UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    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): January 23, 2007
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                          SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES, INC.
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                 (Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)


   Pennsylvania                     0-10674                     23-2201716
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 (State or Other               (Commission File              (I.R.S. Employer
 Jurisdiction of                    Number)                 Identification No.)
  Incorporation)


  26 North Cedar Street, Lititz, Pennsylvania                      17543
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (717) 626-4721
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Results of Operations, Financial Statements and Exhibits

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     The registrant issued a press release on January 23, 2007, announcing its
results of operations for its fourth quarter and full year 2006, which release
is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

     The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not
be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.


ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     Exhibit No.    Description
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     ( c ) 99.1     Press release, dated January 23, 2007.




                                   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.


                                         SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES, INC.
                                         (Registrant)


                                         By: /s/ William J. Reuter
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                                         William J. Reuter
                                         Chairman, President and Chief Executive
                                         Officer


Dated: January 23, 2007




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number            Exhibit
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    99.1                  Press release, dated January 23, 2007