0000930413-14-002379.txt : 20140707 0000930413-14-002379.hdr.sgml : 20140707 20140507172610 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-14-002379 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140507 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTER BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000712771 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 521273725 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 301 SYLVAN AVENUE CITY: ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07632 BUSINESS PHONE: 2018168900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 301 SYLVAN AVENUE CITY: ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07632 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTER BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

CENTER BANCORP, INC.

2455 Morris Avenue

Union, New Jersey 07083

May 7, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

Center Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”)
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-194348)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the above-captioned registration statement, and pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the Company hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned registration statement be accelerated to 10:00 a.m. New York time on Friday, May 9, 2014, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

1. should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

2. the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

3. the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

	Very truly yours,

	CENTER BANCORP, INC.

By:		/s/Anthony C. Weagley
		Anthony C. Weagley President and Chief Executive Officer