GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
8-K, 1998-07-21
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                               FORM 8-K


                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20549




                              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 16, 1998
                                                 ................


                  GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
 .................................................................
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    New Jersey                 0-14294           22-2545165
 .................................................................
  (State or other           (Commission         (IRS Employer
  jurisdiction of              File No)          Identification No.)
  incorporation)


   55 UNION BOULEVARD, TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY           07512
 .................................................................
  (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 973-942-1111
                                                   ..............


                   GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
 .................................................................
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.  Other Events.

                  As previously reported on Form 8-K, on June 16, 1998 the Board
of Directors authorized a 2-for 1 split of the Corporation's common stock, $1.00
par value per share.  Certificates  for new shares equal to the number of shares
of common stock  outstanding on July 15, 1998 (the "Record date") will be issued
on July 31, 1998 (the "Payment Date").

                  Contrary  to the  report in the  Corporation's  most  recently
filed Form 8-K, the common  stock's  $1.00 par value is being reduced from $1.00
to $0.50 per share in connection with the split.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being filed with this Report and
is attached hereto:

                  3.3      Certificate    of   Amendment   of   Certificate   of
                           Incorporation of Greater Community Bancorp dated July
                           15, 1998,  to be filed with the New Jersey  Secretary
                           of State.

                                                    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.


                                      GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
                                   ..............................
                                           (Registrant)

       JULY 20, 1998                 /s/ George E. Irwin
Date .........................     ..............................
                                           (Signature)
                                        GEORGE E. IRWIN
                                        PRESIDENT AND C.O.O.

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                            EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                                          Title

  3.3                      Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of
                           Incorporation of Greater Community Bancorp dated
                           July 15, 1998 to be filed with the New Jersey
                           Secretary of State



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 3.3

TO BE FILED WITH THE NEW JERSEY SECRETARY OF STATE




                          CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF

                        CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

                           GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP


TO:      Secretary of State
         State of New Jersey


                  Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  N.J.S.A.   Sections  14A:7-
15.1(2), 14A:9-2 and 14A:9-4, Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes,
the undersigned  corporation executes the following  Certificate of Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation:
                  1. The name of the corporation is GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP.
                  2. Paragraph 3.(a) of the corporation's  Restated  Certificate
of Incorporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
                           "3.(a) The total  number of shares of stock which the
         corporation  shall  have  authority  to  issue  is  Twenty-One  Million
         (21,000,000)  shares,  consisting  of (1) Twenty  Million  (20,000,000)
         shares of Common Stock, Fifty Cents ($0.50) par value per share, all of
         the same class (hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock"), and (2)
         One Million  (1,000,000)  shares of preferred  stock  without par value
         which may be divided into  classes and into series  within any class or
         classes as determined by the Board of Directors  (hereinafter  referred
         to as the "Preferred Stock")."

                  3.   The   amendments   were   unanimously   adopted   by  the
corporation's board of directors on June 16, 1998, in connection
with a two-for-one split of the  corporation's  common stock, in accordance with
the authority granted to the board by N.J.S.A. 14A:7-15.1(2). Such split will be
effectuated  by the issuance of  additional  shares of common stock equal to the
number of shares outstanding on the record date for the split.
                  4. The amendment to the  Certificate of  Incorporation  is not
intended to provide for any change in the par value of the common  stock,  $1.00
par  value  per  share,  or  to  effect  any  exchange,   reclassification,   or
cancellation of issued shares.
                  5.  The  amendment  shall  become  effective  upon the date of
filing in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey.

                  IN  WITNESS   WHEREOF,   the  corporation  has  executed  this
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation on July 15, 1998.


                               /s/ George E. Irwin
                               George E. Irwin, President

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