UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): JANUARY 3, 2006
THE BANC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-25033 63-1201350
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
17 NORTH 20TH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(205) 327-3600
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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SECTION 7 -- REGULATION FD
ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On January 3, 2006, The Banc Corporation issued a press release
announcing the following:
- Effective in January 2006, the Corporation has completed the change of
the name of its principal subsidiary, The Bank, to Superior Bank.
- Effective not later than the Corporation's 2006 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, expected to be held in May 2006, and subject to approval
of the Corporation's stockholders at or prior to that Annual Meeting,
the Corporation will change its corporate name to Superior Bancorp.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99. The
information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99, shall not
be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor
shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
except as we may specifically state in any such filing. We will file the
amendment to the Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to change
the name of the Corporation under cover of the appropriate form at such time as
such amendment becomes effective.
SECTION 9 -- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99 Press Release of The Banc Corporation dated
January 3, 2006.
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.
THE BANC CORPORATION
Date: January 3, 2006 By: /s/ Rick D. Gardner
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Rick D. Gardner
Chief Operating Officer