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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;12, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-1416811</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite&nbsp;1550<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30305</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Fidelity Southern Corporation Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>M. Howard Griffith, Jr.<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Fidelity Southern Corporation<BR>
3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite&nbsp;1550<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30305</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(404)&nbsp;639-6500</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Copies to:
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>David M. Carter<BR>
Hunton &#038; Williams LLP<BR>
Bank of America Plaza, Suite&nbsp;4100<BR>
600 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216<BR>
(404)&nbsp;888-4000</B>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, no par value
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">750,000&nbsp;shares
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">17.72</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,290,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,422.03</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares
of the Company&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of any
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee. Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of $17.72 per share, which was the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on The Nasdaq National Market on May
8, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fidelity Southern Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) will provide the participants, upon written or
oral request and without charge, a copy of the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of
Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated by reference in the<BR>Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus, and all documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Request for such documents should
be directed to Fidelity Southern Corporation, 3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite&nbsp;1550, Atlanta, Georgia
30305, Attention: Secretary, telephone number (404)&nbsp;639-6500.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed on January&nbsp;25, 2006 and May&nbsp;3, 2006;
provided, however, the Company does not incorporate by reference any information furnished
under Item&nbsp;7.01 (Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure) or any exhibits submitted in connection
therewith and included in any of these Current Reports on Form 8-K.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, no par value, which is contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement filed on Form&nbsp;10, dated August&nbsp;27, 1993 and all amendments
and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides for the indemnification of
directors of the Company for liability and expenses incurred by them in connection with any civil,
criminal or administrative claim or proceeding in which they may become involved by reason of being
a director of the Company or by service, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another entity. The Section applies to both civil and criminal actions
(including civil actions brought as derivative actions by or in the right of the Company) and
permits indemnification if the director acted in good faith and reasonably believed that his/her
conduct in his/her official capacity was in the best interest of the Company and, in addition, in
all other cases, that his/her conduct was at least not opposed to the best interest of the Company
and, in criminal actions, he/she had no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct to be unlawful.
If the required standard of conduct is met, indemnification may include attorneys&#146; fees,
reasonable disbursements of the director or officer, judgments, fines, penalties or settlement
payments. Directors who are successful with respect to any claim against them are entitled to
indemnification as of right. On the other hand, if the charges made in any action are sustained,
either the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of disinterested members, independent legal
counsel or the holders of a majority of disinterested stockholders entitled to vote can indemnify a
director if they find that the required standard of conduct has been met and the director was not
adjudged liable to the corporation nor improperly received a personal benefit. If, in an action
brought by or in the right of the Company, the director is adjudged to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duty, a court in view of all the relevant circumstances can
order indemnification for reasonable expenses incurred, unless the Company&#146;s Articles of
Incorporation state otherwise. The shareholders themselves, by a majority of the votes entitled to
be cast, can indemnify a director who does not meet the standards set forth in Section&nbsp;14-2-851.
Section&nbsp;14-2-856 provides for such shareholder indemnification unless the director or officer is
adjudged liable to the corporation for the appropriation of a corporate business opportunity, for
acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful
distributions of corporate assets, or for any transaction from which he received an improper
personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides for the indemnification of
officers of the Company (unless the articles of incorporation state otherwise) for reasonable
expenses to the extent that the officer was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense
of any proceeding in which he/she was a party, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter
therein, because he/she is or was an officer of the Company. Unless the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation state otherwise, a court in view of all the relevant
circumstances can order indemnification for reasonable expenses incurred. The Company may also
provide for other methods of indemnification in its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors or contract. Officers who are also
directors are limited to the indemnification provisions provided in the Georgia Business
Corporation Code for directors. Article&nbsp;Eight of the Company&#146;s Bylaws provides for indemnification
of directors and officers of the Company for liabilities and expenses incurred by them in
connection with any civil, criminal or administrative claim or proceeding in which they may become
involved by reason of being a director or officer of the Company or by serving at the request of
the Company, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
entity. Indemnification applies both to civil and
criminal actions (including civil actions brought as derivative actions by or in the right of the
Company) and permits indemnification if the director or officer acted in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company and, in addition,
in criminal actions, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. If the required standard of conduct is met, indemnification may include disbursements
(including attorney&#146;s fees) of the director or officer, judgments, fines, and settlement payments.
