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

FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia		No. 000-22374		No. 58-1416811
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3490 Piedmont Road, Suite 1550
Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(404) 639-6500

Not applicable

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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On October 16, 2009, Fidelity Southern Corporation (“Fidelity”) issued a press release announcing its board of directors on October 15, 2009 approved the distribution of a stock dividend on November 12, 2009 of one new share of every 200 shares held on the record date of November 2, 2009. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

     In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.				Description
99.1				Press Release issued on October 16, 2009

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.

October 16, 2009