form8k_1122166.htm

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): November 22, 2016

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania
  
001-33384
  
20-8023072
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File No.)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
    
18360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
    
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (570) 421-0531

Not Applicable
(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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      CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 
 

Item 8.01                      Other Events

On November 22, 2016, ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company would make a payment of a cash dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock.  This dividend will be paid to stockholders of record as of December 16, 2016, payable on December 30, 2016.  A copy of the press release announcing the dividend is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  
      Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.  Not applicable.
(b)  
      Pro Forma Financial Information.  Not applicable.
(c)  
      Shell Company Transactions.  Not applicable.
  (d)        Exhibits.

Exhibit No.                                   Description

 
99.1
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. press release dated November 22, 2016





 
 
 

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.


ESSA BANCORP, INC.



DATE: November 22, 2016
By:     /s/ Gary S. Olson 
 
Gary S. Olson, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer