SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Huffines James R

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O PLAINSCAPITAL CORPORATION

2323 VICTORY AVENUE, SUITE 1400

(Street)

DALLAS

75219

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PLAINSCAPITAL CORP [ NONE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	President and COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/06/2012

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Original Common Stock	02/06/2012		M		5,184	A	$6.6937	237,368⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	D
Original Common Stock								7,405	I	By ESOP⁽⁵⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Employee stock option (right to buy)	$6.6937	02/06/2012		M			5,184	08/20/2002	02/20/2012	Original Common Stock	5,184	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 20,000 restricted stock units granted to the reporting person on April 1, 2011. Such restricted stock units will vest, and an equal number of shares of Original Common Stock will be deliverable to the reporting person, upon the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, April 1, 2016, or immediately upon the earlier occurrence of events specified in the reporting person's restricted stock unit award agreement, including a "change in control" of PlainsCapital Corporation.

2. Includes 25,000 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on November 15, 2010. Such restricted shares will vest upon the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, November 15, 2015, or immediately upon the earlier occurrence of events specified in the reporting person's restricted stock award agreement, including a "change in control," or "initial public listing" of the common stock, of PlainsCapital Corporation.

3. Includes 8,000 restricted stock units granted to the reporting person on April 1, 2010. Such restricted stock units will vest, and an equal number of shares of Original Common Stock will be deliverable to the reporting person, upon the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, April 1, 2015, or immediately upon the earlier occurrence of events specified in the reporting person's restricted stock unit award agreement, including a "change in control" of PlainsCapital Corporation.

4. Includes 30,000 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on December 17, 2008. These shares vested or will vest in equal installments, rounded down to the nearest whole number to avoid the issuance of any fractional shares, over a seven-year period, beginning with the first anniversary of the date of grant, December 17, 2009, and continuing each 17th day of December until December 17, 2015. Vesting of these shares accelerates in full upon a "change in control" or "initial public listing" of the common stock of PlainsCapital Corporation.

5. Represents shares allocated to the account of the reporting person pursuant to the Plains Capital Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

	/s/ James R. Huffines	02/07/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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