<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000927089-14-000283.txt : 20140805
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140805160207
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000927089-14-000283
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140805
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140805

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000916907
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036]
		IRS NUMBER:				431665523
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		531 VINE ST
		CITY:			POPLAR BLUFF
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5737851421

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		531 VINE STREET
		CITY:			POPLAR BLUFF
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63901

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hensley Todd E.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001615302

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23406
		FILM NUMBER:		141016146

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC.
		STREET 2:		531 VINE STREET
		CITY:			POPLAR BLUFF
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63901
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        <issuerName>SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SMBC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hensley Todd E.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>531 VINE STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>63901</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-08-05</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>266020</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Received in exchange for shares of the common stock of Peoples Service Company (&quot;PSC&quot;) in connection with the merger of PSC with and into Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (&quot;SMBI&quot;). Under the terms of the merger agreement between SMBI and PSC, at the effective time of the merger, each share of PSC common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time was exchanged for $11.50  in cash plus .3289 of a share of SMBI common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Todd E. Hensley, Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-08-05</signatureDate>
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