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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)    July 19, 2011

Bar Harbor Bankshares

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 

Maine

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-13349

01-0393663

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


   

P.O. Box 400

82 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME

04609-0400

 

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(207) 288-3314

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 
(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):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 8.01 Other Events Page 1
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Page 1
Signatures Page 1
Exhibit Index Page 2


ITEM 8.01

OTHER EVENTS

Bar Harbor Bankshares issued a press release today announcing, that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend 27.5 cents per share of common stock, representing an increase of 0.5 cents or 1.8% from prior quarter, and an increase of 1.5 cents or 5.8% compared with the third quarter of 2010.  The quarterly cash dividend is payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business August 17, 2011 and will be paid on September 15, 2011. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.


ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)   Exhibits No. Description
 
99.1 Copy of Company’s press release dated July 19, 2011 filed herewith.



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.

Date:

July 19, 2011

 

 

 

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

 

/s/ Joseph M. Murphy

 

Joseph M. Murphy

President and Chief Executive Officer

Page 1

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1

Press Release dated July 19, 2011

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