Summary of CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES INC

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2012 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the "2012 Annual Meeting") of Cornerstone Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April 26, 2012. Set forth below are the matters that were voted upon by the shareholders at the 2012 Annual Meeting, all of which are more fully described in the Company's 2012 proxy statement, and the final voting results for each such matter.

1. Election of Directors. The ten nominees listed below were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for a term expiring in 2013 as follows:

Director                  For      Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
B. Kenneth Driver      2,617,204       110,413      2,440,778
Karl Fillauer          2,729,674             0      2,440,778
David G. Fussell       2,727,163             0      2,440,778
Nathaniel F. Hughes    2,727,411             0      2,440,778
Lawrence D. Levine     2,719,083         4,114      2,440,778
Frank S. McDonald      2,713,115             0      2,440,778
Doyce G. Payne, M.D.   2,706,044             0      2,440,778
Wesley M. Welborn      2,717,689             0      2,440,778
Billy O. Wiggins       2,727,665             0      2,440,778
Marsha Yessick         2,524,887        10,285      2,440,778

2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter, PLLC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified as follows:

For                5,173,249
Against                2,264
Abstentions            3,595
Broker Non-Votes           0

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