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): March 4, 2014

VANTAGESOUTH BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-36009	45-2915089
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 300

Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

(Address of principal executive offices)

(919) 659-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Item 7.01	Regulation FD Disclosure.

VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 to this report a slide presentation used in meetings with analysts and institutional investors on March 4, 2014.

Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K is deemed “furnished” to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and not “filed” with the SEC, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Current Report into any filing by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts.


Item 8.01	Other Events.

The Company is making available a presentation used in meetings with analysts and institutional investors on March 4, 2014.


Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)	Exhibits


Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit


Exhibit 99.1	Slide Presentation dated March 2014

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Date: March 4, 2014	VANTAGESOUTH BANCSHARES, INC.

	By:	/s/ Terry S. Earley
		Terry S. Earley
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit


Exhibit 99.1	Slide Presentation dated March 2014

VANTAGESOUTH BANCSHARES, INC. 8-K