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8-K</font></div>
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REPORT</font></div>
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to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div>
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Report: July 20, 2010</font></div>
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      South Financial Group, Inc.</font></font></div>
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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
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14a-12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></font></div>
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2.02. &#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Results of
Operations and Financial Condition</font>.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On July
20, 2010, The South Financial Group, Inc. (&#8220;TSFG&#8221;) issued a press release (the
&#8220;Press Release&#8221;) announcing its results of operations for the quarter ended June
30, 2010.&#160;&#160;A copy of the Press Release and Quarterly Financial Data
Supplement are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are
incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Other
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to July 19, 2010, TSFG sold approximately $1.2 billion of investment securities
at an estimated gain of $35.6 million.</font></div>
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2010</font></div>
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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.</font></div>
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form8k-07202010.htm
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: July 20, 2010
The
      South Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
South Carolina
0-15083
57-0824914
(State
      or other jurisdiction
of
      incorporation)
(Commission
File
      Number)
(IRS
      Employer
Identification
      Number)
102 South Main Street, Greenville, South
      Carolina
29601
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:  (864) 255-7900
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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule
425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
2.02.
Results of
Operations and Financial Condition
.
On July
20, 2010, The South Financial Group, Inc. ("TSFG") issued a press release (the
"Press Release") announcing its results of operations for the quarter ended June
30, 2010.  A copy of the Press Release and Quarterly Financial Data
Supplement are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are
incorporated herein by reference.
Item
8.01
Other
Events
From July 1
to July 19, 2010, TSFG sold approximately $1.2 billion of investment securities
at an estimated gain of $35.6 million.
Item
9.01.
Financial
Statements and Exhibits
.
Exhibit
No.
Description
99.1
Press
      Release dated July 20, 2010
99.2
Quarterly
      Financial Data Supplement, Second Quarter
2010
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.
THE
      SOUTH FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
July
      20, 2010
By:
/s/  
      William P. Crawford, Jr.
William
      P. Crawford, Jr.
Executive
      Vice President and General Counsel