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 18, 2013

METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas

0-25141

76-0579161

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

9600 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 252

Houston, Texas

77036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 776-3876

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 18, 2013, MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. publicly disseminated a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information furnished in Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)	Exhibits. The following is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

	Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit

	99.1	Press Release issued by MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. dated October 18, 2013.

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.

	METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.


Dated: October 18, 2013	By:	/s/George M. Lee
		George M. Lee
		Co-Chairman,
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

99.1

Press Release issued by MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. dated October 18, 2013.

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. 8-K