8-K 1 a06-1206_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

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 31, 2005

 

GREENE COUNTY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Tennessee

 

0-14289

 

62-1222567

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)

 

 

 

 

 

100 North Main Street, Greeneville, Tennessee

 

37743

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (423) 639-5111

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 5.02.                                          Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

William F. Richmond, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Greene County Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”) retired as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective December 31, 2005.  Mr. Richmond will remain employed by the Company for a transition period expected to end in the first quarter of 2006.  In connection with Mr. Richmond’s retirement as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and as previously described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2005, James E. Adams joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer designate on December 1, 2005 and has been elevated to the position of Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2006.

 

Mr. Adams, age 61, served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rurban Financial Corp. from March 2003 until November 30, 2005.  Prior to that, he was retired after serving as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Integra Bank in Evansville, Indiana from 1999 through 2001 and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MainStreet Financial Company in Martinsville, Virginia from 1994 to 1999.  There are no family relationships between Mr. Adams and any director or executive officer of the Company which would require disclosure under Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K and no transactions between Mr. Adams or any of his immediate family members and the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

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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.

 

 

GREENE COUNTY BANCSHARES, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ R. Stan Puckett

 

 

Name:

R. Stan Puckett

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:   January 5, 2006

 

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