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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">AS
      FILED
      WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 29, 2006</font></div>
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      NO. 333-_________</font></div>
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      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong></font></div>
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      D.C. 20549</font></div>
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      S-8</strong></font></div>
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      STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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      <hr style="COLOR: black" align="center" noshade size="1" width="15%">&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>FIRST
      SECURITY GROUP, INC.</strong></font></div>
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      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
                  organization)</em></font></div>
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                  Employer Identification
                  Number)</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>531
      Broad Street</strong></font></div>
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      Tennessee 37402</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>(423)
      266-2000</strong></font></div>
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      including zip code and telephone number, including area code,</font></div>
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      registrant's principal executive offices)</font></div>
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      SECURITY GROUP, INC. 401(k)</strong></font></div>
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      EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN </strong></font></div>
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      title of plan)</font></div>
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                L. Lusk, Jr.</strong></font></div>
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                copy to:</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Chief
                Financial Officer</strong></font></div>
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                D. Klingler, Esq.</strong></font></div>
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                Security Group, Inc.</strong></font></div>
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                Goldstein LLP</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>531
                Broad Street</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>One
                Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Chattanooga,
                Tennessee 37402</strong></font></div>
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                West Peachtree Street, NW</strong></font></div>
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                266-2000</strong></font></div>
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                Georgia 30309-3488</strong></font></div>
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                572-6600</strong></font>&#160;</div>
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      address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
      agent
      for service)</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;<strong><font size="2">CALCULATION
                OF REGISTRATION
                FEE</font></strong></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Title
                of Each Class</strong></font></div>
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                Securities to Be Registered</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup><strong>(1)</strong></sup></font></div>
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                to Be</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Maximum</strong></font></div>
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                Price Per</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Proposed
                Maximum</strong></font></div>
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                Offering</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Price</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup><strong>(3)(4)</strong></sup></font></div>
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                of </strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Registration</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Fee</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup><strong>(5)</strong></sup></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Common
                Stock, $0.01 par value per share </font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">500,000
                shares</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$
                11.37</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$5,685,000</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$609</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
                addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
                this
                registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests
                to
                be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
                herein.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2)</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Includes
                an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to
                adjust
                the number of shares issued pursuant to the employee benefit plan
                described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend
                or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding common
                stock.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(3)</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
                to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum
                offering price and registration fee are based upon the average of
                high and
                low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system on December
                27,
                2006. </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(4)</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                aggregate offering price is calculated solely for the purpose of
                determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under
                the
                Securities Act of 1933.</font></div>
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                to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, the filing fee is
                being
                partially offset by $435 in connection with a filing fee previously
                paid
                by the Company (i) on June 10, 2005 in the amount of $6,091 and (ii)
                on
                July 27, 2005 in the amount of $1,219 in connection with the Company&#8217;s
                Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-125722).
                Of the
                5,175,000 shares registered on the Form S-1, 308,100 shares remained
                unsold after the offering&#8217;s completion, representing paid filing fees of
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      documents containing the information specified in Part&#160;I of the
      Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8 will be sent or
      given to participants in each plan as required by Rule&#160;428(b)(1)
      promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities
      Act&#8221;).</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Incorporation
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      information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this
      prospectus, and information that First Security Group, Inc. (&#8220;First Security&#8221;)
      files with the SEC subsequent to the date of this prospectus will automatically
      update and supersede this information. First Security incorporates by reference
      the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      as
      amended, until the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
      all
      securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
      remaining unsold.</font></div>
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      following documents First Security has filed with the SEC are incorporated
      by
      reference in this prospectus:</font></div>
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                  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  2005;</font></div>
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                  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
                  2006;</font></div>
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                  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006;
                  </font></div>
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                  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
                  2006;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.</font></div>
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                  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 18,
                  2006;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Current
                  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 1,
                  2006;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.</font></div>
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                  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 9, 2006;
                  and</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Description
                  of First Security&#8217;s common stock set forth in its Registration Statement
                  on Form 8-A12G dated April 23, 2002, which incorporates by reference
                  the
                  description of First Security&#8217;s common stock contained in its Registration
                  Statement on Form S-1 dated April 20, 2001 (File No. 333-59338),
                  as filed
                  with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any amendments
                  to such
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed subsequently thereto,
                  including
                  any form of Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
                  Securities
                  Act. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">First
      Security will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a
      copy
      of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits
      to
      these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to William L.
