0000909654-11-000172.txt : 20110318 0000909654-11-000172.hdr.sgml : 20110318 20110318154256 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909654-11-000172 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110317 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110318 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL BANCORP INC /MA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076394 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 043447594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25251 FILM NUMBER: 11698296 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 HIGHLAND AVENUE CITY: SOMERVILLE STATE: MA ZIP: 02144 BUSINESS PHONE: 6176284000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 HIGHLAND AVENUE CITY: SOMERVILLE STATE: MA ZIP: 02144 8-K 1 central8kmarch18-11.htm CURRENT REPORT central8kmarch18-11.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  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):  March 17, 2011

CENTRAL BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)
 
Massachusetts
0-25251
04-3447594
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
    
399 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts  02144
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 628-4000

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:

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
    On March 17, 2011, the Board of Directors of Central Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Central Co-operative Bank (the “Bank”), appointed Gerald T. Mulligan as a director of the Company and the Bank.  In connection with his appointment as a director, Mr. Mulligan was also appointed to serve on the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.  Mr. Mulligan was not selected as a director pursuant to any arrangements or understandings between Mr. Mulligan and the Company, the Bank or any other person.  In addition, there are no material or related party transactions between Mr. Mulligan and the Company, the Bank or any other person.  A press release, dated March 18, 2011, issued by the Company in connection with the appointment of Mr. Mulligan as a director is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  Exhibits
 
          Number      Description
 
          99.1         Press Release dated March 18, 2011
 
 
 
 

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.
 
  CENTRAL BANCORP, INC.  
       
Date:  March 18, 2011
By:
/s/ Paul S. Feeley  
    Paul S. Feeley   
    Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer  
       

 
 EX-99.1 2 central8kmarch18-11ex99.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED MARCH 18, 2011 central8kmarch18-11ex99.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Paul S. Feeley
 Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
    Chief Financial Officer
 (617) 628-4000

CENTRAL BANCORP, INC. APPOINTS GERALD T. MULLIGAN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, March 18, 2011 — Central Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Market: CEBK) (the “Company”), the parent company of Central Co-operative Bank (the “Bank”), today announced that Gerald T. Mulligan has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank.

Mr. Mulligan has extensive banking experience including having served as President and Chief Executive Officer of both RiverBank in North Andover, Massachusetts and Andover Bank in Andover, Massachusetts.   Mr. Mulligan also served as Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks from 1979 to 1983 and is currently a Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.

Mr. Mulligan is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and has an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

 Central Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Central Bank, whose legal name is Central Co-operative Bank, a Massachusetts-chartered co-operative bank operating nine full-service banking offices, a limited service high school branch in suburban Boston and a standalone 24-hour automated teller machine in Somerville.