8-K
UNITED STATES 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):
January 25, 2016
  
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
001-15877
35-1547518
(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)
711 Main Street
Box 810
Jasper, Indiana


47546
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(812) 482-1314
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 25, 2016, German American Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company" or "German American"), issued a press release announcing its results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2015, and making other disclosures. The press release (including the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2015, and other financial data) is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1
Press release dated January 25, 2016. This exhibit shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.




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 hereunto duly authorized.

 
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

 
By:
/s/ Mark A. Schroeder
Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
 

Dated: January 25, 2016