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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-356020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181221
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181221

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001275101
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				200500300
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35402
		FILM NUMBER:		181248896

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1200
		CITY:			LYNCHBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24505
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4348462000
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Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December&nbsp;21, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December&nbsp;21, 2018, Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing a stock repurchase program that authorizes
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date: December&nbsp;21, 2018</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>LYNCHBURG, Va., December</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;21, 2018</B> &#151; Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) (NASDAQ:BOTJ), the parent
company of Bank of the James, a full-service commercial and retail bank serving the greater Lynchburg area (Region 2000), and the Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Roanoke, Virginia markets, today announced that the Board of Directors of the
Company has authorized a stock repurchase program whereby the Company is authorized to buy up to 75,000 shares of its common stock. As of December&nbsp;20, 2018, the Company had 4,378,436 shares of common stock outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The stock repurchase program will begin on December&nbsp;21, 2018 and will expire on the earlier of (a)&nbsp;December&nbsp;20, 2019, (b) the date on which the
maximum aggregate number of shares authorized to be repurchased has been repurchased, or (c)&nbsp;after written notice by the broker or the Company as specified in the program. The shares will be repurchased in open market transactions through
brokers, subject to availability. Because repurchases made under the program are subject to SEC regulations as well as certain constraints specified in the program, there is no guarantee as to when repurchases may occur or the total number of shares
that will be repurchased. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press release contains statements that constitute &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. The words &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;program&#148; and similar expressions and variations thereof identify certain of such forward-looking statements
which speak only as of the dates on which they were made. Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to, competition, general economic conditions, potential changes in interest rates, and changes in the value of real estate securing loans made by
Bank of the James (the &#147;Bank&#148;), a subsidiary of the Company. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in the Company&#146;s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the filings previously filed by the Bank (as predecessor of the Company) with the Federal Reserve Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CONTACT: J. Todd Scruggs, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (434) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">846-2000.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>tscruggs@bankofthejames.com</U> </P>
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