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): September 7, 2011

Hampden Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-33144

20-571454

(State or other

jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


19 Harrison Avenue, Springfield, Massachusetts 01102
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (413) 736-1812

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 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On September 7, 2011, Hampden Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for Hampden Bank (the “Bank”) announced that Thomas V. Foley retired as Director of the Company and the Bank effective as of September 7, 2011. Mr. Foley shall continue to serve as a consultant, without compensation, to the Board of Directors until January 31, 2012.

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SIGNATURES

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.

Hampden Bancorp, Inc.

(Registrant)
 
Date: September 8, 2011 By:

/s/ Thomas R. Burton

Thomas R. Burton

President and Chief Executive Officer


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