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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):  November 24, 2011

CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES, INC.

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)    
Tennessee
 
000-30497
 
62-1175427
(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:
 
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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD.
 
On November 24, 2011, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the payment date of November 29, 2011 for a cash dividend in the amount of $.625 per share for its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for all holders of record as of June 30, 2011.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)
Exhibits
 
99.1
Press release dated November 24, 2011 announcing the payment of a dividend.
 
 
 

 
 
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.
     
Date:     December 5, 2011
By:
/s/: Nathaniel F. Hughes
   
Nathaniel F. Hughes
   
President and Chief Executive Officer