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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)
of the </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 23, 2012</P>

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in its charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">North Carolina</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">000-50128</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">47-0898685</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>File No.)</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1226 Eastchester Drive </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>High Point, North Carolina 27265 </B></P>

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</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(336) 869-9200 </B></P>

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including area code) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13(e)-4(c))</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 23, 2012, BNC Bancorp (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) and Bank of North Carolina (the &ldquo;Bank&rdquo;) entered into an underwriting agreement (the
&ldquo;Underwriting Agreement&rdquo;) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated and Sandler O&rsquo;Neill
&amp; Partners, L.P. (collectively, the &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo;) and the United States Department of the Treasury (the
&ldquo;Selling Shareholder&rdquo;), relating to the Selling Shareholder&rsquo;s offer and sale of 31,260 shares of Fixed Rate
Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value per share, of the Company (the &ldquo;Preferred Stock&rdquo;).
Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Preferred Stock from the Selling
Shareholder at a price of $907.41155 per share, plus accrued dividends, and to sell the Preferred Stock to the public through
a modified Dutch auction at an initial public offering price of $921.23 per share, plus accrued dividends.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The offering and sale of the Preferred Stock
is being made pursuant to the Company&rsquo;s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-182994) originally
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2012, as amended and as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement
dated August 23, 2012, and is expected to close on or about August 29, 2012. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from
the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Underwriting Agreement contains customary
representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and the Bank, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations
of the Company, the Bank and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations
of the parties and termination provisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriting Agreement has been filed with this Current Report on Form
8-K to provide information regarding its terms.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the
Company or the Bank. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes
of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to
limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing summary of the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein, does not purport to be a complete description of the
rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement that
is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Exhibits</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.1</TD><TD>Underwriting Agreement dated August 23, 2012, by and among BNC Bancorp, Bank of North Carolina, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
&amp; Smith Incorporated, Sandler O&rsquo;Neill &amp; Partners, L.P. and the United States Department of the Treasury.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">4.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form of Stock Certificate for Common Stock</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">4.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form of Stock Certificate for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series A</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">4.3</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form of Stock Certificate for Non-Voting Common Stock</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 48.95pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: August 24, 2012</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3">BNC BANCORP</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top">By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ David B. Spencer</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">David B. Spencer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Executive&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.1</TD><TD>Underwriting Agreement dated August 23, 2012, by and among BNC Bancorp, Bank of North Carolina, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
&amp; Smith Incorporated, Sandler O&rsquo;Neill &amp; Partners, L.P. and the United States Department of the Treasury.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">4.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form of Stock Certificate for Common Stock</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">4.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form of Stock Certificate for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series A</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">4.3</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Form of Stock Certificate for Non-Voting Common Stock</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 23, 2012
BNC BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
North Carolina
000-50128
47-0898685
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File No.)
(IRS Employee
Identification No.)
1226 Eastchester Drive
High Point, North Carolina 27265
(Address of principal executive offices)
(336) 869-9200
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On August 23, 2012, BNC Bancorp (the
"Company") and Bank of North Carolina (the "Bank") entered into an underwriting agreement (the
"Underwriting Agreement") with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Sandler O'Neill
& Partners, L.P. (collectively, the "Underwriters") and the United States Department of the Treasury (the
"Selling Shareholder"), relating to the Selling Shareholder's offer and sale of 31,260 shares of Fixed Rate
Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value per share, of the Company (the "Preferred Stock").
Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Preferred Stock from the Selling
Shareholder at a price of $907.41155 per share, plus accrued dividends, and to sell the Preferred Stock to the public through
a modified Dutch auction at an initial public offering price of $921.23 per share, plus accrued dividends.
The offering and sale of the Preferred Stock
is being made pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-182994) originally
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2012, as amended and as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement
dated August 23, 2012, and is expected to close on or about August 29, 2012. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from
the offering.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary
representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and the Bank, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations
of the Company, the Bank and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations
of the parties and termination provisions.  The Underwriting Agreement has been filed with this Current Report on Form
8-K to provide information regarding its terms.  It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the
Company or the Bank. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes
of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to
limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.
The foregoing summary of the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein, does not purport to be a complete description of the
rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement that
is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated August 23, 2012, by and among BNC Bancorp, Bank of North Carolina, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated, Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. and the United States Department of the Treasury.
4.1
Form of Stock Certificate for Common Stock
4.2
Form of Stock Certificate for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series A
4.3
Form of Stock Certificate for Non-Voting Common Stock
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Dated: August 24, 2012
BNC BANCORP
By:
/s/ David B. Spencer
David B. Spencer
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
EXHIBIT INDEX
1.1
Underwriting Agreement dated August 23, 2012, by and among BNC Bancorp, Bank of North Carolina, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated, Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. and the United States Department of the Treasury.
4.1
Form of Stock Certificate for Common Stock
4.2
Form of Stock Certificate for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock, Series A
4.3
Form of Stock Certificate for Non-Voting Common Stock