UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~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)~~: July 713, 2021

~~CENTURY~~Century ~~BANCORP~~Bancorp, ~~INC~~Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts	0-15752	04-2498617
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	(CommissionFile No.)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

400 Mystic Avenue

Medford, MA

02155

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

~~Medford~~(781) 391-4000 (Registrant’s telephone number, MAincluding ~~02155~~area code)

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(~~Address~~d) of ~~principal~~the ~~executive~~Securities ~~offices,~~Exchange ~~including~~Act ~~zip~~of ~~code)~~1934

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 391-4000

(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:

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $1.00 par value		CNBKA		~~The~~ Nasdaq ~~Stock~~Global Market ~~LLC~~

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

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 52.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders.~~Condition

OnThe ~~July 7,~~following ~~2021,~~information ~~Century~~is ~~Bancorp.~~furnished ~~Inc~~under Item 2.02 - “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and such information, (including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed “~~Company~~filed”) ~~held~~for ~~its~~any ~~special~~purpose, ~~meeting~~including for the purposes of ~~shareholders~~Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “~~Special~~Exchange ~~Meeting~~Act”), or otherwise subject to ~~consider~~the ~~and~~liabilities ~~vote~~of onthat ~~the~~Section. ~~proposal~~The ~~set~~information ~~forth~~in ~~below,~~this ~~which~~Current isReport ~~described~~on inForm ~~greater~~8-K ~~detail~~shall innot ~~the~~be ~~Company’s~~deemed ~~definitive~~incorporated ~~proxy~~by ~~statement~~reference ~~filed~~into ~~with~~any filing under the Securities ~~and~~Act ~~Exchange~~of ~~Commission~~1933, onas ~~June 3~~amended, ~~2021.~~or ~~The~~the ~~final~~Exchange ~~voting~~Act ~~results~~regardless of ~~the~~any ~~Company’s~~general ~~Class A~~incorporation ~~Common~~language ~~Stock~~in ~~are~~such ~~set forth below~~filing.

~~Proposal~~On July 13, 2021, Century Bancorp, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 –and ~~The~~incorporated ~~Merger~~herein ~~Proposal~~by reference, announcing its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 and the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend on Century Bancorp Inc.’s Class A and Class B common stock.

~~To approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April~~Item ~~7, 2021, by and among Eastern Bankshares, Inc~~9.,01 ~~Clarion~~Financial ~~Acquisition~~Statements ~~Corp., the Company,~~ and ~~Century~~Exhibits ~~Bank and Trust Company. The results of the vote of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were as follows:~~

For		Against		Abstain
2,669,884.12		24,248.60		1,140

(d) Exhibits


99.1		Century Bancorp, Inc. press release dated July 13, 2021.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the ~~requirements~~requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~registrant~~Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CENTURY BANCORP, INC. ~~By:~~ /s/ William P. Hornby, ~~CPA Name:~~ William P. Hornby, CPA ~~Title:~~ Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

~~Date~~Dated: July 714, 2021

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