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 e arliest event reported): June 1 5 , 201 7



EMBASSY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   

 

000- 53528

 

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)





 

 

 

 

 



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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June  1 5 , 201 7 , Embassy Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company of Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors declared an annual cash dividend of $ 0. 1 4 per share, payable on October 2 , 201 7 , to shareholders of record on September 1 , 201 7 .

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 June 1 5 , 201 7 .



 

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:  June 1 5 , 201 7

 

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 June   15 , 201 7 .



Exhibit 99.1

 

PICTURE 1





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

C ontact :   Lynne M. Neel (610)   882-8800





Embassy Bancorp, Inc. Announces Annual Cash Dividend





BETHLEHEM, Pa. - June 1 5 , 201 7 -  Embassy Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX : EMYB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared an annual cash dividend o f $0.1 4 per share, payable on October 2 , 201 7 , to shareholder s of record on September 1 , 201 7 .     This represents an increase over last year’s dividend.



“I am very excited to announce our annual cash dividend,” said David M. Lobach, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.  “Our bank’s accomplishments since our opening in 2001 continue to gain recognition by industry expert s.  In May 201 7 , American Banker Magazine identified Em bassy Bancorp, Inc. as 92 nd   on its list of top 200 publicly traded community banks and thrifts based on three-year average return-on-equity (ROE).     We believe o ur continued tremendous focus on the customer and our community, coupled with a dedicated gro up of ban kers and stakeholders, has allowed us to at tain this level of performance.”



About Embassy Bancorp, Inc.



With over $ 963 mil lion in assets, Embassy Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, a full-service community bank operating eight branch offices in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania.  For more information about Embassy Bancorp, Inc. and Embassy Bank, please visit www.embassybank.com. 



Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements

This document may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various risks, uncertainties and other factors.  Such risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and experience to differ from those projected include, but are not limited to, the following: ineffectiveness of the company’s business strategy due to changes in current or future market conditions; the effects of competition, and of changes in laws and regulations, including industry consolidation and development of competing financial products and services; interest rate movements; changes in credit quality; difficulties in integrating distinct business operations, including information technology difficulties; volatilities in the securities markets; and deteriorating economic conditions, and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in Embassy Bancorp, Inc.’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The statements are valid only as of the date hereof and Embassy Bancorp, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update this information.