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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)
November 27, 2012
 
   
Century Next Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
   
Louisiana
000-54133
27-2851432
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
Identification No.)
 
 
505 North Vienna Street, Ruston, Louisiana
 
71270
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
   
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(318) 255-3733
 
 
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 5.04
Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans.
 
(a)        Bank of Ruston, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Next Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”), has determined to deregister the previous registration and offering of common stock of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, through the Bank of Ruston 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) by December 31, 2012.  In connection with deregistration of the common stock of the Corporation offered through the 401(k) Plan, there will be a blackout period during which participants in the 401(k) Plan will be temporarily unable to direct investments in the Corporation’s common stock fund in their individual accounts in the 401(k) Plan commencing the week of December 30, 2012 and ending on or about the week of September 29, 2013.
 
In accordance with the requirements of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation BTR, on November 27, 2012, the Corporation notified its directors and executive officers of a corresponding blackout with respect to shares of the common stock of the Corporation held by them. A copy of the Notice of Blackout Period sent to the directors and executive officers is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(b)        Not applicable.
 
ITEM 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(a)        Not applicable.
(b)        Not applicable.
(c)        Not applicable.
(d)        Exhibits
 
The following exhibit is filed herewith.
 
   
Exhibit Number
   
Description
 
 
   
99.1
 
  Notice of Blackout Period dated November 27, 2012 to Directors and Executive Officers of Century Next Financial Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
CENTURY NEXT FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
 
Date:  November 27, 2012
By:
/s/Mark A. Taylor 
   
Mark A. Taylor, CPA
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
   
Exhibit Number
   
Description
 
 
   
99.1
 
 
 
Notice of Blackout Period dated November 27, 2012 to Directors and Executive Officers of Century Next Financial Corporation