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): November 1, 2012

PEOPLES FEDERAL BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 254-0707

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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):

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01.                                        Other Events.

On October 31, 2012, Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors authorized an increase in the number of shares that may be repurchased pursuant to the Company’s stock repurchase plan that was previously announced on July 20, 2011.  Under the expanded authorization, the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an additional 5% of its issued and outstanding shares, or up to an additional 336,345 shares.  As of October 31, 2012, the Company had repurchased 696,296 of its shares under the repurchase plan, which represents 100% of shares previously authorized for repurchase under the repurchase plan.

A press release giving details associated with the repurchase plan is attached as Exhibit 99 to this report.  The information included in Exhibit 99 is considered to be “furnished” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01.             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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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.

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