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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 20, 2015


Bar Harbor Bankshares

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Maine

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-13349

01-0393663

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)



               P.O. Box 400

Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME

04609-0400

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)


(207) 288-3314

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



(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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Item 8.01 Other Events


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Page 1


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Signatures


Exhibit Index

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Page 2


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ITEM 8.01

OTHER EVENTS


Bar Harbor Bankshares (NYSE MKT: BHB) (the “Company”) issued a press release on January 21, 2015, announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors declared at its meeting held on January 20, 2015, a quarterly cash dividend of 24.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 1.0 cents, or 4.26% compared with the prior quarter, and an increase of 2.83 cents or 13.1% compared with the first quarter of 2014. The dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business February 13, 2015 and will be paid on March 13, 2015. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.


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ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


(d)

      Exhibits No. Description


99.1

Copy of Company’s press release dated January 21, 2015 filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   January 21, 2015

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

/s/ Curtis C. Simard


Curtis C. Simard

President & Chief Executive Officer

 







EXHIBIT INDEX


99.1   Press Release dated January 21, 2015