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):
January 17, 2008
 
 
 
GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
001-14879
94-3078031
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2421 Main Street, Buffalo, New York
 
14214
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 854-4272

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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Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On January 17, 2008 , the Company mailed a letter to its stockholders who, according to Company records, had not yet voted on the merger with First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. The letter reminds the stockholders of the upcoming special meeting of stockholders on February 12, 2008 and encourages them to vote. A sample of the letter is included as an exhibit to this report.
 
As previously reported, on September 10, 2007 First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for First Niagara Bank, and Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Greater Buffalo Savings Bank, jointly announced that they had entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger under which Great Lakes will merge into First Niagara. It is expected that the acquisition will be completed in the first quarter of 2008.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
   
     (d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Letter to stockholders.
 
 
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.
 
 
GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC.
     
Date: January 17, 2008
By:
/s/ Michael J. Rogers
   
Michael J. Rogers
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)

 
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