Directors and officers who are successful with respect to any claim against them are entitled to
indemnification as of right. On the other hand, if the charges made in any action are sustained,
either the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of disinterested members, independent legal
counsel or the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote will determine if the required
standard of conduct has been met. If, in an action brought by or in the right of the Company, the
director or officer is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his
duty, he will only be entitled to such indemnity as the court shall deem proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company also maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance for the benefit of the
Company and its directors and officers. The policy provides coverage for certain amounts paid as
indemnification pursuant to the provisions of Georgia law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(f) to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(b)
to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-2, as amended. (File No.&nbsp;333-36377)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Form
8-K filed on May&nbsp;3, 2006).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Hunton &#038; Williams LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered (filed
herewith).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Hunton &#038; Williams LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
registration statement).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP (filed herewith).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement,</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement,</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement.</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</TD>
</TR>


</TABLE>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 12th
day of May, 2006.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">M. Howard Griffith, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints M.
Howard Griffith, Jr., James B. Miller, Jr. and H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., and each of them
individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this registration statement (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and
purposes as he might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James B. Miller, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James B. Miller, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
M. Howard Griffith, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial and accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David R. Bockel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David R. Bockel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Edward G. Bowen, M.D.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward G. Bowen, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kevin S. King
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin S. King</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James H. Miller III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James H. Miller III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Rutland
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Rutland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. Clyde Shepherd, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Clyde Shepherd, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rankin M. Smith, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 12, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">6
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(f) to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(b)
to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-2, as amended. (File No.&nbsp;333-36377)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Form
8-K filed on May&nbsp;3, 2006).</DIV></TD>
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FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
58-1416811
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 1550
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Fidelity Southern Corporation Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
Fidelity Southern Corporation
3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 1550
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
(Name and address of agent for service)
(404) 639-6500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
David M. Carter
Hunton & Williams LLP
Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4100
600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
(404) 888-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Class of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value
750,000 shares
$
17.72
$
13,290,000
$
1,422.03
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares
of the Company's Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of any
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee. Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of $17.72 per share, which was the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on The Nasdaq National Market on May
8, 2006.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Fidelity Southern Corporation (the "Company") will provide the participants, upon written or
oral request and without charge, a copy of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of
Part II of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated by reference in the
Section 10(a) prospectus, and all documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Request for such documents should
be directed to Fidelity Southern Corporation, 3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 1550, Atlanta, Georgia
30305, Attention: Secretary, telephone number (404) 639-6500.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
3.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed on January 25, 2006 and May 3, 2006;
provided, however, the Company does not incorporate by reference any information furnished
under Item 7.01 (Regulation FD Disclosure) or any exhibits submitted in connection
therewith and included in any of these Current Reports on Form 8-K.
4.
The description of the Company's common stock, no par value, which is contained in the
Company's Registration Statement filed on Form 10, dated August 27, 1993 and all amendments
and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides for the indemnification of
directors of the Company for liability and expenses incurred by them in connection with any civil,
criminal or administrative claim or proceeding in which they may become involved by reason of being
a director of the Company or by service, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another entity. The Section applies to both civil and criminal actions
(including civil actions brought as derivative actions by or in the right of the Company) and
permits indemnification if the director acted in good faith and reasonably believed that his/her
conduct in his/her official capacity was in the best interest of the Company and, in addition, in
all other cases, that his/her conduct was at least not opposed to the best interest of the Company
and, in criminal actions, he/she had no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct to be unlawful.
