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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): January 22, 2013

LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Maryland
 
001-35684
 
35-2456698
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

710 Indiana Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana
 
46350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:                     (219) 362-7511


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



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Item 8.01                      Other Events
 

On January 23, 2013, LaPorte Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for The LaPorte Savings Bank, announced that its board of directors declared a dividend of $0.04 per common share. The dividend will be paid on or about March 5, 2013, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 22, 2013.

A copy of the press release dated January 23, 2013, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  
Exhibits.

Exhibit No.                                Exhibit

 
99.1
Press release dated January 23, 2013
 
 

 
 

 
 

 


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.


   
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
 
 
 
DATE: January 23, 2013
By:
/s/ Michele M. Thompson                                                              
   
Michele M. Thompson
   
President and Chief Financial Officer