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): May 2, 2013

 

EMBASSY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   

 

000-1449794

 

26-3339011

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Gateway Drive, Suite 100

 

 

 

 

 

Bethlehem, PA

 

 

18017

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (610) 882-8800

 

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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

£ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

             On May 2, 2013, Embassy Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company of Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, issued a press release announcing the Bank was named to the top two hundred (200) community banks and thrifts as ranked by three-year average ROE in the May 2013 issue of American Banker Magazine.

             A copy of the press release is attached 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 No. Description

 

99.1                  Press Release issued May 2, 2013.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embassy Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  May 2, 2013

 

By:

/s / Judith A. Hunsicker

 

 

 

Name:

Judith A. Hunsicker

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

 

Chief Operating and Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued May 2, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

PICTURE 1

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

C ontact :   David M. Lobach , Jr. (610)882-8800

 

 

Embassy Bancorp, Inc. Ranked 31 st among Top 200 Community Banks in U.S.

 

 

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - May 2, 2013 -  Bethlehem-based Embassy Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, was ranked 31 st among the top 200 publicly traded community banks and thrifts in a peer analysis published in the May 2013 edition of American Banker magazine.

 

To compile the rankings, American Banker analyzed the average return on equity (ROE) over the past three years for the 851 publicly-traded institutions having less than $2 billion in assets.  Data was drawn from SNL Financial, a leading provider of news and analysis on business sector intelligence.

 

Embassy’s average ROE over the past three years is 12.9%, compared to a median average ROE over the same period of 9.58% for the top 200 institutions in the U.S.

 

Embassy Bank operates seven full-service offices across the Lehigh Valley and provides online banking services 24/7 at embassybank.com.

 

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