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: September 27, 2021

Century Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts

0-15752

04-2498617

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

400 Mystic Avenue

Medford, MA

02155

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(781) 391-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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

Nasdaq Global Market

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 8.01

Other Events

On September 27, 2021, Century Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the stock holding company for Century Bank and Trust Company, and Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (“Eastern”), the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, issued a joint press release announcing that they have received the necessary regulatory approvals from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to complete their previously announced merger (the “Merger”). The Company and Eastern expect the Merger to close in the mid-fourth quarter of 2021. A copy of that press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


99.1		Press release dated September 27, 2021.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the InlineXBRL document)

SIGNATURES

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

CENTURY BANCORP, INC.

/s/ William P. Hornby

William P. Hornby, CPA

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Dated: September 27, 2021

CENTURY BANCORP INC 8-K