UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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): February 28, 2005

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (903) 531-7111

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(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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under Securities Act (17 CFR 230-425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURES.

     On February 28, 2005, Southside Bancshares, Inc. announced that it will be presenting at the Midwest 2005 Super-Community Bank Investor Conference in Chicago, Illinois on March 1, 2005. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached exhibit, is being furnished as provided in the General Instructions to Form 8-K, to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, except as shall be expressly provided by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (C)  Exhibits. The following materials are furnished as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.