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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.10)* |
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Center
Bancorp, Inc.
(Name of Issuer) |
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Common
Stock
(Title of Class of Securities) |
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151408101
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Lawrence
B. Seidman, 100 Misty Lane, Parsippany,
NJ 07054
(973)
952-0405
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
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May
30, 2007
(Date of Event which Requires Filling of this Statement) |
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If the filing person has previously
filed
a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the
subject
of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of ··
240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1 (f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following
box.
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Note: Schedules filed in paper
format
shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule,
including
all exhibits. See · 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be
sent.
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* The remainder of this cover
page shall
be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form
with
respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter disclosures
provided in
a prior cover page.
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The information required on
the remainder
of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose
of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall
be subject
to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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This
statement on Schedule 13 D which was filed on June 27, 2006,
Amendment No. 1 was was filed on September 27, 2006, Amendment No. 2
was filed on November 1, 2006, Amendment No. 3 was filed on January
3,
2007, Amendment No. 4 was filed on January 30, 2007, Amendment
No. 5 was
filed on February 1, 2007, Amendment No. 6 was filed on March 22,
2007,
Amendment No. 7 was filed on May 2, 2007, Amendment No. 8 was filed
on May
8, 2007 and Amendment No. 9 was filed on May 8, 2007 on behalf of
Seidman and Associates, L.L.C (“SAL”), Seidman Investment Partnership,
L.P. (“SIP”), Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P. (“SIPII”), Broad
Park Investors, L.L.C (“Broad Park”), Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P. (“Chewy”),
Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. (“Berggruen”), Lawrence Seidman
(“Seidman”), Dennis Pollack (“Pollack”), Harold Schechter (“Schechter”),
Raymond Vanaria (“Vanaria”), Peter Bray (“Bray”) and LSBK06-08, L.L.C.
(“LSBK”), collectively, the (“Reporting Persons”) with respect to the
Reporting Persons’ beneficial ownership of shares of Common stock (“the
Shares”) of Center Bancorp, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, (“the
Company”) is hereby amended as set forth below: Such statement on Schedule
13D is hereinafter referred to as the “Schedule 13D”. Terms used herein
which are defined in the Schedule 13D shall have their respective
meanings
set forth in the Schedule 13D.
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Item
4. Purpose of Transaction
On May 30, 2007, The Committee to Preserve Shareholder Value issued a Press Release announcing the certified vote tally for Center Bancorp, Inc.'s 2007 Annual Meeting confirmed all three of The Committee's nominees have been elected to the board of directors. This press release, in its entirety, is attached hereto as Exhibit A. |
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Item
5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
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(a)(b)(c)
As of the close of business on May 30, 2007, the Reporting Persons
owned
beneficially an aggregate of 1,294,240 shares of Common Stock which
constituted approximately 9.77% of the 13,248,406 shares of Common
Stock outstanding as of April 2, 2007 as disclosed in the Issuer's
2007
Proxy Statement dated April 5, 2007.
Except
as set forth in this Item 5, none of the Reporting Persons owns
beneficially or has a right to acquire beneficial ownership of
any Common
Stock, and except as set forth in this item 5, none of the Reporting
Persons has effected transactions in the Common Stock during the
past
sixty (60) days, except for previously reported
transactions.
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Signature
After
reasonable
inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
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| Date: May 30, 2007 | ||||
| By: | /s/
Lawrence B. Seidman
Power of Attorney pursuant to Joint Agreement dated June 27, 2006 |
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| By: |
/s/
Lawrence B. Seidman
Manager, LSBK06-08, L.L.C. |
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