for the Bank’s offices located in Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson and Randolph Counties. He previously served as the Bank’s President and Chief Operating Officer from May 2004 to January 2008. Prior to his employment with the Bank, Mr. Jordan was employed by Wachovia Bank for 24 years where his positions included supervisory responsibility over city executives for several of that bank’s Triad area offices and service as that bank’s Senior Vice President and Business Banking Sales Director with responsibilities for middle market lending.

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: November 24 , 2010	By:	/S/ STEPHEN R. TALBERT
		Stephen R. Talbert
		President and Chief Executive Officer