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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001247524-08-000085
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080222
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080226

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALABAMA NATIONAL BANCORPORATION
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000926966
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				631114426
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1927 FIRST AVENUE NORTH
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35209
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2055833600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1927 FIRST AVENUE NORTH
		STREET 2:		1927 FIRST AVENUE NORTH
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35209

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STARNES WILLIAM STANCIL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001198157

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25160
		FILM NUMBER:		08643218

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 598512
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35259-8512
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        <footnote id="F1">Disposed of pursuant to a merger agreement by and among the issuer, RBC Centura Banks, Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada, or RBC.  Shares of the issuer's common stock were exchanged, based on each stockholder's election, for either (i) RBC common shares worth U.S. $80.00, as described below, or (ii) U.S. $80.00 in cash, subject to certain proration procedures designed to ensure that the aggregate consideration to be paid by RBC to all of the issuer's stockholders was, as nearly as practicable, 50% cash and 50% RBC common shares.  Subject to these proration requirements, those stockholders of the issuer electing to receive RBC common shares received, for each share of the issuer's common stock, a number of RBC common shares equal to U.S. $80.00 divided by the volume-weighted average market price of RBC common shares on the New York Stock Exchange over the five-trading-day period ending on the last full trading day immediately before the closing date of the merger.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The phantom stock units were accrued under the Alabama National BanCorporation Plan for the Deferral of Compensation for Directors Who Are Not Employees of the Company.  Pursuant to the terms of the plan, each unit was to be converted to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis at the end of the deferral period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to the merger agreement, each phantom stock unit was converted into cash equal to the number of stock equivalents in the deferral account multiplied by U.S. $80.00.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>William E. Matthews V, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-02-26</signatureDate>
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