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): February 2, 2012

Solera National Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

319 S. Sheridan Blvd.

Lakewood, CO 80226

303-209-8600

(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

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:

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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 2, 2012 Solera National Bancorp, Inc. announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Douglas Crichfield will participate on a panel at the FIG Partners’ 3rd Annual West Coast Bank CEO Forum on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, as detailed in Exhibit 99.1, attached hereto.  Additionally, the Company prepared an investor fact sheet, attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K, that will be distributed at the forum which is scheduled for February 6th and 7th, 2012, at the Westin St. Francis on Union Square in San Francisco.  The investor fact sheet may also be distributed from time-to-time to current and prospective investors.  The investor fact sheet is available on the Company’s website at www.solerabank.com.

The investor fact sheet may contain forward-looking statements about the Company’s relative business outlook.  These forward-looking statements and all other statements contained in the investor fact sheet that do not concern historical facts are subject to risks and uncertainties that may materially affect actual results.  Specific forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, any indications regarding the financial services industry, the economy and future growth of the Company’s balance sheet or income statement.  A more thorough discussion of certain risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect the Company is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and in subsequent reports, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, that the Company files or furnishes with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, are being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall expressly be set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)        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 hereunto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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