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): August 4, 2010
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 (973) 697-2000
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. |
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that today it redeemed $20 million of the Company’s outstanding $59 million in Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (“Preferred Stock”) that was issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program on February 6, 2009. The Company paid approximately $20.2 million to the Treasury to repurchase the Preferred Stock, which included payment for accrued and unpaid dividends for the shares.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibit is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release dated August 4, 2010. |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| LAKELAND BANCORP, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Thomas J. Shara | |||
| Name: | Thomas J. Shara | |||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Dated: August 4, 2010 | ||||
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Exhibit Index
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated August 4, 2010. |
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