Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 8, 2005

 


 

CORNERSTONE BANCORP, INC. /CT

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Connecticut   0-25465   06-1524044

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

550 Summer Street, Stamford, CT   06901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 356-0111

 

N/A

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

 


 

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications 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(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Form 8-K, Current Report

Cornerstone Bancorp, Inc.

 

Section 8. Other Events.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On December 8, 2005, Cornerstone Bancorp, Inc. issued a Press Release announcing the election deadline for shareholders to make their election with respect to the form of consideration to be received in the proposed merger of Cornerstone Bancorp with and into NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc., which election deadline is 5:00 p.m., New York time, on December 29, 2005.

 

Section 9. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description


99.1    Press Release dated December 8, 2005

 

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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 hereto duly authorized.

 

Dated: December 8, 2005   CORNERSTONE BANCORP, INC.
    By  

/s/ James P. Jakubek


        James P. Jakubek
        Executive Vice President

 

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