FORM 8-K
 
 
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):
January 22, 2009
FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Georgia   No. 000-22374   No. 58-1416811
         
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
3490 Piedmont Road, Suite 1550
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(404) 639-6500
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.
     On January 22, 2009, Fidelity Southern Corporation (“Fidelity”) and its bank subsidiary, Fidelity Bank (the “Bank”) approved 2009 incentive compensation plans for James B. Miller, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity and the Bank, H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., President of Fidelity and the Bank, Stephen H. Brolly, Chief Financial Officer of Fidelity, and David Buchanan, Vice President of Fidelity, which provide for incentive compensation in 2009 not to exceed twenty (20) percent of their respective base salary or such amount established by the Compensation Committee based upon Fidelity and the Bank achieving targeted income levels and other non-financial corporate and individual goals established by the Compensation Committee. A form of the incentive compensation plans is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
         
Exhibit No.   Description
  10.1    
Form Incentive Compensation Plan for James B. Miller, Jr., H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., Stephen H. Brolly and David Buchanan

 


 

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.
         
     
      /s/  Stephen H. Brolly   
    Stephen H. Brolly   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
January 26, 2009