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):  February 3, 2017

 

 

BROOKLINE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-23695

 

04-3402944

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

131 Clarendon Street, Boston Massachusetts

 

02116

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 425-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 7.01              Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 5, 2016, Community Bank Systems, Inc. (“CBU”) announced entry into an agreement to acquire Northeast Retirement Services, Inc. (“NRS”).  After receiving necessary stockholder and regulatory approvals, CBU completed the acquisition of NRS on February 3, 2017.  Brookline Bancorp, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Brookline Securities Corp. (“Brookline”), owned 9,721 shares of NRS stock and for each share of NRS stock Brookline received $319.04 in cash and 14.876 shares of CBU common stock.

 

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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.

 

Date: February 6, 2017

BROOKLINE BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/S/ Carl M. Carlson

 

 

 

 

 

Carl M. Carlson

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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