Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
First
Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GSM: FFCH), today announced
that, through an arrangement with Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, Inc., it will
make individual presentations to several institutional investors at the
13th
Annual
Bank Conference. R.
Wayne
Hall, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make the
presentations at the conference August 19 & 20, 2008 in Chicago,
IL.
Section
9 -- Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a)
Not
applicable.
(b)
Not
applicable.
(c)
Exhibits
Exhibit
(99.1) Press release of First Financial Holdings, Inc. dated August 19,
2008.
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.
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FIRST
FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC
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/s/
R. Wayne Hall
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R.
Wayne Hall
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Executive
Vice President, Finance
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and
Chief Financial Officer
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Date:
August 19, 2008
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release of First Financial Holdings, Inc. dated August 19,
2008.
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