BHLB Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc

 

 

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 22, 2017

 

 

BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-15781		04-3510455
(State or Other Jurisdiction)		(Commission File No.)		(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)				Identification No.)

 

24 North Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts		01201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:          (413) 443-5601

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events

 

On May 22, 2017, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had priced an underwritten public offering of 4,637,690 shares of common stock at a price of $34.50 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $160.0 million. The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, are expected to be approximately $152.9 million, assuming that the option to purchase additional shares that was granted to the underwriter is not exercised. A copy of the Company’s press release dated May 22, 2017 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 22, 2017.

 

 

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.

 

		BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.
Date:  May 22, 2017	By:	/s/ Michael P. Daly
		Michael P. Daly
		President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT LIST

 

Exhibit No.		Description
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated May 22, 2017.