UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 2131, 2018

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CHARTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland	001-35870	90-0947148
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	File Number)	Identification No.)

1233 O.G. Skinner Drive, West Point, Georgia 31833

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(706) 645-1391

(Registrant’'s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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	Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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	If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

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

OnEffective ~~August~~September 211, 2018, Charter Financial Corporation, a Maryland corporation (~~“Charter”), held a special meeting of stockholders (~~the ~~“Special Meeting”~~'Company") inwas ~~West~~acquired ~~Point,~~by ~~Georgia, related to its pending merger with~~ CenterState Bank Corporation, a Florida corporation (“"CenterState”"), pursuant to ~~the~~an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 24, 2018, by(the ~~and~~"Merger ~~between~~Agreement") through the merger of Charter with and into CenterState (the “"Merger ~~Agreement”~~")., ~~The~~with ~~Merger~~CenterState ~~Agreement~~as ~~provides~~the ~~for~~surviving entity in the ~~merger~~Merger. ofImmediately ~~Charter~~thereafter, the Company's direct wholly-owned subsidiary bank, CharterBank, merged with and into CenterState's direct wholly-owned subsidiary bank, CenterState Bank, N.A. ("CenterState Bank"), with CenterState Bank as the surviving ~~corporation~~national bank subsidiary of CenterState (the “"Bank Merger”" and collectively with the Merger, the "Mergers").

~~The~~Pursuant ~~following~~to isthe Merger Agreement, the Company's stockholders received (i) 0.738 of a ~~summary~~share of CenterState common stock (the ~~voting~~"Stock ~~results~~Consideration") and (ii) $2.30 in cash (the "Cash Consideration" and together with the Stock Consideration, the "Merger Consideration") for each ~~proposal~~outstanding share of the Company's common stock held immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger. No fractional shares of CenterState common stock were issued in the Merger and any fractional share of CenterState common stock was paid in cash in the amount of $29.71 per share.

~~Proposal~~At ~~1.Charter’s~~the ~~stockholders~~effective ~~approved~~time of the Merger, each option to acquire shares of the Company's common stock vested and was converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Charter common stock underlying such option and (ii) $23.00 ~~The~~minus ~~voting~~the ~~results~~exercise ~~are~~price per share under such option. In addition, in connection with the Merger, each outstanding unvested share of restricted stock of the Company became vested in full and was treated as ~~follows:~~an outstanding share of the Company's common stock.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker non-votes
11,871,893		34,879		89,640		—

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and related transactions (including, without limitation, the Mergers) in this Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1.

~~Proposal~~Item 23.~~Charter’s~~01. Notice ~~stockholders~~of ~~approved,~~Delisting ~~on a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid~~ or ~~become~~Failure ~~payable~~ to ~~Charter’s~~Satisfy ~~named~~a ~~executive~~Continued ~~officers~~Listing inRule ~~connection~~or ~~with~~Standard; ~~the~~Transfer ~~Merger.~~of ~~The voting results are as follows:~~Listing

For		Against		Abstain		Broker non-votes
6,435,072		5,389,634		171,707		—

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company requested that the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") suspend trading in the Company's common stock and file a notification on Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to delist shares of the Company's common stock from NASDAQ and remove them from registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") prior to the opening of the market on September 4, 2018. On August 31, 2018, NASDAQ filed a notification of removal from listing on Form 25 with the SEC with respect to the Company's common stock. The Company intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC to request the termination of the registration of the Company's common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to suspend the Company's reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as practicable.

~~Proposal~~Item 3.A03. Material ~~proposal~~Modification to ~~adjourn~~ the ~~Special~~Rights ~~Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies to approve the Merger was not submitted to a vote~~ of ~~stockholders~~Security ~~at the Special Meeting, as sufficient votes were cast at the Special Meeting to approve the Merger.~~Holders

~~Item~~The 8information set forth under Items 2.01 and 3. ~~Other~~01 ~~Events~~of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.

~~CenterState’s~~Item ~~wholly-owned bank subsidiary, CenterState Bank, N~~5.A01. Changes ~~(“CenterState~~in ~~Bank”),~~Control ~~has received approval from the Office~~ of the Comptroller of the Currency for the merger of Charter’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, CharterBank (“CharterBank”), with and into CenterState Bank, with CenterState Bank as the surviving subsidiary bank of CenterState (the “Bank Merger”). CenterState had previously obtained a waiver from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta from the requirement to file an application under the Bank Holding Company Act for CenterState to acquire Charter under the Merger Agreement.Registrant

~~Pending~~The ~~satisfaction~~information ofset ~~other~~forth ~~customary~~under ~~closing~~Item ~~conditions~~2.01 ~~described~~of inthis ~~the~~Current ~~Merger~~Report ~~Agreement,~~on ~~Charter~~Form ~~expects~~8-K ~~that~~is ~~the~~incorporated ~~Merger~~into ~~will~~this ~~become~~Item ~~effective on or about September 1, 2018~~5.01 ~~The~~by ~~Bank Merger will occur immediately after the Merger~~reference.

