UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):  December 11, 2012


FIRST ADVANTAGE BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee
001-33682
26-0401680
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
1430 Madison Street, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(931)-552-6176
(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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
   
     (c)   On December 11, 2012, Gerald Lee Cooksey, Jr. (age 47) was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer and Acting Corporate Secretary of both the Company and the Bank.

Since September 2012, Mr. Cooksey has served as Chief Operations Officer of the Bank.  From 2011 to 2012, he served as Senior Vice President and Controller of First Security Group, Inc. and its subsidiary, FSGBank, N.A. (Chattanooga, Tennessee).  From 2008 to 2011, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Clayton Bank and Trust (Knoxville, Tennessee).  From 2006 to 2008, he served as Vice President and Internal Auditor of Y-12 Federal Credit Union (Oak Ridge, Tennessee).  There are no family relationships between Mr. Cooksey and any director or executive officer of either the Company or the Bank.  There is no transaction, since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the Company or the Bank was or is to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which Mr. Cooksey had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.



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 ADVANTAGE BANCORP

 
Dated: December 11, 2012  By: /s/ Earl O. Bradley, III
 
             Earl O. Bradley, III
 
            Chief Executive Officer