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): December 11, 2019

OFG BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	001-12647	66-0538893
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Oriental Center, 15^th Floor 254 Muñoz Rivera Avenue San Juan, Puerto Rico		00918
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (787) 771-6800

(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:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares, par value $1.00 per share	OFG	New York Stock Exchange

7.125% Noncumulative Monthly Income Preferred Stock, Series A ($25.00 liquidation preference per share)	OFG.PRA	New York Stock Exchange

7.0% Noncumulative Monthly Income Preferred Stock, Series B ($25.00 liquidation preference per share)	OFG.PRB	New York Stock Exchange

7.125% Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D ($25.00 liquidation preference per share)	OFG.PRD	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 11, 2019, OFG Bancorp (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the receipt of regulatory approvals from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico required for its banking subsidiary, Oriental Bank, to consummate the previously announced acquisition of the Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands operations of Scotiabank (NYSE: BNS). OFG’s previously announced acquisition of Scotiabank’s US Virgin Islands operations remains subject to receipt of final approval and related licenses from the US Virgin Islands Banking Board. OFG expects to complete the acquisition by December 31, 2019.

A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference under this Item 7.01. The information in Items 7.01 and 9.01 of this report (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release by the Company dated December 11, 2019

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.


Date: December 11, 2019	OFG BANCORP

	By:	/s/ Carlos O. Souffront
	Name:	Carlos O. Souffront
	Title:	General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors