Form 8-K
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
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): April
21, 2006
UNITED
FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Federal
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000-51369
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83-0395247
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File No.)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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95
Elm Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts
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01089
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (413)
787-1700
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02
Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers
On
April
21, 2006, United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the “Registrant”) appointed Mr. Mark
A. Roberts, age 43, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of
the Registrant, its subsidiary, United Bank and its mutual holding company
parent, United Mutual Holding Company, effective May 8, 2006. As previously
announced, Mr. Donald F.X. Lynch, the Registrant’s current Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Registrant, effective
May 5, 2006.
Mr.
Roberts has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and finance working
most recently as the Vice President and Controller for The Connecticut Bank
and
Trust Company in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the Vice President of Finance
at
Woronoco Savings Bank in Westfield, Massachusetts for six years prior to its
merger with Berkshire Bank in 2005 and worked previously as the Accounting
and
Finance Manager for the former SIS Bank (now TDBanknorth).
A
press
release announcing the appointment of Mr. Roberts as Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01
Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(a)
Financial
statements of businesses acquired: Not Applicable.
(b)
Pro
forma
financial information: Not Applicable.
(c)
Shell
Company Transactions: Not Applicable
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.
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UNITED
FINANCIAL BANCORP, INC.
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DATE:
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April
25,2006
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By:
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/s/ Richard
B. Collins
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Richard B. Collins
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President and Chief Executive
Officer
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