FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION
 

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):
April 26, 2006
FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
North Carolina   0-15829   56-1355866
         
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
10200 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262-2373
(Address of principal executive offices)
(704) 688-4300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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.
     Effective April 26, 2006, the date of the Registrant’s annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), Harold D. Alexander (“Mr. Alexander”), retired from service on the Registrant’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Registrant’s Bylaws provide that a director’s term expires at the first annual meeting of shareholders after such director reaches age 70, and Mr. Alexander attained such age during the past year.

 


 

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 CHARTER CORPORATION
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Stephen J. Antal
 
       
 
      Stephen J. Antal
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
 
       
Dated:     April 27, 2006