      Lusk, Jr., Chief Financial Officer,</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">First
      Security Group, Inc., 531&#160;Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402,
      telephone (423) 266-2000. </font></div>
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                of the Securities</strong></font></div>
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      applicable.</font></div>
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                Counsel.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Tennessee Business Corporation Act provides that a corporation may indemnify
      any
      of its directors and officers against liability incurred in connection with
      a
      proceeding if (i)&#160;the director or officer acted in good faith, (ii)&#160;in
      the case of conduct in his or her official capacity with the corporation, the
      director or officer reasonably believed such conduct was in the corporation&#8217;s
      best interest, (iii)&#160;in all other cases, the director or officer reasonably
      believed that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interest of the
      corporation, and (iv)&#160;in connection with any criminal action or proceeding,
      had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. In
      actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, however, the Tennessee
      Business Corporation Act provides that no indemnification may be made if the
      director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation. In cases
      where
      the director or officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
      the
      defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as an officer
      or director of a corporation, the Tennessee Business Corporation Act mandates
      that the corporation indemnify the director or officer against reasonable
      expenses incurred in the proceeding. The Tennessee Business Corporation Act
      also
      provides that in connection with any proceeding charging improper personal
      benefit to an officer or director, no indemnification may be made if such
      officer or director is adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
      improperly received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Tennessee Business
      Corporation Act provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
      application, may order that an officer or director be indemnified for reasonable
      expenses if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances, the court
      determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to
      indemnification, notwithstanding the fact that (i)&#160;such officer or director
      was adjudged liable to the corporation in a proceeding by or in right of the
      corporation, (ii)&#160;such officer or director was adjudged liable on the basis
      that personal benefit was improperly received by him; or (iii)&#160;such officer
      or director breached his duty of care to the corporation. </font></div>
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      Security&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that no director shall
      be personally liable to First Security or its shareholders for monetary damages
      for breach of any fiduciary duty as a director except for liability for
      (i)&#160;any breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty, (ii)&#160;acts or
      omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
      violation of law, (iii)&#160;for the types of liability set forth in Section
      14-18-304 of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, which provides that
      directors who vote for unlawful distributions of corporate funds will be held
      personally liable to the corporation for the amount of any such distribution,
      or
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      Articles of Incorporation. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
      October 26, 2005, First Security&#8217;s Board of Directors authorized a plan to buy
      back up to 500,000 shares of First Security&#8217;s common stock in open market
      transactions; as of July 20, 2006, First Security had repurchased all 500,000.
      The majority of the stock was purchased directly by First Security&#8217;s ESOP,
      although a portion was purchased by First Security. On July 20, 2006, First
      Security sold all 170,147 shares repurchased to the ESOP for $11.03 per share
      in
      a private sale under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; this transaction
      resulted in a net increase to stockholders&#8217; equity of approximately $163
      thousand. First Security originally purchased the 170,147 shares at an average
      price of $10.07 per share. Following this transaction, the ESOP owns 500,000
      shares which will be used to match employee 401(k) contributions as well as
      incentive driven ESOP profit sharing opportunities.</font></div>
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                  Statement).</font></div>
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      Stock Ownership Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
      in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the
      Internal Revenue Service in order to qualify the plan under Section 401 of
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      registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration
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                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 the
                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 and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to
                Rule
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                change to such information in the registration
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      do
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      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
      furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
      Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration
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      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
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      report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
      Act
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      plan&#8217;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
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      may
      be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 registrant of expenses
      incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
      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 registrant 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
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      amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the within registration
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      other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
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      alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
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First Security Group S-8 12-29-2006
AS
      FILED
      WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 29, 2006
REGISTRATION
      NO. 333-_________
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST
      SECURITY GROUP, INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
TENNESSEE
58-2461486
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
                  organization)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification
                  Number)
531
      Broad Street
Chattanooga,
      Tennessee 37402
(423)
      266-2000
(Address,
      including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of
      registrant's principal executive offices)
FIRST
      SECURITY GROUP, INC. 401(k)
AND
      EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Full
      title of plan)
William
                L. Lusk, Jr.
with
                copy to:
Chief
                Financial Officer
Robert
                D. Klingler, Esq.
First
                Security Group, Inc.
Powell
                Goldstein LLP
531
                Broad Street
One
                Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor
Chattanooga,
                Tennessee 37402
1201
                West Peachtree Street, NW
(423)
                266-2000
Atlanta,
                Georgia 30309-3488
(404)
                572-6600
(Name,
      address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
      agent
      for service)
CALCULATION
                OF REGISTRATION
                FEE
Title
                of Each Class
of
                Securities to Be Registered
(1)
Amount
                to Be
Registered
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
                Price Per
Share
(3)
Proposed
                Maximum
Aggregate
                Offering
Price
(3)(4)
Amount
                of
Registration
Fee
(5)
Common
                Stock, $0.01 par value per share
500,000
                shares
$
                11.37
$5,685,000
$609
(1)
In
                addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
                this
                registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests
                to
                be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
                herein.
