UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.11)* |
Center
Bancorp, Inc.
(Name of Issuer) |
Common
Stock
(Title of Class of Securities) |
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) |
November
20, 2007
(Date of Event which Requires Filling of this Statement) |
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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SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Seidman and Associates, LLC 22-3343079 | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
New Jersey |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 216,699 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 216,699 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 216,699 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount
in Row
(11)
1.61
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14. | Type of Reporting Person OO | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Seidman Investment Partnership, LP 22-3360359 | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
New Jersey |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 216,367 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 216,367 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 216,367 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in
Row
(11)
1.61
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14. | Type of Reporting Person PN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Seidman Investment Partnership II, LP 22-3603662 | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
New Jersey |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 256,392 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 256,392 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 256,392 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in
Row
(11)
1.90
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14. | Type of Reporting Person PN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Broad Park Investors, LLC 22-6759307 | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
New Jersey |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 150,148 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 150,148 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 150,148 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in
Row
(11)
1.11
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14. | Type of Reporting Person OO | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Chewy Gooey Cookies, LP 20-4605223 | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 106,576 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 106,576 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 106,576 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount
in Row
(11)
0.79
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14. | Type of Reporting Person PN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
OO
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
British Virgin Islands |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 256,725 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 256,725 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 256,725 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in
Row
(11)
1.91
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14. | Type of Reporting Person CO | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | LSBK06-08, LLC 20-8067445 | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
New Jersey |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 68,880 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 68,880 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 68,880 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount
in Row (11)
0.51
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14. | Type of Reporting Person OO | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Lawrence B. Seidman ###-##-#### | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
PF,
WC
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
U.S.A. |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 1,336,408 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 1,336,408 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 1,336,408 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in
Row
(11)
9.92
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14. | Type of Reporting Person IN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Harold Schechter ###-##-#### | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
PF
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
U.S.A. |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 2,010 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 2,010 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 2,010 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in
Row
(11)
0.01
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14. | Type of Reporting Person IN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Raymond Vanaria ###-##-#### | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
PF
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
U.S.A. |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 7,507 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 7,507 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 7,507 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount
in Row
(11)
0.06
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14. | Type of Reporting Person IN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Dennis Pollack ###-##-#### | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
PF
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
U.S.A. |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 13,144 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 13,144 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount
Beneficially Owned
by Each Reporting Person 13,144 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount
in Row
(11)
0.10c
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14. | Type of Reporting Person IN | |||
SCHEDULE
13D
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CUSIP
No. 151408101
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1. | Peter R. Bray ###-##-#### | |||
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2. | Check the Appropriate
Box if a
Member of a Group*
(a.) (X) (b.) ( ) |
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3. | SEC USE ONLY | |||
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4. |
Source of Funds*
PF
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5. | Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to items 2(d) or 2(e) ( ) | |||
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6. |
Citizenship or Place of Organization
U.S.A. |
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Number
of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With |
7. | Sole Voting Power 0 |
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8. | Shared Voting Power |
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9. | Sole Dispositive Power 0 |
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10. | Shared Dispositive Power |
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11. | Aggregate Amount Beneficially
Owned
by Each Reporting Person 0 |
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12. | Check if the Aggregate
Amount
Represented by Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) ( ) |
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13. |
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row
(11) NM
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14. | Type of Reporting Person IN | |||
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, Amendment No. 9 was filed on May 8, 2007 and Amendment
10 was
filed on May 30, 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”), Harold Schechter
(“Schechter”), Raymond Vanaria (“Vanaria”), Dennis
Pollack (“Pollack”) 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
Peter
R. Bray, a Reporting Person, sold
all the shares he owned of the Issuer and has ceased to be
a Reporting Person. (For details, please see attached Schedule
A.)
On
November 20, 2007, an Interagency Notice of Change in Control was
filed by the Reporting Persons for permission to acquire 10% percent
or
more of the Issuer's outstanding shares.
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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 November 19, 2007 the Reporting
Persons owned beneficially an aggregate of 1,359,069 shares of
Common Stock which constituted approximately 10.09% of
the 13,470,947 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of
November 5, 2007 as disclosed in the Issuer's 10-Q for the period
ended September 30, 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: November 20, 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
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Investments Manager, LSBK06-08, LLC | ||||
Entity
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Date
Sold
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Cost
per
Share
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Cost
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Shares
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Bray | 11/15/2007 | 11.41 | 1,198.05 | 105 |