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):  April 27, 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: (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):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 8.01          Other Events.

 

On April 27, 2012, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. publicly disseminated a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2012. A copy of the press release is furnished 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 April 27, 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:  April 27, 2012 By:    
    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 April 27, 2012.