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
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 19, 2016 |
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Bar Harbor Bankshares |
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Maine |
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001-13349 |
01-0393663 |
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P.O. Box 400 |
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Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME |
04609-0400 |
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(207) 288-3314 |
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(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) |
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 8.01 Other Events |
Page 1 |
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Page 1 |
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Signatures |
Page 1 |
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Exhibit Index |
Page 2 |
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ITEM 8.01 |
OTHER EVENTS |
Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the “Company”) issued a press release on July 19, 2016 announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on July 19, 2016, a quarterly cash dividend of 27.5 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 7.8% compared with the third quarter of 2015. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business August 15, 2016 and will be paid on September 15, 2016. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.
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ITEM 9.01 |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS |
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| (d) | Exhibits No. Description | |
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99.1 Copy of Company’s press release dated July 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.
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Dated: |
July 19, 2016 |
| BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES | |
| /s/ Gerald Shencavitz | |
| Gerald Shencavitz | |
| EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1 Press Release dated July 19, 2016
Exhibit 99.1
Bar Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend
BAR HARBOR, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2016--Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its July 19, 2016 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 27.5 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 7.8% compared with the third quarter of 2015. The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business August 15, 2016 and will be paid on September 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 fourteen branch office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.
CONTACT:
Bar Harbor Bankshares
Curtis C. Simard,
207-288-3314
President and CEO