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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549



FORM 8-K



Current Report Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 14, 2013



BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Maine

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-13349

(Commission

File Number)

01-0393663

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)



PO Box 400, 82 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME

(Address of principal executive offices)

04609-0400

(Zip code)



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (207) 288-3314


Not Applicable

 (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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


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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

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Page 1

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Page 1

 

 

Signatures

Page 1

 

 

Exhibit Index

Page 2

 

 

 

 

 



Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

  

Furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the Company’s June 14, 2013, shareholder dividend letter for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Shareholder dividend letter from the Company’s President and CEO dated December June 14, 2013.






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.



 

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Gerald Shencavitz

 

Name: Gerald Shencavitz

 

Title:   EVP and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date:  June 14, 2013







EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Shareholder dividend letter from the Company’s President and CEO dated June 14, 2013