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

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)

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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

               On August 29, 2008, Fidelity Southern Corporation issued a press release announcing the election of Dr. Don Harp to its Board of Directors, and to the Board of Fidelity Bank. Dr. Harp is Minister Emeritus of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, after having served as its Senior Minister for twenty years. Dr. Harp is 69 years old.

               In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued on August 29, 2008

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.

August 29, 2008