-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Ki6NQ+KBFkh5JQYkaqgLTrOQyM27h42saQSTmtmSUmi9pEqyJnvaVBj33njwkAzC qLHlNR6MWfnbmFnye+A9Qw== 0001144204-08-059041.txt : 20081023 0001144204-08-059041.hdr.sgml : 20081023 20081023161105 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-059041 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081020 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20081023 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081023 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SUPERIOR BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065298 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 631201350 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25033 FILM NUMBER: 081137472 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17 NORTH 20TH STREET CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35203 BUSINESS PHONE: 2053262265 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17 NORTH 20TH STREET CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BANC CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980702 8-K 1 v129436_8k.htm
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): October 20, 2008

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)

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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

On October 20, 2008, Mark A. Tarnakow resigned from Superior Bancorp (the “Company”). He had been the Company’s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.

On October 23, 2008, the Company appointed James A. White as its Principal Financial Officer and James C. Gossett as its Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. White and Mr. Gossett will have the titles of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, respectively.

Mr. White, age 65, has served as the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer since September 8, 2008. He is a 37-year veteran of the banking industry, having served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the First National Bank & Trust of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and as Chief Financial Officer of BOK Financial Corporation and BankAtlantic Bancorp. He began his banking career at NCNB Corporation. Mr. White retired from BankAtlantic in mid-2007.

Mr. Gossett, age 46, has been employed by the Company since 1998. He has served as its Finance Director since 2007 and prior to that time served as its Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Gossett is a Certified Public Accountant.

Officers of the Company hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders next following their appointment, or until their earlier resignation or removal.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. White or Mr. Gossett and any other persons pursuant to which they were appointed as the Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, respectively, of the Company. Neither Mr. White nor Mr. Gossett is a party to any transaction with the Company which is subject to Item 404(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-K.

 
 
 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


SUPERIOR BANCORP

/s/ C. Stanley Bailey
C. Stanley Bailey
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Date: October 23, 2008
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