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) April 18, 2006

 

Bar Harbor Bankshares
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maine
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

841105-D                                01-0393663
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 400
Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME                 04609-0400
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(207) 288-3314
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

 Bar Harbor Bankshares issued a press release today announcing, that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of 22.5 cents per share of common stock for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. The quarterly dividend will be payable to all shareholders of record as of the close of business May 19, 2006, and will be paid on June 15, 2006. A copy of the Company’s press release is filed with this current report as an exhibit.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

                        (a)   Not Applicable

                        (b) Not Applicabl

                        (c) Exhibits No. Description

                                99.1   Copy of Company’s press release dated April 18, 2006 filed herewith.

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 18, 2006

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES

 /s/Joseph M. Murphy

Joseph M. Murphy
President & Chief Executive Officer