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): January 24, 2008
SUPERIOR
BANCORP
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
State
or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation
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0-25033
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63-1201350
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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17
North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama
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35203
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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Zip
Code)
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(205)
327-1400
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including Area Code)
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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CFR
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Section 5
— Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Principal Officers.
On
January 24, 2008, the Board of Directors of Superior Bancorp, acting on the
recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the
Board, appointed Mark A. Lee and Charles W. Roberts, III to serve as directors
of Superior Bancorp and its subsidiary, Superior Bank, for terms expiring at
the
2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Superior Bancorp. Mr. Lee and Mr. Roberts
have not been appointed to any committees of the Board of Directors at this
time.
Section
7 — Regulation FD
Item
7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
January 30, 2008, Superior Bancorp issued a press release announcing the
election of Mr. Lee and Mr. Roberts to the Board of Directors. The text of
the
press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99. This information is
furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be
“filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, unless we specifically
incorporate it by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of
1933
or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. By filing this report on Form 8-K and
furnishing this information, we make no admission as to the materiality of
any
information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason
of
Regulation FD.
Section
9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
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Exhibit
99
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Press
Release of Superior Bancorp January 30,
2008.
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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.
SUPERIOR
BANCORP
/s/
C.
Stanley Bailey
C.
Stanley Bailey
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
Date:
January 30, 2008
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 of Superior Bancorp dated January 30,
2008.
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