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9, 2009, American Patriot Financial Group, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) announced that
Jerry A. Simmerly had resigned as the President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and the Company&#8217;s subsidiary, American Patriot Bank (the &#8220;Bank&#8221;) and
as a member of the boards of directors of the Company and the Bank, effective
March 5, 2009.</font></div>
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serve as the President of the Company and the Bank, effective March 5,
2009.&#160;&#160;Mr. Burns currently serves as a member of the Company&#8217;s and the
Bank&#8217;s boards of directors since December 2008.&#160;&#160;Mr. Burns has been
employed by the Bank in various capacities since 2000 when the Bank was
organizing.</font></div>
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Smead, 63, to serve as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
the Bank, effective March 5, 2009.&#160;&#160;Dr. Smead currently serves as the
Chairman of the Company&#8217;s and the Bank&#8217;s boards of directors, and has been a
director of the Bank, formerly the Bank of Greeneville, since it was formed in
2001, and of the Company since it was formed in 2004.&#160;&#160;Dr.&#160;Smead
is a physician with the Greeneville Eye Clinic in Greeneville, Tennessee, which
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committee composed of the independent directors of the Company and the Bank will
search for a successor Chief Executive Officer.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press
release relating to the above events is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied
verbatim.</font></div>
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americanpatriot8k030509.htm
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):
March 5,
  2009
AMERICAN PATRIOT FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Tennessee
000-50771
20-0307691
(State or
      Other Jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S.
      Employer
In Company or
      Organization)
File Number)
Identification
      Number)
3095 East Andrew Johnson
      Highway, Greeneville, Tennessee
37745
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(423)
      636-1555
N/A
(Former Name
      or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
Check the
appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
[  ]
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
[  ]
Soliciting material
      pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
    240.14a-12)
[  ]
Pre-commencement
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      240.14d-2(b))
[  ]
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
      CFR.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02
Departure of Directors or
      Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
      Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
On March
9, 2009, American Patriot Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company") announced that
Jerry A. Simmerly had resigned as the President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and the Company's subsidiary, American Patriot Bank (the "Bank") and
as a member of the boards of directors of the Company and the Bank, effective
March 5, 2009.
The
Company's and the Bank's boards of directors appointed Michael Burns, 49, to
serve as the President of the Company and the Bank, effective March 5,
2009.  Mr. Burns currently serves as a member of the Company's and the
Bank's boards of directors since December 2008.  Mr. Burns has been
employed by the Bank in various capacities since 2000 when the Bank was
organizing.
The
Company's and the Bank's boards of directors have appointed Dr. William J.
Smead, 63, to serve as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
the Bank, effective March 5, 2009.  Dr. Smead currently serves as the
Chairman of the Company's and the Bank's boards of directors, and has been a
director of the Bank, formerly the Bank of Greeneville, since it was formed in
2001, and of the Company since it was formed in 2004.  Dr. Smead
is a physician with the Greeneville Eye Clinic in Greeneville, Tennessee, which
he founded in 1978.
A search
committee composed of the independent directors of the Company and the Bank will
search for a successor Chief Executive Officer.  A copy of the press
release relating to the above events is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K, which by this reference is incorporated herein as if copied
verbatim.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD
      Disclosure.
The information set forth in Item 5.02
above is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and
      Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index
      immediately following signature page.
1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
AMERICAN
      PATRIOT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Date: 
      March  11, 2009
By:
/s/
      T. Don Waddell
Name: 
      T. Don Waddell
Title:   
      Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Description
99.1
Press Release issued
      by American Patriot Financial Group, Inc. dated March 9,
  2009.
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