8-K

0001628280-16-010313.txt : 20160121 0001628280-16-010313.hdr.sgml : 20160121 20160120182859 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-16-010313 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160119 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160120 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000714395 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 351547518 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15877 FILM NUMBER: 161352084 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 711 MAIN ST STREET 2: P O BOX 810 CITY: JASPER STATE: IN ZIP: 47546 BUSINESS PHONE: 8124821314 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 711 MAIN STREET CITY: JASPER STATE: IN ZIP: 47546 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950510 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GAB BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950510 8-K 1 cashdividend8k.htm 8-K 8-K

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):

January 19, 2016

GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Indiana

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)



001-15877	35-1547518
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
711 Main Street Box 810 Jasper, Indiana	47546
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(812) 482-1314

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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:

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

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 19, 2016, GABC issued a press release announcing the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.18 per share which will be payable on February 20, 2016 to shareholders of record as of January 29, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


99.1	Press release, dated January 19, 2016.

SIGNATURE

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.



	GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. By: /s/ Mark A. Schroeder Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: January 19, 2016

EX-99.1 2 exhibit991cashdividend.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

For additional information, contact:

Mark A Schroeder, Chief Executive Officer of German American Bancorp, Inc.

Bradley M Rust, Executive Vice President/CFO of German American Bancorp, Inc.

(812) 482-1314


JANUARY 19, 2016	GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. (GABC) ANNOUNCES 6% INCREASE IN QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

Jasper, Indiana, German American Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GABC) today reported that the Company has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share, representing approximately a 6% increase from the level of its prior period dividend. This quarterly dividend declaration, which is attributable to earnings during the quarter ended on December 31, 2015, will be payable on February 20, 2016 to shareholders of record as of January 29, 2016.

About German American

German American Bancorp, Inc., is a NASDAQ-traded (symbol: GABC) financial services holding company based in Jasper, Indiana. German American, through its banking subsidiary German American Bancorp, operates 37 banking offices in 13 southern Indiana counties. The Company also owns an investment brokerage subsidiary (German American Investment Services, Inc.) and a full line property and casualty insurance agency (German American Insurance, Inc.).