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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-304084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120716
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120717
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120717

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001070680
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				341877137
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25045
		FILM NUMBER:		12964719

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CENTRAL FEDERAL BANK
		STREET 2:		601 MAIN ST
		CITY:			WELLSVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43968
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3305321517

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		STREET 1:		C/O CENTRAL FEDERAL BANK
		STREET 2:		601 MAIN ST
		CITY:			WELLSVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43968

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GRAND CENTRAL FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980918
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July&nbsp;16, 2012 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>CENTRAL FEDERAL CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(former name or former address, if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On July&nbsp;16, 2012, the registrant issued a press release announcing commencement of the public offering phase of its stock offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: July&nbsp;17, 2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Therese Ann Liutkus</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Therese Ann Liutkus, CPA</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99 </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>Eloise L. Mackus, CEO</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>Phone: 330.576.1208</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax:
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CENTRAL FEDERAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>COMMENCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC OFFERING PHASE OF </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ITS STOCK OFFERING </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fairlawn, Ohio &#150; July&nbsp;16, 2012 &#150; Central Federal
Corporation (Nasdaq: CFBK), the parent company of CFBank, today announced commencement of the public offering phase of its stock offering. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company seeks to raise up to $22.5&nbsp;million, including a rights offering to existing shareholders and a $4.5&nbsp;million offering to a group of
standby purchasers. The public offering will end as soon as $22.5 million is raised, but no later than August&nbsp;14, 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;We are
pleased with the support of our current shareholders and we look forward to working quickly toward the successful completion of the public offering,&#148; commented Jerry F. Whitmer, Chairman of the Board. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Persons interested in purchasing stock in the public offering may contact our information agent, ParaCap Group, LLC at 866.719.5037. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A registration statement related to these securities has been filed with the SEC and may be viewed on the SEC website (www.sec.gov). You may obtain a
written prospectus for the stock offering meeting the requirements of Section&nbsp;10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by writing to the Company, 2923 Smith Road, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333, Attention: Eloise L. Mackus, CEO. You may also request
a copy of the prospectus by contacting the information agent for the rights offering, ParaCap Group, LLC at 866.719.5037. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>This press
release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, which may be made only pursuant to a prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The shares of common stock are not savings accounts or savings deposits, may lose value and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency. </B></FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About Central Federal Corporation and CFBank </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Central Federal Corporation is the holding company for CFBank, a federally chartered savings association formed in Ohio in 1892. CFBank is a full service bank providing retail/consumer, business banking
and residential mortgage loan products and services. We serve the greater Akron and Columbus, Ohio markets through our offices in Fairlawn and Worthington, Ohio, and have offices in Calcutta and Wellsville, Ohio, which are located in what is
considered the Utica Shale investment corridor. Additional information about CFBank&#146;s banking services and the Company is available at www.CFBankOnline.com. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Forward-Looking Information </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Statements in this release that are not statements of historical fact
are forward-looking statements. A forward-looking statement may include a statement of the assumptions or bases underlying the forward-looking statement. The Company believes it has chosen these assumptions or bases in good faith and that they are
reasonable. We caution you, however, that assumptions or bases almost always vary from actual results, and the differences between assumptions or bases and actual results can be material. The forward-looking statements included in this release speak
only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly release revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements, except to the extent required by law. </FONT></P>
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