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): December 14, 2011 (December 9, 2011)

 

 

 

MERCHANTS & MARINE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Mississippi   000-53198   26-2498567

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3118 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (228) 762-3311

 

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 December 9, 2011, Merchants & Marine Bank (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merchants & Marine Bancorp, Inc., a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”) closed the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2011 with Heritage First Bank, an Alabama state banking corporation (“Heritage First”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of Heritage First Bancorp, Inc., a Georgia corporation, whereby the Bank acquired approximately $55 million of the assets and certain liabilities of the branch offices of Heritage First located in Crossville and Gulf Shores, Alabama, respectively.

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.

 

 

    MERCHANTS & MARINE BANCORP, INC.
Date: December 14, 2011     By:   /s/ Royce Cumbest
      Royce Cumbest
     

Chairman of the Board, President and

      Chief Executive Officer
      (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

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