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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): May 18, 2021

 

BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-15781   04-3510455

(State or Other Jurisdiction)

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts   02109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 773-5601, ext. 133773

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share   BHLB   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 


Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On May 18, 2021, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Berkshire”) posted presentation slides on its Investor Relations website at ir.berkshirebank.com. The presentation relates to the Company’s previously announced virtual presentation of “Berkshire’s Exciting Strategic Transformation” (“BEST”), Berkshire’s three-year plan targeted to significantly improve its financial performance and to support its positioning goal as the leading socially responsible community bank in the markets that it serves.

 

On May 18, 2021, the Company will also post a news release announcing BEST and a recording and transcript of the above-referenced virtual presentation to its Investor Relations website.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

    Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
     
     
DATE: May 18, 2021 By: /s/ Wm. Gordon Prescott
   

Wm. Gordon Prescott

Executive Vice President and

General Counsel