UNITED STATES
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
September 12, 1996
(Date of earliest event reported)
JEFFERSON BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
LOUISIANA 0-24618 72-1264411
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) ID No.)
incorporation)
1011 FOURTH STREET, GRETNA, LOUISIANA 70053
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(504) 368-1011
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On September 12, 1996, Jefferson Bancorp, Inc., the parent of
Jefferson Federal Savings Bank, issued the press release included as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K Report.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
EXHIBITS
(a) Not Applicable
(b) Not Applicable
(c) Exhibit:
99.1 Press Release, dated September 12, 1996
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
JEFFERSON BANCORP, INC.
Date: September 18, 1996 By: /S/ KAREN L. KNIGHT
Karen L. Knight
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Jefferson Bancorp, Inc.
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Holding Company for Jefferson Federal Savings Bank
1011 Fourth Street Gretna, Louisiana 70053 (504) 368-1011
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PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Wayne G. Hymel, Sr.
Jefferson Bancorp, Inc.
Telephone:(504) 368-1011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/12/96
JEFFERSON BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND
Gretna, Louisiana -- September 12, 1996. Karen L. Knight, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Jefferson Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), the parent
of Jefferson Federal Savings Bank ("Jefferson FSB"), announced that the
Company's Board of Directors at its meeting on September 11, 1996 declared
a $0.0750 (7 1/2 cents) cash dividend on the common stock of the Company
based on earnings during the third quarter of 1996. The dividend is
payable on October 15, 1996 to stockholders of record at the close of
business on September 30, 1996.
Jefferson Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Jefferson FSB, a federally
chartered savings bank with seven branch locations and ten Jeff-24
automatic teller machines located in East and West Jefferson Parish and in
West Orleans Parish. Organized in 1953, as Jefferson Homestead Association,
the Bank offers savings and lending products, as well as checking and other
consumer-oriented banking services.
Jefferson Bancorp, Inc. common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol "JEBC." The local newspaper (TIMES PICAYUNE) lists
Jefferson Bancorp, Inc. on the Nasdaq "How Stocks of Local Interest Fared."
