UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF ~~THE~~OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~_May~~March 1819, ~~2012~~2013

Harris Preferred Capital Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

1-13805

36-4183096

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois		60603
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 312-461-1211

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

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Item 58.0201 ~~Departure~~Other ~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Events

~~(b)~~ On ~~May~~ March 1819, ~~2012~~2013, ~~Paul~~the R.board ~~Skubic~~of ~~retired~~directors ~~from~~of ~~his~~Harris ~~positions~~Preferred asCapital ~~Chairman~~Corporation (the “Company”) voted to authorize the redemption of all of the ~~Board~~Company’s outstanding 7-3/8% Noncumulative Exchangeable Preferred Stock, ~~President~~Series ~~and~~A (the ~~Chief~~“Preferred ~~Executive~~Stock”). ~~Officer~~The redemption of the ~~Company~~Preferred ~~effective~~Stock, ~~May 18~~which is subject to the receipt of certain regulatory approvals, ~~2012~~including the U.S. MrOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency, is anticipated to commence prior to the end of the second quarter of 2013. ~~Skubic~~ Following receipt of regulatory approvals, the Company will ~~remain~~issue a public announcement of the commencement of the Preferred Stock redemption and, in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the Company will transmit a ~~member~~notice to holders of the ~~Board~~Preferred ofStock ~~Directors~~containing details regarding the redemption.

~~(c) and (d) On May 18, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors announced that Pamela C. Piarowski, currently Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, would succeed~~Forward-Looking ~~Mr. Skubic~~Statements as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 18, 2012. The Board also elected Ms. Piarowski as a director effective May 18, 2012 for a term that expires at the 2013 annual meeting and appointed Ms. Piarowski as Chair of the Board effective such date. Lisa D. Hofstatter, currently Chief Accountant and Head of Financial Reporting at BMO Harris Bank, N.A., has been elected to the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer by the Company’s Board of Directors, effective May 18, 2012. Ms. Hofstatter, 43, has been an accountant with Bank of Montreal since 1997 and was appointed to her current position at BMO Harris Bank, N.A., an indirect subsidiary of Bank of Montreal and affiliate of the Company, in July 2011.

AThe ~~description~~Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements contained in this Form 8-K, which speak only as of Msthe date made. ~~Piarowski’s~~ ~~tenure~~Actual ~~with~~results ~~the~~may ~~Company~~differ ~~and her~~materially ~~business~~from ~~experience~~those ~~can~~indicated beby ~~found~~such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K ~~filed~~for the year ended December 31, 2012 and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. onIn ~~March 23~~addition, ~~2012,~~the forward-looking statements included in this Form 8-K represent the ~~descriptions~~Company’s views as of ~~which~~the ~~are~~date ~~incorporated~~of ~~herein~~this byfiling. ~~reference~~The Company does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

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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.

Date: May 18, 2012		HARRIS PREFERRED CAPITAL CORPORATION
Date: March 19, 2013	HARRIS PREFERRED CAPITAL CORPORATION
	By:	~~By:~~/s/Pamela C. Piarowski	~~/s/ Pamela C. Piarowski~~
			Name: Pamela C. Piarowski
		Name:	Pamela C. Piarowski
			Title: Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
		Title:	Chairman of the Board,
			President and Chief Executive Officer

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