UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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 23, 2005

 

First National Community Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Pennsylvania

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23-2900790

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

102 E. Drinker St. Dunmore, PA 18512

(Address of Principal Executive Offices

 

(570) 346-7667

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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(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:

 

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

 

____     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

____     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

____     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4© under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01

OTHER EVENTS

 

Press release dated February 23, 2005, regarding 1st quarter dividend, filed as exhibit attached.

 

 

Item 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(c)

On February 23, 2005, the Registrant issued the attached press release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

FIRST NATIONAL COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

Date: February 23, 2005

By: /s/ William S. Lance

 

 

William S. Lance

 

 

Treasurer and

 

 

Principal Financial Officer