Form 8-K

 

 

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): March 29, 2010

 

 

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   0-25051   74-2331986

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4295 San Felipe

Houston, Texas 77027

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 269-7199

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 March 29, 2010, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (“Prosperity”) issued a press release announcing the closing of the acquisition by Prosperity Bank, a Texas banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of Prosperity, of the three Texas retail bank branches of U.S. Bank. A copy of Prosperity’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits. The following is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release issued by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. dated March 29, 2010.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

     

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: March 29, 2010     By:   /s/ Peter Fisher
       

Peter Fisher

General Counsel

 

 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release issued by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. dated March 29, 2010.