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 20, 2012

NEW ENGLAND BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland
 
0-51589
 
04-3693643
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

855 Enfield Street, Enfield, Connecticut
 
06082
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(860) 253-5200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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 January 20, 2012, Dorothy K. McCarty notified the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of New England Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), that she has resigned from the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, New England Bank, effective January 31, 2012.



 
 
 

 

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.

   
NEW ENGLAND BANCSHARES, INC.
 
 
       DATE: January 23, 2012
By:
/s/ David J. O’Connor                                                             
   
David J. O’Connor
   
President and Chief Executive Officer