(2)
Includes
                an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to
                adjust
                the number of shares issued pursuant to the employee benefit plan
                described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend
                or similar adjustment of the Registrant's outstanding common
                stock.
(3)
Pursuant
                to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum
                offering price and registration fee are based upon the average of
                high and
                low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system on December
                27,
                2006.
(4)
The
                aggregate offering price is calculated solely for the purpose of
                determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under
                the
                Securities Act of 1933.
(5)
Pursuant
                to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, the filing fee is
                being
                partially offset by $435 in connection with a filing fee previously
                paid
                by the Company (i) on June 10, 2005 in the amount of $6,091 and (ii)
                on
                July 27, 2005 in the amount of $1,219 in connection with the Company's
                Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-125722).
                Of the
                5,175,000 shares registered on the Form S-1, 308,100 shares remained
                unsold after the offering's completion, representing paid filing fees of
                $435.
PART
      I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
      documents containing the information specified in Part I of the
      Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be sent or
      given to participants in each plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1)
      promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
      Act").
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
                3.
Incorporation
                of Documents by Reference
.
The
      information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this
      prospectus, and information that First Security Group, Inc. ("First Security")
      files with the SEC subsequent to the date of this prospectus will automatically
      update and supersede this information. First Security incorporates by reference
      the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      as
      amended, until the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
      all
      securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
      remaining unsold.
The
      following documents First Security has filed with the SEC are incorporated
      by
      reference in this prospectus:
1.
Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  2005;
2.
Quarterly
                  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
                  2006;
3.
Quarterly
                  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006;
4.
Quarterly
                  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
                  2006;
5.
Current
                  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 18,
                  2006;
6.
Current
                  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 1,
                  2006;
7.
Current
                  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 9, 2006;
                  and
8.
Description
                  of First Security's common stock set forth in its Registration Statement
                  on Form 8-A12G dated April 23, 2002, which incorporates by reference
                  the
                  description of First Security's common stock contained in its Registration
                  Statement on Form S-1 dated April 20, 2001 (File No. 333-59338),
                  as filed
                  with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any amendments
                  to such
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed subsequently thereto,
                  including
                  any form of Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
                  Securities
                  Act.
First
      Security will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a
      copy
      of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits
      to
      these documents. You should direct any requests for documents to William L.
      Lusk, Jr., Chief Financial Officer,
First
      Security Group, Inc., 531 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402,
      telephone (423) 266-2000.
Item
                4.
Description
                of the Securities
Not
      applicable.
Item
                5.
Interests
                of Named Experts and
                Counsel.
Not
      applicable.
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Item
                6.
Indemnification
                Provisions.
The
      Tennessee Business Corporation Act provides that a corporation may indemnify
      any
      of its directors and officers against liability incurred in connection with
      a
      proceeding if (i) the director or officer acted in good faith, (ii) in
      the case of conduct in his or her official capacity with the corporation, the
      director or officer reasonably believed such conduct was in the corporation's
      best interest, (iii) in all other cases, the director or officer reasonably
      believed that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interest of the
      corporation, and (iv) in connection with any criminal action or proceeding,
      had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. In
      actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, however, the Tennessee
      Business Corporation Act provides that no indemnification may be made if the
      director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation. In cases
      where
      the director or officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
      the
      defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as an officer
      or director of a corporation, the Tennessee Business Corporation Act mandates
      that the corporation indemnify the director or officer against reasonable
      expenses incurred in the proceeding. The Tennessee Business Corporation Act
      also
      provides that in connection with any proceeding charging improper personal
      benefit to an officer or director, no indemnification may be made if such
      officer or director is adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
      improperly received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Tennessee Business
      Corporation Act provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
      application, may order that an officer or director be indemnified for reasonable
      expenses if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances, the court
      determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to
      indemnification, notwithstanding the fact that (i) such officer or director
      was adjudged liable to the corporation in a proceeding by or in right of the
      corporation, (ii) such officer or director was adjudged liable on the basis
      that personal benefit was improperly received by him; or (iii) such officer
      or director breached his duty of care to the corporation.
