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 1, 2012

 

 

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   1-35388   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: (713) 693-9300

 

 

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)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 1, 2012, management of Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) presented information to investors at the Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods 2012 Bank Conference in Boston regarding the Company’s business and operational results for the fourth quarter and year ending December 31, 2012 and its proposed business combination with American State Financial Corporation. The slide presentation given at this conference is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description is qualified by reference to such exhibit.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed 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 filing.

 

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    Investor presentation given March 1, 2012.


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 1, 2012     By:   /s/ James D. Rollins III                            
      James D. Rollins III
      President and Chief Operating Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Investor presentation given March 1, 2012.