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): September 9, 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)

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Item 8.01                      Other Events

On September 9, 2014, the Board of Directors of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a plan to repurchase an additional 280,832 shares, or approximately 5.0%, of the Company’s common stock. The repurchases may be carried out through open market purchases, block trades, and negotiated private transactions. Open market purchases are intended to be conducted in accordance with the limitations set forth in Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In addition, the Company may enter into an agreement to have its shares repurchased pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The common stock may be repurchased on an ongoing basis and will be subject to the availability of stock, general market conditions, trading price of the stock, alternative uses for capital, and the Company’s financial performance.

At September 9, 2014, there were 5,616,645 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding.

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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: September 10, 2014	By:	/s/ Michele M. Thompson
		Michele M. Thompson
		President and Chief Financial Officer