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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)
January 25, 2012



Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware

 

0-11595

 

03-0287342

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)


275 Kennedy Drive

South Burlington, Vermont

 

(802) 658-3400

 

05403

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Zip Code)


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:


¨

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

 

 

¨

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

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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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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))








Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition


The following information is furnished under Item 2.02 – “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and such information, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.


On January 25, 2012, Merchants Bancshares, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. The text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits


(d)   Exhibits.


99.1

Press Release dated January 25, 2012





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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.


 

By:

/s/ Janet P. Spitler

 

Name:

Janet P. Spitler

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Principal Accounting Officer


Date: January 26, 2012




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EXHIBIT INDEX


 

 

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated January 25, 2012






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