UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 19, 2011 (October 17, 2011)

 

 

SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   001-33872   23-2201716

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

26 North Cedar Street , Lititz, Pennsylvania   17543
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (717) 626-4721

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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.

(b) On October 17, 2011, E. Susan Piersol notified Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) that she was resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company for personal reasons. The resignation was effective on October 17, 2011.


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.

 

SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lisa M. Cavage

  Lisa M. Cavage
  Senior Vice President, Secretary and Counsel

Dated: October 19, 2011