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)   October 21, 2014

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

Item 8.01 Other Events

Page 1

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Page 1

 

Signatures

Page 1

 

Exhibit Index

Page 2



ITEM 8.01

 

OTHER EVENTS

Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the “Company”) issued a press release on October 21, 2014, announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents, or 2.4% compared with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.2 cents or 10.2% compared with the fourth quarter of 2013. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business November 14, 2014 and will be paid on December 15, 2014. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.

ITEM 9.01

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)

Exhibits No. Description

 

99.1 Copy of Company’s press release dated October 21, 2014 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:

October 21, 2014

 
BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
 
/s/ Gerald Shencavitz
 
Gerald Shencavitz
EVP & Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1   Press Release dated October 21, 2014