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) January 20, 2015
Bar Harbor Bankshares
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maine
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-13349
01-0393663
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
P.O. Box 400
Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME
04609-0400
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(207) 288-3314
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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ITEM 8.01
OTHER EVENTS
Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the “Company”) issued a press release on January 21, 2015, announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on January 20, 2015, a quarterly cash dividend of 24.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 1.0 cents, or 4.26% compared with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.83 cents or 13.1% compared with the first quarter of 2014. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business February 13, 2015 and will be paid on March 13, 2015. 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
(d)
Exhibits No. Description
99.1
Copy of Company’s press release dated January 21, 2015 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.
Dated: January 21, 2015
BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
/s/ Curtis C. Simard
Curtis C. Simard
President & Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1 Press Release dated January 21, 2015
EXHIBIT 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
For further information contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cutis C. Simard
President and CEO
(207) 288-3314
Bar Harbor Bankshares Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend
Bar Harbor, Maine (January 21, 2015) – Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB), today announced that its Board of Directors declared at its January 20, 2015 meeting, a quarterly cash dividend of 24.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 1.0 cents, or 4.26%, compared with the prior quarter and an increase of 2.83 cents or 13.1% compared with the first quarter of 2014. The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business February 13, 2015 and will be paid on March 13, 2015.
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 fifteen branch office locations serving downeast, midcoast, and central Maine.
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