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) December 6, 2006

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):

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On December 6, 2006, United Western Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) purchased 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for $5,850,000. The purchase of these shares settled on December 11, 2006. In a press release attached as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K dated November 13, 2006, the Company had announced that the Board of Directors had authorized a new program to repurchase up to five percent (5%) of the Company’s shares of common stock. The shares will be acquired from time to time either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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: December 11, 2006


	UNITED WESTERN BANCORP, INC.

	By:	/s/Theodore J. Abariotes
	Name:	Theodore J. Abariotes
	Title:	Senior Vice President and General Counsel