UNITED STATES

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):    July 23, 2014


Commission File No. 001-13349


BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maine

01-0393663

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

PO Box 400

 

82 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME

04609-0400

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


(207) 288-3314

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Inapplicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Page 1

 

Signatures

Page 1

 

Exhibit Index

Page 2

 



ITEM 8.01

OTHER EVENTS


On July 23, 2014, Bar Harbor Bankshares issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved the continuation of the Company’s existing stock repurchase plan through August 17, 2016.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.



ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


(d)

Exhibits No. Description


1.1

Copy of Company’s press release dated July 23, 2014, furnished 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:  July 23, 2014

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

/s/ Gerald Shencavitz


Gerald Shencavitz

Chief Financial Officer







Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

 

99.1

Registrant's Press Release dated July 23, 2014