UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 13, 2009

SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 
 0-53149
  
 26-0734029
 (Commission File Number)
  
 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
  
 3300 Cahaba Road, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 
  
 35223
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
 (Zip Code)
 
 

(205) 949-0302
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01. – Entry into a Material Agreement

In connection with a private placement and pursuant to subscription agreements effective March 13, 2009, the Company issued and sold to 50 accredited investors 139,460 shares of the Company’s common stock for $25.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $3,486,500.  This sale completes the Company’s private placement of 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for $25.00 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000, the first sale of which was reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 8, 2009, as amended January 15, 2009 and March 4, 2009.

Furthermore, on March 13, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the private placement.  A copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets

Item 3.02. – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.  The issuances of the shares in connection with the private placement were exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Act in transactions not involved in a public offering pursuant to Regulation D promulgated under the Act. The shares issued have not been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.                       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
(d)          Exhibits  Description
                  99.1
Press Release Issued March 13, 2009

 

 
 
 



SIGNATURES
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
  SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.  
       
Date:  March 13, 2009
By:
/s/ Thomas A. Broughton III   
    Thomas A. Broughton III  
    Chief Executive Officer