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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;17, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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>Georgia</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-1416811</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of Incorporation or Organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite&nbsp;1550<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30305</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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: 10pt"><B>James B. Miller, Jr.<BR>
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite&nbsp;1550<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30305<BR>
(404)&nbsp;240-1504</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, no par value
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>1,500,000 shares
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">9,975,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>$1,158.10 <BR>
($116.10 per $1,000,000)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may
become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b)
of the Securities Act, pursuant to Rule 457(c) thereunder, based on $6.65, the average of the high
and low prices of the common stock on June&nbsp;13, 2011, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">By this Registration Statement, Fidelity Southern Corporation (&#147;Fidelity&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
is registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, no par value, issuable under the
Fidelity Southern Corporation Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Fidelity has previously filed a
Registration Statement relating to 750,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the Plan (SEC
File No.&nbsp;333-134054, filed on May&nbsp;12, 2006). The contents of that prior Registration Statement are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2011;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;25, 2011, May&nbsp;3, 2011 and May&nbsp;31, 2011; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, no par value, which
is contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement filed on Form
10 dated August&nbsp;27, 1993, and all amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating that description.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">All documents filed by the Registrant and the Plan pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such reports
and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Sections&nbsp;14-2-851 and 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provide that a
corporation may indemnify its directors and officers against civil and criminal liabilities.
Directors and officers may be indemnified if they acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, if they have not been
adjudged liable on the basis of the improper receipt of a personal benefit and, with respect to any
criminal action, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A director
or officer may be indemnified against expenses incurred in connection with a derivative suit if he
or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made without court approval if
such person was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty
to the corporation. Statutory indemnification is not exclusive of any rights provided by any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Fidelity&#146;s bylaws contain indemnification provisions that provide that directors and officers
of Fidelity will be indemnified if they are successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of
any proceeding or any claim, issue or matter involved in the proceeding. The indemnification
provisions also provide that Fidelity will indemnify directors and officers when they meet the
applicable standard of conduct, regardless if they are successful in the defense of the proceeding
or claim, issue or matter. The applicable standard of conduct is met if the director or officer
acted in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
Fidelity. The standard of conduct with respect to any criminal action or proceeding is met if the
director had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Whether the applicable
standard of conduct has been met is determined by the board of directors, the stockholders or
independent legal counsel in each specific case.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Fidelity may also provide for greater indemnification than that set forth in its bylaws if it
chooses to do so, subject to approval by Fidelity&#146;s stockholders. Fidelity may not, however,
indemnify a director for liability arising out of circumstances that constitute exceptions to
limitation of a director&#146;s liability for monetary damages, as described below. Fidelity may
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director against any liability asserted against
such person and incurred by him or her in any such
capacity, whether or not Fidelity would have had the power to indemnify against such
liability.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">In addition, Article&nbsp;5 of Fidelity&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, subject to certain exceptions,
eliminates the potential personal liability of a director for monetary damages to Fidelity and to
the stockholders of Fidelity for breach of a duty as a director. There is no elimination of
liability for:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">any appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any of our business opportunities;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the types of liability set forth in the Official Code of Georgia Section&nbsp;14-2-832; or</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">The Articles of Incorporation do not eliminate or limit the right of Fidelity or its
stockholders to seek injunctive or other equitable relief not involving monetary damages.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Our directors and officers are insured against losses arising from any claim against them as
such for wrongful acts or omissions, subject to limitations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</DIV></TD>
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<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="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:</DIV></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
<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="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">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 SEC 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,</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">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,</DIV></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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 SEC by the
Registrant 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: 10pt">
<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="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">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.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">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.</DIV></TD>
</TR>


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


</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
<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="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#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.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act 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
SEC 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.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 June&nbsp;16, 2011.
</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>
&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/ James B. Miller, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">James B. Miller, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board <BR>
(Principal
Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                  /s/ Stephen H. Brolly
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen H. Brolly&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Chief Financial Officer <BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints James B. Miller, Jr. and Stephen H. Brolly, or either of them, as attorney-in-fact, with
each having the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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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<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James B. Miller, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James B. Miller, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board <br>(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen H. Brolly
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen H. Brolly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer <br>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David R. Bockel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Major General (Ret) David R. Bockel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Millard Choate
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Millard Choate
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald A. Harp, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dr.&nbsp;Donald A. Harp, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin S. King
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin S. King
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. Lankford, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. Lankford, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Clyde Shepherd III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Clyde Shepherd III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement. Items
marked with an asterisk are filed herewith.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" 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>Exhibit Name</B></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Fidelity Southern Corporation, as amended
effective December&nbsp;16, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3(a) to Fidelity&#146;s Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of Fidelity Southern Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference from Exhibit
3(b) to Fidelity&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2007)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4A to Fidelity&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-2
filed November&nbsp;14, 1997)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &#038; Berkowitz, PC</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(b)*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &#038; Berkowitz, PC (included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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Form S-8
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2011
Registration 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
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
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)
James B. Miller, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
3490 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 1550
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
(404) 240-1504
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value
1,500,000 shares
$
6.65
$
9,975,000
$1,158.10
($116.10 per $1,000,000)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may
become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b)
of the Securities Act, pursuant to Rule 457(c) thereunder, based on $6.65, the average of the high
and low prices of the common stock on June 13, 2011, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select
Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
By this Registration Statement, Fidelity Southern Corporation ("Fidelity" or the "Registrant")
is registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, no par value, issuable under the
Fidelity Southern Corporation Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Fidelity has previously filed a
Registration Statement relating to 750,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the Plan (SEC
File No. 333-134054, filed on May 12, 2006). The contents of that prior Registration Statement are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010;
2.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011;
3.
