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 (Date of earliest event reported):  November 9, 2009

GREEN BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee

0-14289

62-1222567

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


100 North Main Street, Greeneville, Tennessee  37743-4992

(Address of principal executive offices)


(423) 639-5111
Registrant's telephone number, including area code


Not Applicable
(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)


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:


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ITEM
8.01.

OTHER EVENTS.

On November 9, 2009, Green Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has determined it to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to decline to accept the unsolicited investment proposal from Scott Niswonger in his letters dated October 26, 2009 and November 9, 2009.  A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM

9.01.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d) Exhibits.
 
99.1 Press Release dated November 9, 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.

GREEN BANKSHARES, INC.

 

 

Date:

November 10, 2009

By:

 

/s/ James E. Adams

 

James E. Adams

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Duly Authorized Representative)


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit(s)

 
99.1

Copy of press release issued by the Company on November 9, 2009.