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): October 19, 2010

FIRST SENTRY BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

West Virginia
 
000-53790
 
03-0398338
(State or Other Jurisdiction)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
 
Identification No.)
 
823 Eighth Street, Huntington, West Virginia
 
25701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (304) 522-6400

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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
 
(b)           On October 19, 2010, Arthur Weisberg advised First Sentry Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) that he would resign from the Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately due to personal reasons.



 
 

 

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.

   
FIRST SENTRY BANCSHARES, INC.
 
 
 
DATE: October 21, 2010
By:
/s/ Geoffrey S. Sheils                                                             
   
Geoffrey S. Sheils
   
President and Chief Executive Officer