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 17, 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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

Effective as of October 17, 2006, the Board of Directors of Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), a Texas corporation and the parent company of Prosperity Bank, El Campo, Texas, elected James D. Rollins III to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Rollins presently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In addition, Mr. Rollins serves as President and a director of Prosperity Bank.

As of the date of this filing, Mr. Rollins has not been appointed to a committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, nor has it been determined when, if at all, any such appointment will be made.

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 19, 2006   By:  

/s/ Peter Fisher

    Peter Fisher
    General Counsel