UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2011


CORNERSTONE BANCORP


Incorporated under the
Commission File No. 000-51950
I.R.S. Employer
laws of South Carolina
 
Identification No.
   
57-1077978

1670 East Main Street
Easley, South Carolina 29640

Telephone: (864) 306-1444

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:

 
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Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 10, 2011.  At that meeting four directors were elected to each serve three year terms.  The voting results were as follows:
 
 
Name
 
FOR
   
WITHHOLD
   
BROKER
NON-VOTES
 
                   
Jennifer M. Champagne
    1,539,190       1,765       241,882  
Susan S. Jolly
    1,539,190       1,765       241,882  
J. Bruce Gaston
    1,539,190       1,765       241,882  
S. Ervin Hendricks, Jr.
    1,539,190       1,765       241,882  

The following directors’ terms of office continue after the Annual Meeting:

Janice E. Childress (2013), J. Rodger Anthony (2013), Joe E. Hooper (2012), Robert R. Spearman (2012), John M. Warren, Jr., M.D. (2012), George I. Wike, Jr. (2012)

No vote on executive compensation was required at the 2011 Annual Meeting because the Company is a smaller reporting company as defined in 12 C.F.R. 240.12b-2.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 

 
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 BANCORP
   
(Registrant)
     
     
Date: May 10, 2011
By:
/s/ J. Rodger Anthony
   
J. Rodger Anthony
   
President and Chief Executive Officer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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