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): February 29, 2012
HARVARD ILLINOIS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland | 000-53935 | 27-2238553 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
58 North Ayer Street, Harvard, Illinois | 60033 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (815) 943-5261
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; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(a) Harvard Illinois Bancorp, Inc. (the Company), the holding company of Harvard Savings Bank (the Bank), announces the retirement of Michael T. Neese as Vice President and Loan Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective February 29, 2012. Mr. Neese served as Vice President and Loan Officer of the Bank since 1993. The Companys board of directors has also agreed to vest the 1,569 shares of restricted stock that were previously granted to Mr. Neese, effective as of February 29, 2012, his retirement date.
(b) The Company announces that Brenda S. Gratz was appointed as Vice President and Loan Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective March 1, 2012. Ms. Gratz has been employed by the Company and the Bank since March 2011. Previously, Ms. Gratz had been employed at Castle Bank N.A. since 1980, serving as Residential Lending Officer since 2003 and Universal Banker and Castle Club representative for the Harvard area since 2010.
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.
HARVARD ILLINOIS BANCORP, INC. | ||||
DATE: March 1, 2012 | By: | /s/ Duffield J. Seyller, III | ||
Duffield J. Seyller, III | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer |