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): September 3, 2007

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:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 
 
Section 8 — Other Events 
 
Item 8.01. 
Other Events.

On September 3, 2007, Superior Bancorp issued a press release announcing that it had completed its previously disclosed stock repurchase program. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.
 
Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits 
 
Item 9.01. 
  
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
    Exhibit 99    Press Release of Superior Bancorp dated September 3, 2007
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SUPERIOR BANCORP
  
Date: September 3, 2007
By:
/s/ C. Stanley Bailey 
  
   
C. Stanley Bailey
  
   
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 



 
 
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
Exhibit 99
  
Press Release of Superior Bancorp dated September 3, 2007