UNTY - 8K Dividend Payment


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



May 26, 2016

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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UNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



New Jersey

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)



1-12431

(Commission File Number)



22-3282551

(IRS Employer Identification No.)



64 Old Highway 22

Clinton, NJ 08809

(Address of Principal Executive Office)



(908) 730-7630

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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:



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Item 8.01

Other Events.



 



The Registrant issued a press release on May 26, 2016 announcing the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.04 per common share payable on June 30, 2016, to shareholders of record as of June 16, 2016.  The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 with this current report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated by reference in response to this item.



 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits



 

(d) Exhibits

 



 

Exhibit 99.1

Press release issued by the Registrant on May 26, 2016.   






 

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.







UNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Registrant)





Date:  May 26, 2016

By: /s/     Alan J. Bedner     

Alan J. Bedner

EVP and Chief Financial Officer








 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 





 

EXHIBIT #

DESCRIPTION



 

99.1

Press release issued by the Registrant on May 26, 2016.