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): December 15, 2010
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Massachusetts | 0-17089 | 04-2976299 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
Ten Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)
(617) 912-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 15, 2010, Kathleen M. Graveline informed the Board that she intends to resign from Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors, effective December 31, 2010. Ms. Graveline has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2003. She has served on various Committees of the Board during her tenure with the Company and has most recently served as the Vice Chair of the Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. She conveyed her decision to the Board this afternoon, noting that it was a difficult decision, but the increasing demands of caring for her aging parents necessitated the decision. Ms. Graveline will remain on the board of directors of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, where she has been on the board for 13 years.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.
| BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ DAVID J. KAYE | |||
| Name: | David J. Kaye | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
Date: December 15, 2010