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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K/A

Amendment No. 1


CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)      December 14, 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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)


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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Explanatory Note

Page 1

 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Page 1

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Page 1

 

 

Signatures

Page 1

 

 

Exhibit Index

Page 2



EXPLANATORY NOTE


Bar Harbor Bankshares is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 14, 2015 (the Original Form 8-K), to correct multiple typographical errors which occurred in the uploading and filing the Original Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached thereto. This Amendment No. 1 replaces the Original Form 8-K in its entirety.


ITEM 7.01

REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE


On December 14, 2015, Bar Harbor Bankshares mailed to its shareholders its shareholder dividend letter with respect to its previously announced quarterly dividend of 26.0 cents per share of common stock payable on December 15, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 13, 2015. A copy of the Company’s shareholder dividend letter is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.  Your attention is directed to the shareholder letter in its entirety.


 

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


(d)

      Exhibits No. Description


99.1

Copy of Company’s shareholder dividend letter dated December 15, 2015.



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:  December 15, 2015


BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES


/s/ Curtis C. Simard


Curtis C. Simard

President & Chief Executive Officer



EXHIBIT INDEX


99.1   Shareholder dividend letter dated December 15, 2015