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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 70%; padding: 0 0 0 0.72in; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">October 16, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#9;(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)&#9;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Delaware </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">0-53149</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">26-0734029</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">(State or other jurisdiction</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">(Commission</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">(IRS Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 77%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">850 Shades Creek Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; padding: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">35209</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(205) 949-0302</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Not Applicable</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD>
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD>
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><B>Section 2 &ndash; Financial Information</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.02 &ndash; Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 16, 2012, ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing its operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. A copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including
Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><U>Item
9.01 &ndash; Financial Statements and Exhibits</U></B></FONT><U>.</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><U>Exhibits.</U></B> The following exhibits are included
with this Current Report on Form 8-K:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Press Release issued by ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. on October 16, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9pt; text-indent: 27pt">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; font-variant: small-caps; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps; color: black">/s/ Thomas A. Broughton III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Dated: October 16, 2012</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 9pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">By: &nbsp;Thomas A. Broughton III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0.24in"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Current Report on Form 8-K<BR>
dated October 16, 2012</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: black">News Release issued by ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. on October 16, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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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)
October 16, 2012
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-53149
26-0734029
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
850 Shades Creek Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama
35209
(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)
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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section 2 – Financial Information
Item 2.02 – Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.
On October 16, 2012, ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (the
"Company") issued a press release announcing its operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. A copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
The information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including
Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Item
9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(a)
Not applicable
(b)
Not applicable
(c)
Not applicable
(d)
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are included
with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release issued by ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. on October 16, 2012
SIGNATURE
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.
SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
/s/ Thomas A. Broughton III
Dated: October 16, 2012
By:  Thomas A. Broughton III
Chief Executive Officer
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Current Report on Form 8-K
dated October 16, 2012
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
News Release issued by ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. on October 16, 2012