8-K 1 v389287_8k.htm 8-K CURRENT REPORT

| 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): September 17, 2014

| CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES, INC. |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |

Tennessee |  | 000-30497 |  | 62-1173944
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |  | (Commission File Number) |  | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

| 835 Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code) |
| (423) 385-3000 |
| (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
| 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:

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

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| ¨ | 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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. is providing a slide presentation at the Invest Tennessee Equity Conference on September 18, 2014. A copy of the slide presentation is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of Cornerstone’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) | Exhibits. | The following exhibit is furnished (but not filed) with this report:
| 99.1 | Slide presentation of Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. at the Invest Tennessee Equity Conference on September 18, 2014.

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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.

| CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES, INC.
| (Registrant)
Date: September 17, 2014 | By: | /s/ Nathaniel F. Hughes
|  | Nathaniel F. Hughes
|  | President and Chief Executive Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Slide presentation of Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. at the Invest Tennessee Equity Conference on September 18, 2014