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): April 22, 2014

LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland		001-35684		35-2456698
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

710 Indiana Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana		46350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

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

(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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Item 8.01                      Other Events

On April 24, 2014, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.04 per common share.  The dividend will be paid on or about June 5, 2014 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 20, 2014.

A copy of the press release dated April 24, 2014, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

Exhibit No.                      Description

99.1                      Press Release dated April 24, 2014

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SIGNATURES

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.

		LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
DATE: April 24, 2014	By:	/s/ Michele M. Thompson
		Michele M. Thompson
		President and Chief Financial Officer