0000743367-16-000124.txt : 20160419 0000743367-16-000124.hdr.sgml : 20160419 20160419161106 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000743367-16-000124 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160419 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160419 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160419 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000743367 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 010393663 STATE OF INCORPORATION: ME FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13349 FILM NUMBER: 161579232 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 MAIN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 400 CITY: BAR HARBOR STATE: ME ZIP: 04609-0400 BUSINESS PHONE: 2072883314 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 MAIN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 400 CITY: BAR HARBOR STATE: ME ZIP: 04609-0400 8-K 1 dividend041916.htm Form 8-K re Stock Split and Dividend (01599682).DOC

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)      April 19, 2016


Bar Harbor Bankshares

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Maine

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-13349

01-0393663

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)



               P.O. Box 400

Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME

04609-0400

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)


(207) 288-3314

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



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


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


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









TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 8.01 Other Events


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Page 1


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Signatures


Exhibit Index

Page 1


Page 2









ITEM 8.01

OTHER EVENTS


Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the “Company”) issued a press release on April 19, 2016 announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on April 19, 2016, a quarterly cash dividend of 27.0 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.9% compared with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.0 cents or 8.0% compared with the second quarter of 2015. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business May 16, 2016 and will be paid on June 15, 2016. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.

 

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


(d)

      Exhibits No. Description


99.1

Copy of Company’s press release dated April 19, 2016 filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   April 19, 2016

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

/s/ Gerald Shencavitz


Gerald Shencavitz

EVP & Chief Financial Officer

 







EXHIBIT INDEX


99.1   Press Release dated April 19, 2016









 EX-99 2 dividend041916ex99.htm Form 8-K re Stock Split and Dividend (01599682).DOC





EXHIBIT 99.1




PRESS RELEASE


For further information contact:                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Curtis C. Simard

President and CEO

(207) 288-3314



Bar Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend


Bar Harbor, Maine (April 19, 2016) – Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its April 19, 2016 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 27.0 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 1.9%, compared with the prior quarter and an increase of 2.0 cents or 8.0% compared with the second quarter of 2015.  The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business May 16, 2016 and will be paid on June 15, 2016.


Bar Harbor Bankshares is the parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.  Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, founded in 1887, provides full service community banking with fifteen branch office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.



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