0000943374-17-000229.txt : 20170531 0000943374-17-000229.hdr.sgml : 20170531 20170531104247 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000943374-17-000229 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170530 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20170531 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170531 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ESSA Bancorp, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001382230 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33384 FILM NUMBER: 17879870 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PALMER STREET CITY: STROUDSBURG STATE: PA ZIP: 18360 BUSINESS PHONE: (570) 421-0531 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PALMER STREET CITY: STROUDSBURG STATE: PA ZIP: 18360 8-K 1 form8k_053017.htm FORM 8-K ESSA BANCORP, INC. 05-30-2017

UNITED STATES
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): May 30, 2017

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania
  
001-33384
  
20-8023072
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File No.)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
    
18360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
    
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (570) 421-0531

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):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events

On May 30, 2017, ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the Company would make a payment of a cash dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock.  This dividend will be paid to stockholders of record as of June 16, 2017, payable on June 30, 2017.  A copy of the press release announcing the dividend is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)
Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.  Not applicable.
(b)
Pro Forma Financial Information.  Not applicable.
(c)
Shell Company Transactions.  Not applicable.
(d)    Exhibits.

Exhibit No.                                 Description

99.1
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. press release dated May 30, 2017





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.

                                          ESSA BANCORP, INC.



DATE: May 31, 2017
By:    /s/ Gary S. Olson
 
Gary S. Olson, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer









EX-99.1 2 ex991-8k_053017.htm ESSA BANCORP, INC. PRESS RELEASE DATED MAY 30, 2017


Date:   May 30, 2017
Contact:           Gary S. Olson, President & CEO
Corporate Office:        200 Palmer Street
           Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360
Telephone:            (570) 421-0531

ESSA BANCORP, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2017 — ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ Global MarketSM: ESSA), the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust, a $1.75 billion asset institution providing full service retail and commercial banking, financial and investment services, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of nine cents ($0.09) per share. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record as of June 16, 2017, payable on June 30, 2017.
This will be the thirty-seventh consecutive quarter ESSA Bancorp, Inc. has paid a dividend to its shareholders.  ESSA became a public company in April 2007.
About the Company
ESSA Bank & Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ESSA Bancorp, Inc., has total assets of $1.75 billion and is the leading service-oriented financial institution headquartered in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The Bank maintains its corporate headquarters in downtown Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and has 26 community offices throughout the Greater Pocono, Lehigh Valley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and western Philadelphia markets in Pennsylvania. In addition to being one of the region's largest mortgage lenders, ESSA Bank & Trust offers a full range of retail, commercial financial services, and financial advisory and asset management capabilities. ESSA Bancorp, Inc. stock trades on the NASDAQ Global MarketSM under the symbol "ESSA." ESSA Bancorp, Inc. became a public company in April, 2007.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained herein are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "continue," or similar terms or variations on those terms, or the negative of those terms. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment, particularly in the market areas in which the Company operates, competitive products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government, changes in government regulations affecting financial institutions, including compliance costs and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest rates, acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk management, asset-liability management, the financial and securities markets and the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity.
The Company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company wishes to advise readers that the factors listed above could affect the Company's financial performance and could cause the Company's actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements. 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.