First
      Security's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that no director shall
      be personally liable to First Security or its shareholders for monetary damages
      for breach of any fiduciary duty as a director except for liability for
      (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty, (ii) acts or
      omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
      violation of law, (iii) for the types of liability set forth in Section
      14-18-304 of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, which provides that
      directors who vote for unlawful distributions of corporate funds will be held
      personally liable to the corporation for the amount of any such distribution,
      or
      (iv) for any act or omission occurring before the effective date of the
      Articles of Incorporation.
Item
                7.
Exemption
                from Registration Claimed.
On
      October 26, 2005, First Security's Board of Directors authorized a plan to buy
      back up to 500,000 shares of First Security's common stock in open market
      transactions; as of July 20, 2006, First Security had repurchased all 500,000.
      The majority of the stock was purchased directly by First Security's ESOP,
      although a portion was purchased by First Security. On July 20, 2006, First
      Security sold all 170,147 shares repurchased to the ESOP for $11.03 per share
      in
      a private sale under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; this transaction
      resulted in a net increase to stockholders' equity of approximately $163
      thousand. First Security originally purchased the 170,147 shares at an average
      price of $10.07 per share. Following this transaction, the ESOP owns 500,000
      shares which will be used to match employee 401(k) contributions as well as
      incentive driven ESOP profit sharing opportunities.
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Item
                8.
Exhibits.
(a)
The
      following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
      Registration Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit
                No.
Description
5.1
Opinion
                  of Powell Goldstein LLP with respect to the securities being registered,
                  including consent.
23.1
Consent
                  of counsel (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent
                  of Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC, independent registered
                  public accounting firm.
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (see signature pages to this Registration
                  Statement).
(b)
In
      accordance with Item 8(b) of Form S-8, First Security hereby undertakes that
      it
      will submit or has submitted the First Security Group, Inc. 401(k) and Employee
      Stock Ownership Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
      in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the
      Internal Revenue Service in order to qualify the plan under Section 401 of
      the
      Internal Revenue Code, as amended.
Item
                  9.
Undertakings.
The
      undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
      file,
      during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities
      registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration
      statement:
(i)
To
                include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
                Act
                of 1933;
(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 the
                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 and of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to
                Rule
                424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
                no
                more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
                set
                forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                registration statement); and
(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 the undertakings set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above
      do
      not apply if 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 SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
      Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration
      statement.
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(2)
That,
      for
      the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      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;
      and
(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.
The
      undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
      any
      liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
      report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
      Act
      of 1934, as amended (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 that time shall be deemed to be the initial
      bona
      fide offering thereof.
Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
      may
      be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 registrant of expenses
      incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
      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 registrant 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, First Security 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
      Chattanooga, State of Tennessee, on this 27
th
day of
      December, 2006.
FIRST
                SECURITY GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/
                Rodger B. Holley
Rodger B. Holley
President and Chief Executive
                Officer
POWER
      OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
      ALL
      MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the persons whose signature appears below
      appoints and constitutes Rodger B. Holley and William L. Lusk, Jr. and each
      of
      them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
      with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his
      or
      her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any and all
      amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the within registration
      statement, and to file the same, together with all exhibits thereto and all
      other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission and such other agencies, offices and persons as may be required
      by
      applicable law, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting
      alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
      requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
      intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
      and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone
      may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has
      been
      signed below on December 27, 2006 by the following persons in the capacities
      indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/
                Rodger B. Holley
President,
                Chief Executive Officer and
Rodger
                B. Holley
Chairman
                of the Board of Directors
(Principal
                Executive Officer)
/s/
                William L. Lusk, Jr.
Secretary,
                Chief Financial Officer and
William
                L. Lusk, Jr.
Executive
                Vice President
(Principal
                Financial Officer)
/s/
                John R. Haddock
Controller
                and Vice-President
John
                R. Haddock
(Principal
                Accounting Officer)
/s/
                Harold J.C. Anders
Director
Harold
                J. C. Anders
/s/
                Randall L. Gibson
Director
Randall
                L. Gibson
/s/
                Carol H. Jackson
Director
Carol
                H. Jackson
/s/
                Ralph L. Kendall
Director
Ralph
                L. Kendall
/s/
                William B. Kilbride
Director
William
                B. Kilbride
/s/
                D. Ray Marler
Director
D.
                Ray Marler
/s/
                Lloyd L. Montgomery, III
Director
Lloyd
                L. Montgomery, III
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
5.1
Opinion
                  of Powell Goldstein LLP with respect to the securities being registered,
                  including consent.
23.1
Consent
                  of counsel (included in
                  Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent
                  of Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC, independent registered
                  public accounting firm.
24.2
Power
                  of Attorney (see signature pages to this Registration
                  Statement).