Form 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): January 16, 2012

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 5.02(b) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 16, 2012, Paul G. Viall, Jr., a director of the Board of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), announced that he was retiring, effective immediately. Mr. Viall had been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2004.

 

 

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 January 18, 2012.

 

 

 


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: January 18, 2012

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1   

Press Release dated January 18, 2012.

 

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