ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

Effective October 1, 2009, Joseph D. Reid elected to reduce his base salary compensation by twenty percent. This follows a reduction of ten percent on January 1, 2009.

ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

As previously announced, on September 30, 2009, Capitol Bancorp Ltd. ("Capitol") extended its pending offers to exchange any and all issued and outstanding shares of Capitol Development Bancorp Limited III, Capitol Development Bancorp Limited IV, Capitol Development Bancorp Limited V and Capitol Development Bancorp Limited VI for units, consisting of shares of Trust-Preferred Securities issued by Capitol Trust XII, a Delaware statutory trust, and shares of the Company's Series A Noncumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock. The exchange offer scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., Michigan time, on September 30, 2009, was extended until 11:59 p.m., Michigan time, on October 7, 2009 for Capitol Development Bancorp Limited IV, Capitol Development Bancorp Limited V and Capitol Development Bancorp Limited VI, and extended until 11:59 p.m., Michigan time, on October 14, 2009 for Capitol Development Bancorp Limited III.

As of the close of business on October 1, 2009, 11,290 shares of Capitol Development Bancorp Limited III had been tendered; 11,215 shares of Capitol Development Bancorp Limited IV had been tendered; 9,764 shares of Capitol Development Bancorp Limited V had been tendered; and 11,972 shares of Capitol Development Bancorp Limited VI had been tendered.