UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.12)* |
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) |
July
14, 2008
(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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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, Amendment No.
10 was
filed on May 30, 2007 and Amendment No. 11 was filed on November 26,
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
With
reference to the Notice of Change in Bank Control (the "Notice")
submitted
by the Reporting Persons as disclosed in the Schedule 13D filed
November
26, 2007, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has determined that
it has
no objection to the change in control discussed in the Notice. (See
Exhibit A attached hereto for a copy of the letter dated July 14,
2008
from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.) The Reporting Persons
will purchase shares based upon market conditions.
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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 July 14, 2008 the Reporting Persons
owned beneficially an aggregate of 1,359,069 shares of Common
Stock which constituted approximately 10.36% of
the 13,113,760 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of
April 15, 2008 as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement dated
April
28, 2008.
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: July 17, 2008 | ||||
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 |