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 22, 2014
 
First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
333-171913
45-1496206
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Farm Glen Boulevard, Farmington, Connecticut 06032
(860) 676-4600
(Address and Telephone Number)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Item 5.02(d)(5)
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
SIGNATURES

 
 

 

Item 5.02(d)(5)
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
   
 
On September 22, 2014, the Compensation Committee of First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc., (the “Company”) granted 10,000 Stock Options of Company Common Stock to Directors Patience P. (“Duby”) McDowell and James T. Healey, Jr. at the closing price for such Common Stock at the end of trading on September 22, 2014.  Ms. McDowell and Mr. Healey recently joined the Company’s Board of Directors.
 
The Stock options were granted pursuant to the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and are exercisable in equal 20% increments over a five year period, the first 20% having vested on the grant date and the subsequent vesting on each September 22nd of the following years.  The Stock Options must be fully exercised within ten years.
 

 
 

 
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.
   
 
FIRST CONNECTICUT BANCORP, INC.
 
Registrant
   
   
   
September 25, 2014
By:  /s/ John J. Patrick, Jr.
 
John J. Patrick, Jr.
 
Chairman, President and
 
and Chief Executive Officer