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) April 18, 2017 |
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Bar Harbor Bankshares |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |
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Maine |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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001-13349 |
01-0393663 |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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P.O. Box 400 |
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82 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME |
04609-0400 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
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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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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the “Company”) issued a press release on April 19, 2017 announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on April 18, 2017, a second quarter cash dividend. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business May 15, 2017 and will be paid on June 15, 2017. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed as an exhibit.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Copy of the Company’s press release, dated April 19, 2017. |
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.
| BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES | |||
| Date: April 19, 2017 |
By: |
/s/ Josephine Iannelli |
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| Josephine Iannelli | |||
| EVP & Chief Financial Officer | |||
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Copy of the Company’s press release, dated April 19, 2017. |
Exhibit 99.1
Bar Harbor Bankshares Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
BAR HARBOR, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2017--Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its April 18, 2017 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 18.67 cents per share of common stock. The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business May 15, 2017 and will be paid on June 15, 2017.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Curtis C. Simard, commented, “With the closing of the Lake Sunapee Bank Group acquisition at the beginning of the year and the systems conversion planned for later this quarter, we continue executing on our strategies of building a stronger franchise through which to provide dividends to our shareholders.”
Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) is the parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. Founded in 1887, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust is a true community bank serving the financial needs of its clients for over 125 years. Bar Harbor provides full service community banking with office locations in all three Northern New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. For more information, visit www.bhbt.com.
CONTACT:
Bar Harbor Bankshares
Curtis C. Simard,
207-288-3314
President and CEO