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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 3, 2018

 

 

CAROLINA FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-19029 57-1039673
(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
288 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(843) 723-7700

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company þ

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. þ

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 3, 2018, Carolina Financial Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had authorized a share repurchase program of up to $25 million of the Company’s common stock. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

 

Description

99.1   News Release dated December 3, 2018

 

 

 

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.

 

 

  CAROLINA FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
  Registrant
       
       
  By: /s/ William A. Gehman, III  
  Name:   William A. Gehman, III  
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

Dated: December 3, 2018