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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-042635
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120801
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120802
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120802

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTER BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000712771
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				521273725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11486
		FILM NUMBER:		121004206

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2455 MORRIS AVE
		CITY:			UNION
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07083
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9086889500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2455 MORRIS AVE
		CITY:			UNION
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07083
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 1, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CENTER BANCORP, INC.</B></P>

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its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0; width: 50%">2455 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey</TD>
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area code (800) 862-3683</P>

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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):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 8.01. Other Events. </B></P>

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the Registrant issued a press release announcing that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Union Center National Bank, completed its purchase
and assumption acquisition of Saddle River Valley Bank on August 1, 2012. A copy of this press release is included as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Exhibit 99.1 &ndash;
Press release of the Registrant, dated August 1, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0">CENTER BANCORP, INC.</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Anthony C. Weagley</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Dated: August 1, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Exhibit 99.1 &ndash;
Press release of the Registrant, dated August 1, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Joseph Gangemi</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">VP, Investor Relations</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">(908) 206-2863</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">France Delle Donne</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">VP, Director of</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">(908) 206-2668</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Center Bancorp,
Inc. Announces Completion of Acquisition of Saddle River Valley Bank</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>UNION, N.J., August 1, 2012 (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE) -- </B><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal; color: black">Center Bancorp, Inc. </FONT><B>(Nasdaq:CNBC)</B> (the &quot;Corporation&quot;,
or &quot;Center&quot;), parent company of Union Center National Bank (&quot;UCNB&rdquo; or &ldquo;the Bank&quot;), announced today
that its wholly owned subsidiary, Union Center National Bank, completed its purchase and assumption acquisition of Saddle River
Valley Bank, on August 1, 2012. UCNB assumed approximately $85.6 million in deposits and $87.2 million in loans and securities
from Saddle River, strengthening its presence in Bergen County, New Jersey.</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&quot;UCNB gained valued new customers and talented new employees
through this transaction, and we're working very hard to ensure a smooth transition for both customers and employees alike,&quot;
said Mark S. Cardone, Senior Vice President, Branch Administration &amp; Private Banking. &quot;Our new customers will find the
same friendly and experienced associates now serving them at UCNB. They will also find a much broader network of products and services,
and conveniently located branches and ATMs throughout the area. Our new employees will find that UCNB is deeply committed to their
success -- and to the success of the customers and communities we serve,&quot; Mr. Cardone added.</P>

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Also set to open in the third quarter 2012 is our new banking center located at 12 East Palisades Avenue,
Englewood, New Jersey. To lead the Englewood Banking Center, UCNB has recently recruited Susan Fetner as Vice President &amp; head
of the Englewood office.&nbsp; Sue will join William Boylan, Senior Vice President &amp; Loan Officer, who will be heading our
commercial lending efforts in Englewood.&nbsp;&nbsp; This compliment&rsquo;s Nick Anthony, Senior Vice President &amp; Loan Officer,
who will be heading up commercial lending in the Saddle River area.

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&quot;The acquisition of Saddle River Valley Bank was consistent
with our company's continued strategy of highly focused growth and our desire to build a quality franchise in Bergen County, through
new branches and acquisitions of other financial institutions with a similar customer culture. In our view, Saddle River represented
a great opportunity to establish a visible presence in Bergen County. This was an opportunity for Center to expand its franchise
and provide its full complement of services along with its high level of customer service to this market and to take advantage
of the growing marketplace in Bergen County and to further our commitment to that area,&quot; said Anthony C. Weagley, President
&amp; CEO.</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>About Center Bancorp</B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Center Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company, which operates
Union Center National Bank, its main subsidiary. Chartered in 1923, Union Center National Bank is one of the oldest national banks
headquartered in the state of New Jersey and now ranks as the third largest national bank headquartered in the state.&nbsp;Union
Center National Bank is currently the largest commercial bank headquartered in Union County. Its primary market niche is its commercial
banking business. The Bank focuses its lending activities on commercial lending to small and medium-sized businesses, real estate
developers and high net worth individuals.</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The Bank, through its Private Wealth Management Division, which
includes its wholly-owned subsidiary, Center Financial Group LLC, UCNB's Private Wealth Management and advisory umbrella of services
provides personalized wealth management and advisory services to high net worth individuals and families. The Bank's services include
banking, liquidity management, investment services, custody, tailored lending, wealth planning, trust and fiduciary services, insurance,
family wealth advisory and philanthropic advisory.</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Center also recently announced a strategic partnership with
Compass Financial Management, LLC and ING to offer pension/401(k) planning services.&nbsp;Compass is an SEC Registered Investment
Advisory Company with five decades of cumulative experience providing investment services in a personal, professional and attentive
manner.&nbsp;They provide discretionary private investment management for individuals and corporate accounts as well as 401(k)
advisory services.</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The Bank currently operates 14 banking locations in Union,
Morris, and Bergen Counties in New Jersey. Banking centers are located in Union Township (5 locations), Berkeley Heights,
Boonton/Mountain Lakes, Madison, Millburn/Vauxhall, Morristown, Springfield, Summit, and the newly added Oakland and Saddle
River branches in  Bergen County New Jersey. The Corporation is expanding to northern New Jersey with its Saddle River Valley Bank transaction and the pending
opening of its new Englewood banking center location in downtown Englewood, New Jersey.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">For further information regarding Center
Bancorp, Inc., please visit our web site at http://www.centerbancorp.com or call (800) 862-3683. For information regarding Union
Center National Bank, please visit our web site at http://www.ucnb.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">All non-historical statements in this
press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements may use forward-looking terminology such as &quot;expect,&quot; &quot;look,&quot; &quot;believe,&quot;
&quot;plan,&quot; &quot;anticipate,&quot; &quot;may,&quot; &quot;will&quot; or similar statements or variations of such terms or
otherwise express views concerning trends and the future. Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties.
These include, but are not limited to, the direction of interest rates, continued levels of loan quality and origination volume,
Center Bancorp's ability to integrate Saddle River Valley Bank's branches into Center Bancorp's branch network, continued relationships
with major customers including sources for loans, as well as the effects of international, national, regional and local economic
conditions and legal and regulatory barriers and structure, including those relating to economic recovery and the deregulation
of the financial services industry, and other risks cited in the Corporation's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other
reports filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking
statements. Center Bancorp, Inc. assumes no obligation for updating any such forward-looking statement at any time.</P>

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