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): June 13, 2012

LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Federal	001-33733	26-1231235
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

710 Indiana Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana	46350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (219) 362-7511

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 June 14, 2012, LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that LaPorte Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation and the proposed new holding company for The LaPorte Savings Bank, filed a registration statement on June 13, 2012, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the previously announced mutual-to-stock conversion of LaPorte Savings Bank, MHC.

The Company announced the filing of the registration statement in a press release dated June 14, 2012. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description

99.1	Press Release dated June 14, 2012

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.

		LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.


DATE: June 14, 2012	By:	/s/ Lee A. Brady
		Lee A. Brady
		Chief Executive Officer

LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. 8-K