Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 6, 2012, First Advantage Bancorp (the "Company") the holding company for First Advantage Bank (the "Bank") announced that effective, September 4, 2012, Gerald Lee Cooksey, Jr., age 46, was appointed Chief Operations Officer of First Advantage Bank. Mr. Cooksey has more than 20 years' experience in banking with organizations ranging in size from $300 million to $1.1 billion, most recently serving as Senior VP and Controller at First Security Group, Inc. and its subsidiary FSGBank, N.A. in Chattanooga, TN from 2011-2012. Prior to that, he served as Senior VP and CFO for Clayton Bank and Trust in Knoxville, TN from 2008-2011 and Vice President and Internal Auditor for Y-12 Federal Credit Union in Oak Ridge, TN from 2006-2008. Concurrently, with the appointment of Mr. Cooksey as Chief Operations Officer, Ms. Cindy Smith, who had been serving as Chief Operations Officer was appointed as Chief Marketing and Delivery Channel Officer for the Bank.