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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 24, 2014

 

 

MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-36573   46-5396964

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

67 Prospect Street, Peabody, Massachusetts   01960
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 567-1500

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)

 

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

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events

On July 24, 2014, Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, announced that Meridian Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation, intended to close its stock offering on July 28, 2014, in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of Meridian Financial Services, Incorporated (the “MHC”).

On July 28, 2014, Meridian Bancorp, Inc. announced that it had closed its stock offering and the mutual-to-stock conversion of the MHC.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated July 24, 2014
99.2    Press release dated July 28, 2014


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.

 

      MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.
DATE: July 29, 2014     By:  

/s/ Mark L. Abbate

      Mark L. Abbate
     

Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer