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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 21, 2011
 
  METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Texas
  0-25141  
76-0579161
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File Number)  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
       
9600 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 252
       
Houston, Texas
   
 
77036
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
  (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (713) 776-3876
 
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 21, 2011, MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. publicly disseminated a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2011.  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.
 
 
(c)
Exhibits.  The following is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
 
 
Exhibit
Number             
                   
99.1
 
Description of Exhibit
 
Press Release issued by MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. dated October 21, 2011.
 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
  METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.
   
   
Dated:  October 21, 2011   By:  /s/ George M. Lee
George M. Lee
Executive Vice Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
 

 
 

 
                                           
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number  
 
99.1
 
Description of Exhibit
 
Press Release issued by MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. dated October 21, 2011.