UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549
_______________

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 20, 2010

SUPERIOR BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
 
0-25033
63-1201350
(Commission
(IRS Employer
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
17 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama
35203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Zip Code)

(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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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On April 20, 2010, Superior Bancorp held its 2010 annual meeting of stockholders at which the following actions were taken pursuant to the following final voting results:

1.
  
The stockholders voted to elect the following persons as directors, each to hold office for a one-year term:
 
NAME
  
FOR
  
WITHHELD
  
BROKER
NON-VOTES
  
C. Stanley Bailey
  
6,747,876
  
325,236
  
2,263,354
  
Roger D. Barker
  
6,750,464
  
322,648
  
2,263,354
  
Thomas E. Dobbs, Jr.
  
6,763,014
  
310,098
  
2,263,354
  
Rick D. Gardner
  
6,755,856
  
317,256
  
2,263,354
  
Thomas E. Jernigan, Jr.
  
6,602,434
  
470,678
  
2,263,354
  
James Mailon Kent, Jr.
  
6,591,250
  
481,862
  
2,263,354
  
Mark A. Lee
  
6,386,384
  
686,728
  
2,263,354
  
Peter L. Lowe
  
6,751,325
  
321,787
  
2,263,354
  
John C. Metz
  
6,592,955
  
480,157
  
2,263,354
  
D. Dewey Mitchell
  
6,772,609
  
300,503
  
2,263,354
  
Robert R. Parrish, Jr.
  
6,733,898
  
339,214
  
2,263,354
  
Charles W. Roberts, III
  
6,596,585
  
476,527
  
2,263,354
  
C. Marvin Scott
  
6,621,687
  
451,425
  
2,263,354
  
James C. White, Sr.
  
6,761,772
  
311,340
  
2,263,354
  

2.
  
The stockholders voted to adopt the Superior Bancorp 2010 Incentive Compensation Plan:
 
FOR
  
AGAINST
  
ABSTAIN
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
5,564,555
  
1,263,723
  
244,833
  
2,263,354

3.
  
The stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Superior Bancorp’s registered independent public accounting firm:
 
FOR
  
AGAINST
  
ABSTAIN
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
9,112,489
  
64,411
  
159,566
  
0

4.
  
The stockholders voted to approve the overall compensation of our executives named in the proxy statement for the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders:
 
FOR
  
AGAINST
  
ABSTAIN
  
BROKER NON-VOTES
8,038,629
  
1,055,120
  
242,717
  
0
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
SUPERIOR BANCORP
 
  
Date: April 20, 2010
By:
/s/ C. Stanley Bailey
  
   
C. Stanley Bailey
  
   
Chairman, President  and Chief Executive Officer