Unassociated Document
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):  September 16, 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)
Zp 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 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment  of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(b)   On September 16, 2010, Director Mark A. Lee notified Superior Bancorp (the “Corporation”) of his resignation from the Boards of Directors of the Corporation and the Corporation’s subsidiary, Superior Bank.  Mr. Lee’s decision is not the result of any disagreement with the Corporation.
 
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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: September 22, 2010
By:
/s/ C. Stanley Bailey
  
   
C. Stanley Bailey
  
   
Chairman, President  and Chief Executive Officer
  
 
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