8-K

 

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): August 27, 2009

Southwest Bancorp, Inc.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma	0-23064	73-1136584
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
608 South Main Street, Stillwater, Oklahoma		74074
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 405-372-2230

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

At its meeting of August 27, 2009, the Board of Directors of Southwest Bancorp, Inc. declared a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2009. The press release announcing this dividend is attached as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.

	Southwest Bancorp, Inc.
August 28, 2009	By:	Kerby Crowell
		Name: Kerby Crowell
		Title: Executive Vice President and CFO

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99	News Release

EX-99

SOUTHWEST BANCORP, INC.
DECLARES DIVIDEND ON COMMON STOCK

CONTACT:
TELEPHONE:
RELEASE DATE: RICK J. GREEN, PRESIDENT & C.E.O.
KERBY E. CROWELL, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & C.F.O.
(405) 372-2230 (800) 727-2230
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009

STILLWATER, OK—Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKSB), parent company of Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company and Bank of Kansas, announces that a $0.0238 per share cash dividend on its common stock was declared for the third quarter of 2009. This is the same amount per share as the dividend paid for the second quarter of 2009.

This dividend will be distributed to shareholders of record as of September 17, 2009, and is payable on October 1, 2009.

Southwest Bancorp, Inc. has paid a dividend every year since it was organized in 1981. Dividends on common stock are declared at the discretion of the board of directors.

Southwest Bancorp, Inc. is a publicly owned financial holding company with banking subsidiary offices in Oklahoma City, Stillwater, Tulsa, Edmond, and Chickasha, Oklahoma; Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston, Texas; and Wichita, Kansas City, Anthony, Harper, Mayfield, Overland Park and Hutchinson, Kansas.

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