PERMANENT BANCORP INC
8-K, 1998-08-28
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               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)
                         August 25, 1998




                      PERMANENT BANCORP, INC.
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      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




  Delaware                    0-23370               35-1908797
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(State or other            (Commission            (IRS Employer
 jurisdiction of             File No.)            Identification
 incorporation)                                      Number)



101 Southeast Third Street, Evansville, Indiana           47708
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(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (812) 428-6800
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                               N/A
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 (Former name or former address, if changed since last Report)

                                     

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Item  5.  Other Events
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         On August 26 1998,  Permanent Bancorp,  Inc. (the "Company")  purchased
all 302,100 shares of its common stock held by LaSalle Financial Partners,  L.P.
("LaSalle").  The purchase was made  pursuant to a  Standstill  Agreement  dated
August 25, 1998  between the Company,  LaSalle and certain  persons and entities
affiliated  with  LaSalle.  The  purchase of the stock was funded by a loan from
another institution.

         A copy of the Standstill  Agreement is attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1
and incorporated herein by reference.  A copy of the press release issued by the
Company  announcing  the stock  purchase is attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and
incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
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         (c)      Exhibits.

         The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as part
of this Report and are incorporated herein by reference.


                                       

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                                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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                   PERMANENT BANCORP, INC.

Date: August 28, 1998              By:/s/ Donald P. Weinzapfel
      ---------------                 ------------------------
                                      Donald P. Weinzapfel
                                      Chairman, President and
                                       Chief Executive Officer

                                     

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                           INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit
No.                                 Description of Exhibit
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99.1      Standstill Agreement dated August 25, 1998

99.2      Press Release dated August 26, 1998





                                                         

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                              STANDSTILL AGREEMENT


         STANDSTILL  AGREEMENT,  dated  this  25th day of  August  1998,  by and
between PERMANENT BANCORP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and
the   individuals   and  entities   identified  on  Exhibit  A  attached  hereto
(collectively, the "Group"; individually, a "Group Member").

         WHEREAS,  the Corporation and the Group have agreed that it is in their
mutual best interests to enter into this Agreement as hereinafter described.

         NOW   THEREFORE,   in   consideration   of  the   foregoing   and   the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

         1. Purchase and Sale of Shares.  Simultaneously  with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement,  the Corporation shall pay to a broker $4,153,875 in
cash  representing  payment in full for all of the outstanding  shares of common
stock,  par value  $0.01 per share,  of the  Corporation  beneficially  owned or
controlled  by the Group Members (the  "Shares"),  and the Group shall cause the
Shares to be delivered through a broker to the Corporation.

         2.  Representations,  Warranties and Covenants of the Group.  The Group
and each Group Member hereby  represent and warrant to the Corporation  that (i)
LaSalle Financial  Partners,  Limited  Partnership ( the" Partnership") owns the
Shares free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind, and has
the  unqualified  right and authority to enter into this  Agreement and to sell,
assign and deliver  the Shares  pursuant  to this  Agreement;  and (ii) no Group
Member, or any Affiliate or Associate  thereof,  as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act Regulations, which definitions are attached hereto and incorporated
by  reference  as  Exhibit B,  controls  or owns of record or  beneficially  any
securities of the  Corporation  other than the Shares.  Exhibit A sets forth the
number of Shares beneficially owned or controlled by each Group Member as of the
date hereof.

         The Group and each Group  Member  covenant  and agree that  neither the
Group nor any Group  Member,  nor any  Affiliate  or Associate  thereof,  shall,
hereafter  acquire,  or offer or agree to  acquire,  or act in concert  with any
Affiliate,  Associate,  group or other  person to acquire,  or offer or agree to
acquire, directly or indirectly, beneficial or record ownership of, or the right
to vote,  any  shares of  capital  stock of the  Corporation  or any  securities
convertible into such capital stock.

         3.  Remedies.  The  Corporation  and the  Group and each  Group  Member
acknowledge and agree that a breach by any party to this Agreement may give rise
to irreparable injury inadequately  compensable in damages, and accordingly each
party  shall be  entitled  to  injunctive  relief  to  prevent  a breach  of the
provisions

                                                         

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hereof and to enforce  specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any state
or federal court having  jurisdiction,  in addition to any other remedy to which
such aggrieved party may be entitled to at law or in equity.

         4. Governing Law and Choice of Forum.  Delaware law, unless  applicable
federal law or regulation is deemed  controlling,  shall govern the construction
and enforceability of this Agreement. Any and all actions concerning any dispute
arising  hereunder shall be filed and maintained in a state or federal court, as
appropriate, sitting in the State of Delaware.

         5.  Successors and Assigns.  This  Agreement  shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of and be  enforceable by the successors and assigns,
and  transferees  by  operation  of law,  of the  parties.  Except as  otherwise
expressly provided for herein, this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of,
be  enforceable  by or  create  any  right  or cause of  action  in any  person,
including any stockholder of the Corporation, other than the parties hereto.

