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): ~~August~~September 2324, 2012

CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina

000-30062

56-2101930

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

333 Fayetteville Street, Suite 700

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

(Address of principal executive offices) ~~(Zip Code)~~

(919) 645-6400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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 52.0701 ~~Submission~~Completion of ~~Matters~~Acquisition toor aDisposition ~~Vote~~ of ~~Security Holders~~Assets.

~~Capital~~ On ~~Bank~~September ~~Corporation~~24, 2012, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 1, 2011 (the “~~Company~~CBKN Merger Agreement”) ~~held~~by ~~its~~Capital ~~Annual~~Bank ~~Meeting~~Financial ofCorp., ~~Shareholders~~a onDelaware ~~August~~corporation 23(formerly known as North American Financial Holdings, ~~2012~~Inc.) ~~The~~(“CBF”) ~~shareholders~~and ~~considered~~Capital ~~two~~Bank ~~proposals~~Corporation, ~~each~~a ofNorth ~~which~~Carolina iscorporation ~~described~~and insubsidiary ~~more~~of ~~detail~~CBF in (the “Company’s”), ~~definitive~~the ~~proxy~~Company ~~statement~~merged ~~dated~~with ~~August~~and 2into CBF, ~~2012~~with CBF continuing as the surviving corporation (the “CBKN Merger”).

Proposal 1: Election of seven nominees to serve as directors each for a term continuing until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2013 or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The votes were cast as follows:
Name	Votes For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Charles F. Atkins	76,505,743	146,481	5,121,421
Peter N. Foss	76,510,284	141,941	5,121,421
William A. Hodges	76,511,968	140,257	5,121,421
O. A. Keller, III	75,418,510	1,233,714	5,121,421
Christopher G. Marshall	75,414,901	1,237,324	5,121,421
R. Bruce Singletary	75,496,497	1,155,728	5,121,421
R. Eugene Taylor	75,505,919	1,146,306	5,121,421

Pursuant to the CBKN Merger Agreement, each share of Company common stock, no par value (the “Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the completion of the CBKN Merger, except for shares for which appraisal rights are properly exercised and certain shares held by CBF or the Company, was converted into the right to receive 0.1354 of a share of CBF’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “CBF Common Stock”), plus cash in lieu of fractional shares.

~~All~~ In ~~director~~addition, ~~nominees~~each ~~were~~option ~~duly~~to ~~elected~~purchase Company Common Stock granted by the Company outstanding immediately prior to completion of the CBKN Merger was converted into an option to purchase shares of CBF Common Stock, subject to the same terms and conditions that applied to the Company option before the effective time of the CBKN Merger. The number of shares of CBF Common Stock subject to these stock options, and the exercise price of the Company stock options, was adjusted based on the exchange ratio of 0.1354.

Proposal 2: Ratification of the action of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors in appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The votes were cast as follows:
Votes For	Votes Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
81,664,824	57,135	51,514	0

This description of the CBKN Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the CBKN Merger Agreement, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1.

~~Proposal~~Item 23.01 ~~was~~Notice ~~approved~~of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule of Standard; Transfer of Listing.

- The 2Company -has notified The Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) that at the effective time of the CBKN Merger, each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the CBKN Merger, except for shares for which appraisal rights are properly exercised and certain shares held by CBF or the Company, was converted into the right to receive 0.1354 of a share of CBF Common Stock, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares. The Company requested that Nasdaq file a notification of removal from listing on Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to delist the Company Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, trading of the Company Common Stock on Nasdaq was suspended prior to the commencement of trading on September 24, 2012.

~~Signatures~~Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

~~Pursuant~~ The toinformation ~~the~~set ~~requirements~~forth in Item 2.01 above is incorporated herein by reference. As a result of the ~~Securities~~CBKN ~~Exchange~~Merger, ~~Act~~each share of ~~1934,~~Company ~~the~~Common ~~registrant~~Stock ~~has~~issued ~~duly~~and ~~caused~~outstanding ~~this~~immediately ~~report~~prior to bethe ~~signed~~effective ontime ~~its~~of ~~behalf~~the byCBKN Merger was converted into the ~~undersigned~~right ~~hereunto~~to ~~duly~~receive ~~authorized~~0.1354 of a share of CBF Common Stock, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares.

Date: August 28, 2012	CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Christopher G. Marshall
		Christopher G. Marshall
		Chief Financial Officer

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

- On 3September 24, 2012, the Company, held a Special Meeting of Stockholders in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the Special Meeting, stockholders were asked to vote on the following two proposals that were set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2012: (1) the proposal to approve the CBKN Merger and (2) the proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, compensation to be paid to the Company’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the CBKN Merger. The voting results at the Special Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Proposal to approve the CBKN Merger:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

74,672,081

179,025

1,556

—

Proposal 2: Proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, compensation to be paid to the Company’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the CBKN Merger:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

74,732,227

56,462

63,973

—

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

Pro forma financial information related to the CBKN Merger described above was previously filed in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Capital Bank Financial Corp. (File No. 333-176796), as amended.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 1, 2011, by and between North American Financial Holdings, Inc. and Capital Bank Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of North American Financial Holdings, Inc. (File No. 333-176725), filed on September 8, 2011).

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.

		CAPITAL BANK CORPORATION
Date: September 24, 2012	By:	/s/ Christopher G. Marshall
	Name:	Christopher G. Marshall
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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