Form 8-K

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, 2006

 


PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Texas   0-25051   74-2331986

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

4295 San Felipe Houston, Texas   77027
(Address of principal executive offices)   (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):

 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 20, 2006, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. publicly disseminated a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2006. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information furnished in Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K 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 -    Press Release issued by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. dated October 20, 2006.


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.
Dated: October 20, 2006    By:  

/s/ James D. Rollins III

     James D. Rollins III
     President and Chief Operating Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release issued by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. dated October 20, 2006.