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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - LaPorte Bancorp, Inc.a4q13earningsrelease.htm
EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - LaPorte Bancorp, Inc.dividenddeclaration012814.htm


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 28, 2014

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

(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 2.02.                      Results of Operations and Financial Condition
 
On January 28, 2014, LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (“the Company”), the holding company for The LaPorte Savings Bank, issued a press release disclosing its results of operations and financial condition at and for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2013.

A copy of the press release dated January 28, 2013 is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is being furnished to the SEC and shall not be deemed filed for any purpose.


Item 8.01                      Other Events

On January 28, 2014, the Company 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, 2014, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 18, 2014.

A copy of the press release dated January 28, 2014, is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.


Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits


Exhibit No.                      Description

99.1                      Press Release dated January 28, 2014
99.2                      Press Release dated January 28, 2014





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 28, 2014
By:
/s/ Michele M. Thompson                                                              
 
 
Michele M. Thompson
 
 
President and Chief Financial Officer