As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005

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):
June 22, 2005

FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

10200 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262-2373
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(704) 688-4300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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

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Item 5.02        Departure Of Directors Or Principal Officers; Election Of Directors; Appointment Of Principal Officers

               On June 22, 2005, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of First Charter Corporation (the "Corporation") elected Robert E. James, Jr., the President and Chief Executive Officer of First Charter Bank, to the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  The election will be effective July 1, 2005.    Mr. James is expected to be named to the Executive Committee of the Board.  There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. James and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. James was selected as a director.  There are no transactions to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is a party and in which Mr. James or any member of his immediate family had a material interest that are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K other than his employment relationship with the Corporation which has been previously disclosed in the Corporation's proxy statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

            As previously disclosed, Mr. James will succeed Lawrence M. Kimbrough as the Corporation's President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2005.  Mr. Kimbrough will retire from the Board, effective June 30, 2005.  Mr. James will fill the vacancy created by Mr. Kimbrough's retirement from the Board.

              On June 27, 2005, the Corporation issued a news release announcing that Mr. James has been elected to the Board.  A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

  Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)      Exhibits

 

 

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 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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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