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):

November 3, 2015

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

8847 West Sam Houston Parkway, N., Suite 200

Houston, Texas 77040

(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 894-3200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 3, 2015, Allegiance Bank, a Texas state bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., entered into a definitive purchase and assumption agreement providing for the sale of two of its banking locations to Incommons Bank, N.A., a national banking association headquartered in Mexia, Texas. Under the terms of the purchase and assumption agreement, Incommons Bank, N.A. will acquire certain assets and assume certain liabilities associated with the Mart banking location at 714 Texas Avenue in Mart, Texas and the Rosebud banking location at 339 Main Street in Rosebud, Texas. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and certain other customary conditions and is expected to close during the first quarter of 2016.

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.