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): October 19, 2006
SUPERIOR BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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0-25033
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63-1201350 |
(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 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code) |
(205) 327-1400
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
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o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425
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240.14d-2(b))
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240.13e-4(c))
Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
On October 19, 2006, the Board of Directors of Superior Bancorp, acting on the recommendation
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed D. Dewey Mitchell to
serve as a director of Superior Bancorp and its subsidiary Superior Bank for a term expiring at the
next Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Superior Bancorp.
D. Dewey Mitchell, CCIM, age 49, is co-owner of Capstone Tropical Holdings, Inc., which is
comprised of Prudential Tropical Realty, Capstone Mortgage Funding, Capstone Title, CRES Commercial
Solutions and Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Mitchell served as a director of
Kensington Bankshares, Inc., Tampa, Florida, from inception until that companys merger with
Superior Bancorp in August 2006. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Morton Plant
North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey, and has been active in community, charitable and economic
development affairs in the Tampa Bay area.
Mr. Mitchell has not yet been appointed to any committees of Superior Bancorps Board of
Directors.
Section 7 Regulation FD
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 23, 2006, Superior Bancorp issued a press release announcing the election of Mr.
Mitchell 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 documents 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.
(c) Exhibits
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Exhibit 99
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Press Release of Superior Bancorp dated October 23, 2006. |