If the required standard of conduct is met, indemnification may include attorneys' fees,
reasonable disbursements of the director or officer, judgments, fines, penalties or settlement
payments. Directors who are successful with respect to any claim against them are entitled to
indemnification as of right. On the other hand, if the charges made in any action are sustained,
either the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of disinterested members, independent legal
counsel or the holders of a majority of disinterested stockholders entitled to vote can indemnify a
director if they find that the required standard of conduct has been met and the director was not
adjudged liable to the corporation nor improperly received a personal benefit. If, in an action
brought by or in the right of the Company, the director is adjudged to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duty, a court in view of all the relevant circumstances can
order indemnification for reasonable expenses incurred, unless the Company's Articles of
Incorporation state otherwise. The shareholders themselves, by a majority of the votes entitled to
be cast, can indemnify a director who does not meet the standards set forth in Section 14-2-851.
Section 14-2-856 provides for such shareholder indemnification unless the director or officer is
adjudged liable to the corporation for the appropriation of a corporate business opportunity, for
acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful
distributions of corporate assets, or for any transaction from which he received an improper
personal benefit.
Section 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides for the indemnification of
officers of the Company (unless the articles of incorporation state otherwise) for reasonable
expenses to the extent that the officer was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense
of any proceeding in which he/she was a party, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter
therein, because he/she is or was an officer of the Company. Unless the Company's Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation state otherwise, a court in view of all the relevant
circumstances can order indemnification for reasonable expenses incurred. The Company may also
provide for other methods of indemnification in its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors or contract. Officers who are also
directors are limited to the indemnification provisions provided in the Georgia Business
Corporation Code for directors. Article Eight of the Company's Bylaws provides for indemnification
of directors and officers of the Company for liabilities and expenses incurred by them in
connection with any civil, criminal or administrative claim or proceeding in which they may become
involved by reason of being a director or officer of the Company or by serving at the request of
the Company, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
entity. Indemnification applies both to civil and
criminal actions (including civil actions brought as derivative actions by or in the right of the
Company) and permits indemnification if the director or officer acted in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company and, in addition,
in criminal actions, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. If the required standard of conduct is met, indemnification may include disbursements
(including attorney's fees) of the director or officer, judgments, fines, and settlement payments.
Directors and officers who are successful with respect to any claim against them are entitled to
indemnification as of right. On the other hand, if the charges made in any action are sustained,
either the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of disinterested members, independent legal
counsel or the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote will determine if the required
standard of conduct has been met. If, in an action brought by or in the right of the Company, the
director or officer is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his
duty, he will only be entitled to such indemnity as the court shall deem proper.
The Company also maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance for the benefit of the
Company and its directors and officers. The policy provides coverage for certain amounts paid as
indemnification pursuant to the provisions of Georgia law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).
4.1
Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2, as amended. (File No. 333-36377)).
4.2
Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form
8-K filed on May 3, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered (filed
herewith).
23.1
Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
registration statement).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement,
(iii)
To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement,
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 12th
day of May, 2006.
FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints M.
Howard Griffith, Jr., James B. Miller, Jr. and H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., and each of them
individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this registration statement (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and
purposes as he might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ James B. Miller, Jr.
James B. Miller, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (principal executive officer)
May 12, 2006
/s/ M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
M. Howard Griffith, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
May 12, 2006
/s/ David R. Bockel
David R. Bockel
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ Edward G. Bowen, M.D.
Edward G. Bowen, M.D.
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ Kevin S. King
Kevin S. King
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ James H. Miller III
James H. Miller III
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ Robert J. Rutland
Robert J. Rutland
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ W. Clyde Shepherd, III
W. Clyde Shepherd, III
Director
May 12, 2006
/s/ Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
Director
May 12, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(f) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005).
4.1
Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2, as amended. (File No. 333-36377)).
4.2
Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form
8-K filed on May 3, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered (filed
herewith).
23.1
Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
registration statement).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
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