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): July 24, 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)

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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 July 24, 2007, announcing its
results of operations for its second quarter 2007, 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 July 24, 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: July 24, 2007




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number             Exhibit
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     99.1                  Press release, dated July 24, 2007