         6.  Entire   Understanding.   This   Agreement   contains   the  entire
understanding   of  the  parties,   and  supersedes  all  prior  agreements  and
understandings between the parties, with respect to its subject matter.

         7. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,  each
of which shall be an original,  but which together shall  constitute one and the
same agreement.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the  undersigned or duly authorized  officers  thereof as of the day and year
first above written.

                          PERMANENT BANCORP, INC.


                          By: /s/ Donald P. Weinzapfel
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                              Donald P. Weinzapfel
                              Chairman, President and Chief
                               Executive Officer


                          GROUP MEMBERS


                                 /s/ Peter T. Kross
                                 ----------------------------------------
                                 Peter T. Kross


                                /s/ Richard J. Nelson
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                                Richard J. Nelson


                               /s/ Florence Nelson
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                               Florence Nelson


                          LASALLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.


                          By: /s/ Richard J. Nelson
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                              Richard J. Nelson
                              President


                          By: /s/ Florence Nelson
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                              Florence Nelson
                              Secretary and Treasurer


                          TALMAN FINANCIAL, INC.


                          By: /s/ Peter T. Kross
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                              Peter T. Kross
                              [Title]

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                           LASALLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LIMITED
                            PARTNERSHIP


                           By: /s/ Richard J. Nelson
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                               Richard J. Nelson,  on behalf
                               of LaSalle Capital Management, Inc.


                           By: /s/ Florence Nelson
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                               Florence Nelson, on behalf of LaSalle
                               Capital Management, Inc.


                           By: /s/ Peter T. Kross
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                               Peter T. Kross, on behalf of
                               Talman Financial, Inc.




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                                 EXHIBIT A





                                                         Shares of Permanent
                                                              Bancorp,
                                                         Inc. Capital Stock
Name of Group Member                                     Beneficially Owned1
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Peter T. Kross                                                  302,100

Richard J. Nelson                                               302,100

Florence Nelson                                                       0

LaSalle Capital                                                       0
Management, Inc.

Talman Financial, Inc.                                                0

LaSalle Financial                                               302,100
Partners,
 Limited Partnership


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     1/  Includes  all  shares  over  which the Group  Member has sole or shared
voting or dispositive powers.

                                    

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                                 EXHIBIT B


         Affiliate.  An  "affiliate"  of,  or  a  person  "affiliated"  with,  a
specified person, is a person that directly,  or indirectly  through one or more
intermediaries,  controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the person specified.

     Associate.  The term  "associate"  used to indicate  relationship  with any
person, means

         (1) any  corporation  or  organization  (other than the registrant or a
majority-owned  subsidiary of the registrant) of which such person is an officer
or partner or is, directly or indirectly,  the beneficial owner of 10 percent or
more of any class of equity securities,

         (2) any trust or other  estate in which such  person has a  substantial
beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar
fiduciary capacity; and

         (3) any  relative  or spouse of such  person,  or any  relative of such
spouse,  who has the same home as such person or who is a director or officer of
the registrant or any of its parents or subsidiaries.





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                                 NEWS RELEASE
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Donald P. Weinzapfel                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chairman of the Board,                             ---------------------
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Permanent Bancorp, Inc.                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
101 S.E. Third Street                              -----------------------
Evansville, IN 47708                                   Robert A. Cern
812/428-6800                                           812/428-6804


PERMANENT BANCORP, INC. REPURCHASES 7.3% OF ITS STOCK PURSUANT TO
AGREEMENT WITH LASALLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS

         (Evansville,  Indiana) -- Donald P.  Weinzapfel,  Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Permanent  Bancorp,  Inc. (NASDAQ - "PERM"),  the
holding  company for Permanent  Federal  Savings Bank,  today announced that the
company had acquired all 302,100  shares of its stock held by LaSalle  Financial
Partners.  The  shares  were  acquired  on the open  market  and will be held as
treasury shares and used as future business  opportunities arise. As part of the
agreement to purchase the stock,  LaSalle  Financial  Printers agreed to refrain
from acquiring  ownership or control of any shares of Permanent Bancorp stock in
the future.

"The company  believes  that market  conditions  presented an opportune  time to
repurchase its shares" commented Weinzapfel.

         The Company provides  services and products through  Permanent  Federal
Savings Bank. The Bank currently has eleven Evansville locations and branches in
the  communities  of Newburgh,  Jasper,  Oakland City and Fort Branch,  Indiana.
Through the Bank's  subsidiary,  Perma Service Corp., the Bank offers investment
products  through its  partnership in Family  Financial Life Insurance  Company.
Perma Service Corp. also owns and operates Permanent  Insurance Agency,  Inc., a
full service insurance agency in Evansville.


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