~~"Safe~~Item ~~Harbor"~~5.02. Departure ~~Statement~~of ~~under~~Directors ~~the~~or ~~Private~~Certain ~~Securities~~Officers; ~~Litigation~~Election ~~Reform~~of ~~Act~~Directors; Appointment of ~~1995:~~Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

~~This~~Pursuant ~~report~~to ~~contains~~the ~~“forward-looking~~Merger ~~statements"~~Agreement, asall ~~defined~~of in the ~~Private~~members ~~Securities~~of ~~Litigation~~the ~~Reform~~Boards ~~Act~~ of ~~1995.~~Directors Inof ~~general,~~the ~~forward-looking~~Company ~~statements~~and ~~usually~~CharterBank ~~use~~prior ~~words~~to ~~such~~the asMerger ~~“may,”~~resigned ~~“believe,”~~from ~~“expect,”~~such ~~“anticipate,”~~Boards ~~“intend,”~~of ~~“will,”~~Directors ~~“should,”~~and ~~“plan,”~~all ~~“estimate,”~~committees ~~“predict~~thereof,” ~~“continue,”~~effective ~~and~~as ~~“potential”~~of or the ~~negative~~Effective ofTime. ~~these terms or other comparable terminology~~Additionally, ~~including~~all ~~statements~~of ~~related to~~ the ~~expected~~Company's ~~timing~~executive ofofficers ~~the~~resigned ~~closing~~as of the ~~Merger.~~Effective ~~Forward-looking~~Time ~~statements~~from ~~represent~~their ~~management’s~~positions ~~beliefs,~~as ~~based~~executive ~~upon~~officers ~~information~~of ~~available at~~ the ~~time~~Company, ~~the~~except ~~statements~~that ~~are~~Lee ~~made~~Washam, ~~with~~President ~~regard~~of to the ~~matters~~Company ~~addressed;~~and ~~they are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions~~CharterBank, ~~risks~~has ~~and~~joined ~~uncertainties~~CenterState ~~that~~Bank ~~change~~as ~~over~~Regional ~~time~~President ~~and~~for ~~could cause actual results or financial condition to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements~~Georgia.

~~Factors~~Item ~~that~~9.01. Financial ~~could~~Statements ~~cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to (1) litigation that has been,~~ and any additional litigation that might be, filed in connection with the Merger, (2) the risk that the cost savings and any revenue synergies from the Merger may not be realized or take longer than anticipated to be realized, (3) disruption Exhibits

from the Merger with customer, supplier, employee or other business partner relationships, (4) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, (5) the risk of successful integration of Charter’s businesses into CenterState, (6) the amount of costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the Merger, (7) reputational risk and the reaction of each of the companies’ customers, suppliers, employees or other business partners to the Merger, (8) the failure of the closing conditions in the Merger Agreement to be satisfied, or any unexpected delay in closing the Merger, (9) the risk that the integration of Charter’s operations into the operations of CenterState will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected, (10) the possibility that the Merger may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events, (11) the dilution caused by CenterState’s issuance of additional shares of its common stock in the Merger, and (12) general competitive, economic, political and market conditions. Additional factors which could affect the forward-looking statements can be found in the cautionary language included under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” in Charter’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2017, CenterState’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, and other documents subsequently filed by Charter and CenterState with the SEC. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Charter and CenterState do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For any forward-looking statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K, Charter and CenterState claim protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.



(d)	Exhibits.

	Exhibit No.	Description

	2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 24, 2018, by and between CenterState Bank Corporation and Charter Financial Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018).

Additional Information About the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find

CenterState has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-225541) and a Definitive Proxy Statement of Charter and a Prospectus of CenterState, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed Merger. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE TRANSACTION (AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROXY/PROSPECTUS) BECAUSE SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED MERGER TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on its website at www.sec.gov. Investors and security holders may also obtain free copies of the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Charter on its website at www.charterbk.com any by CenterState on its website at www.centerstatebanks.com.

This report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Before making any investment decision, investors and security holders of Charter and CenterState are urged to read carefully the entire registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus, including any amendments thereto, because they contain important information about the Merger. Free copies of those documents may be obtained as described above.

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.

		CHARTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION
		(Registrant)
Date:	~~August~~September 214, 2018	By:	/s/ Curtis R. Kollar
			Curtis R. Kollar
			Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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