Superior Bancorp is a thrift holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The Company offers a range of banking and related services in 77 locations in Alabama and Florida through Superior Bank, its principal subsidiary. Superior Bank’s consumer finance subsidiaries operate an additional 24 consumer finance offices in North Alabama. The Company had assets of approximately $3.053 billion, loans of approximately $2.315 billion, deposits of approximately $2.343 billion and stockholders’ equity of approximately $251 million at December 31, 2008. Its operations are managed along two operating segments consisting of the geographical regions of Alabama and Florida.