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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES INC | a50946721ex99_1.htm |
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): September
16, 2014
SUSQUEHANNA
BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
Pennsylvania |
001-33872 |
23-2201716 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
26 North Cedar Street, Lititz, Pennsylvania |
17543 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (717) 626-4721
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):
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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.
(b) On September 16, 2014, Andrew S. Samuel, President of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (“Susquehanna”) provided Susquehanna with notice of his voluntary resignation as President and a Director of Susquehanna and as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Susquehanna Bank. Mr. Samuel’s resignation, to be effective October 10, 2014, was for personal and family reasons and not related to any disagreement with Susquehanna.
(c) The Board of Directors of Susquehanna has appointed Gregory A. Duncan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Susquehanna, as President of Susquehanna, effective October 10, 2014. In addition, the Board of Directors of Susquehanna Bank has appointed Mr. Duncan as President and Chief Executive Officer of Susquehanna Bank, effective October 10, 2014. Mr. Duncan’s employment with Susquehanna will continue to be in accordance with the terms of his existing employment agreement.
Information about Mr. Duncan has been previously disclosed in Susquehanna’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and Proxy Statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
A copy of Susquehanna’s press release announcing Mr. Samuel’s
resignation and the appointment of Mr. Duncan is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
Description |
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99.1 | Press Release, dated September 22, 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.
SUSQUEHANNA BANCSHARES, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Carl D. Lundblad |
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Carl D. Lundblad |
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Executive Vice President |
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Chief Legal & Administrative |
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Officer |
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Dated: |
September 22, 2014 |