UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
Commission file number 0-18173
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT 1934
BANKNORTH GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
BANKNORTH GROUP, INC.
(Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the plan)
300 FINANCIAL PLAZA, P.O. BOX 5420
BURLINGTON, VT 05401
(Address of principal executive office)
Item 4. Plan Financial Statements and Schedules prepared in accordance with
the financial reporting requirements of ERISA.
Plan financial statements and schedules as of and for the year ended
December 31, 1997, will be prepared in accordance with ERISA and filed under
Form 11-K/A as an amendment to this Form 11-K within the allowed 180 day
period after the plan's fiscal year end.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan)
have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BANKNORTH GROUP, INC.
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
(Name of Plan)
By: /S/ Neal E. Robinson
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Neal E. Robinson
Treasurer
Date: March 24, 1998