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 25, 2011, May 3, 2011 and May 31, 2011; and
4.
The description of the Registrant's common stock, no par value, which
is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed on Form
10 dated August 27, 1993, and all amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating that description.
All documents filed by the Registrant and the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such reports
and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 14-2-851 and 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provide that a
corporation may indemnify its directors and officers against civil and criminal liabilities.
Directors and officers may be indemnified if they acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, if they have not been
adjudged liable on the basis of the improper receipt of a personal benefit and, with respect to any
criminal action, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A director
or officer may be indemnified against expenses incurred in connection with a derivative suit if he
or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made without court approval if
such person was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty
to the corporation. Statutory indemnification is not exclusive of any rights provided by any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Fidelity's bylaws contain indemnification provisions that provide that directors and officers
of Fidelity will be indemnified if they are successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of
any proceeding or any claim, issue or matter involved in the proceeding. The indemnification
provisions also provide that Fidelity will indemnify directors and officers when they meet the
applicable standard of conduct, regardless if they are successful in the defense of the proceeding
or claim, issue or matter. The applicable standard of conduct is met if the director or officer
acted in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
Fidelity. The standard of conduct with respect to any criminal action or proceeding is met if the
director had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Whether the applicable
standard of conduct has been met is determined by the board of directors, the stockholders or
independent legal counsel in each specific case.
Fidelity may also provide for greater indemnification than that set forth in its bylaws if it
chooses to do so, subject to approval by Fidelity's stockholders. Fidelity may not, however,
indemnify a director for liability arising out of circumstances that constitute exceptions to
limitation of a director's liability for monetary damages, as described below. Fidelity may
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director against any liability asserted against
such person and incurred by him or her in any such
capacity, whether or not Fidelity would have had the power to indemnify against such
liability.
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In addition, Article 5 of Fidelity's Articles of Incorporation, subject to certain exceptions,
eliminates the potential personal liability of a director for monetary damages to Fidelity and to
the stockholders of Fidelity for breach of a duty as a director. There is no elimination of
liability for:
•
any appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any of our business opportunities;
•
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law;
•
the types of liability set forth in the Official Code of Georgia Section 14-2-832; or
•
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Articles of Incorporation do not eliminate or limit the right of Fidelity or its
stockholders to seek injunctive or other equitable relief not involving monetary damages.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Our directors and officers are insured against losses arising from any claim against them as
such for wrongful acts or omissions, subject to limitations.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the SEC upon request.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant 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 SEC 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 SEC by the
Registrant 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.
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(b)
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 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 Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC 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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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 June 16, 2011.
FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James B. Miller, Jr.
James B. Miller, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Stephen H. Brolly
Stephen H. Brolly
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints James B. Miller, Jr. and Stephen H. Brolly, or either of them, as attorney-in-fact, with
each having the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 16, 2011
/s/ Stephen H. Brolly
Stephen H. Brolly
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 16, 2011
/s/ David R. Bockel
Major General (Ret) David R. Bockel
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ Millard Choate
Millard Choate
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ Donald A. Harp, Jr.
Dr. Donald A. Harp, Jr.
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ Kevin S. King
Kevin S. King
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ William C. Lankford, Jr.
William C. Lankford, Jr.
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ W. Clyde Shepherd III
W. Clyde Shepherd III
Director
June 16, 2011
/s/ Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
Rankin M. Smith, Jr.
Director
June 16, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement. Items
marked with an asterisk are filed herewith.
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Name
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(a)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Fidelity Southern Corporation, as amended
effective December 16, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3(a) to Fidelity's Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009)
3
(b)
Bylaws of Fidelity Southern Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference from Exhibit
3(b) to Fidelity's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007)
4
(a)
Form of Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4A to Fidelity's Form S-2
filed November 14, 1997)
5
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Opinion of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
23
(a)*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23
(b)*
Consent of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC (included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
24
Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page)
99
(a)*
First Amendment to the Fidelity Southern Corporation Equity Incentive Plan dated April 27, 2006
*
Filed herewith.
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