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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) May 21, 2009
United Western Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Colorado
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-21231	84-1233716
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

700 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2100 Denver, Colorado	80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(303) 595-9898
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


(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 the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

A copy of United Western Bancorp, Inc.’s (the “Company”) presentation for the Company’s annual meeting to be held May 22, 2009, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. These materials are being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The presentation will also be available on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.uwbancorp.com.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	Presentation materials furnished pursuant to Item 7.01.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 21, 2009	UNITED WESTERN BANCORP, INC.


	By: /s/ Michael J. McCloskey
	Name: Michael J. McCloskey
	Title: Chief Operating Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1	Presentation materials furnished pursuant to Item 7.01.

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