8-K
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 19, 2016
  
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
001-15877
35-1547518
(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)
711 Main Street
Box 810
Jasper, Indiana


47546
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(812) 482-1314
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area 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:
  
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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 19, 2016, GABC issued a press release announcing the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.18 per share which will be payable on February 20, 2016 to shareholders of record as of January 29, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1
Press release, dated January 19, 2016.




SIGNATURE
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.

 
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

 
By:
/s/ Mark A. Schroeder
Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
 

Dated: January 19, 2016