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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): March 28, 2012

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

First Financial Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Delaware

0-17122

57-0866076

State or other jurisdiction of incorporation

Commission File Number

I.R.S. Employer I.D. number


 

 

 

2440 Mall Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29406

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number (including area code): (843) 529-5933

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 


 


 

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4c under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



Item 8.01. Other Events.

First Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) has entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated March 28, 2012 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston, the United States Department of Treasury, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with an underwritten secondary public offering (the “Offering”) of 65,000 shares of the Company’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Series A Preferred Stock. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The exhibit is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (No. 333-156503) related to the Offering.


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 FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Blaise B. Bettendorf

 

 


 

 

Blaise B. Bettendorf

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: March 28, 2012

 

 



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated March 28, 2012, among First Financial Holdings, Inc., First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston, the United States Department of Treasury and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of several underwriters named therein.