UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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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): April 27, 2007
SUPERIOR
BANCORP
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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State
or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
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0-25033
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63-1201350
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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| 17
North 20th
Street, Birmingham, Alabama |
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35203
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Executive
Offices) |
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(Zip
Code)
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(205)
327-1400
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including Area Code)
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the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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provisions:
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Section
5. Corporate
Governance and Management
Item
5.02. Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
Effective
as of April 30, 2007, Superior Bancorp (the “Company”) appointed Mark Tarnakow
as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tarnakow, age 41, held various financial
management positions at Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama,
and
its predecessors from 2002 to 2007, serving most recently as the Regional
Financial Officer of the Midwest Banking Group. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Tarnakow
was employed in various financial management positions for entities affiliated
with Banc One Corporation, Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Tarnakow is a certified public
accountant and worked as an auditor and financial consultant with the public
accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Company from 1987 to 1990.
Officers
of the Company hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders next
following their appointment, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
There
is
no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Tarnakow and any other persons
pursuant to which he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company. Mr. Tarnakow is not a party to any transaction with the Company which
is subject to Item 404(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation
S-K.
Section
7. Regulation
FD
Item
7.01. Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On
April
27, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing its appointment of
Mr.
Tarnakow as its Chief Executive Officer. A
copy of
the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.
Section
9 Financial
Statements and Exhibits
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99
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Press
Release, dated April 27, 2007, of Superior Bancorp
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SIGNATURE
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.
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SUPERIOR
BANCORP |
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/s/
C.
Stanley Bailey |
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C.
Stanley Bailey |
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer |
Date:
April 27, 2007
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99
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Press
Release, dated April 27, 2007, of Superior
Bancorp
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