Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

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): June 22, 2016

 

 

LAKELAND BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

New Jersey		000-17820		22-2953275
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

250 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, New Jersey		07438
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code [phone]

 

 

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):

 

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

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On June 22, 2016, Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and Harmony Bank disseminated a joint press release announcing that the shareholders of Harmony Bank have approved the merger of Harmony Bank with and into Lakeland Bank, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary. The parties also announced that they intend to close the merger on or about July 1, 2016. A copy of the joint press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1		Joint Press Release of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Harmony Bank, dated June 22, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

				LAKELAND BANCORP, INC.
				By:		/s/ Timothy J. Matteson
				Name:		Timothy J. Matteson
				Title:		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Dated: June 22, 2016

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit 99.1		Joint Press Release of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Harmony Bank, dated June 22, 2016.

 

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