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EX-1.99.1 - EXHIBIT 1.99.1 - BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INCexhibit991newdirectorpress.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 11, 2017
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Massachusetts
0-17089
04-2976299
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
Ten Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)
(617) 912-1900
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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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.
On September 11, 2017, the Board of Directors of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Luis A. Ubinas to the Board of Directors. Mr. Ubinas will also serve as a director on the board of directors of Boston Private Bank & Trust Company (the “Bank”). Mr. Ubinas will serve as a member of the Compensation, Governance and Executive Committees and the Risk Management Committees of the Company’s and the Bank’s boards of directors.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Ubinas and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 8.01.     Other Events
On September 11, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Jacqueline S. Shoback to the board of directors of the Bank. Ms. Shoback will continue to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Client Development Officer of the Company and the Bank.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Shoback and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director.


Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1    Press Release of the Company dated September 12, 2017.








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.
 
BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/S/ DAVID J. KAYE
 
Name:
David J. Kaye
 
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial and Administrative Officer
Date: September 12, 2017
 
 






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