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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-039001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130708
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130711
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130710

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:		13962618

	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):
July 8, 2013</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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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;New Jersey</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;2-81353</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;52-1273725</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">of Incorporation)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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area code (800) 862-3683</P>

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

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Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD>
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD>
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: left"><B>Item 4.01.</B></TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: -148.5pt; font-size: 10pt"><B>Changes in Registrant&rsquo;s Certifying Accountant.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 13.5pt 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On July 8, 2013, upon
the recommendation and approval of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Center Bancorp, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
BDO USA LLP (&ldquo;BDO&rdquo;) was engaged to serve as the Company&rsquo;s new independent registered public accounting firm for
and with respect to the year ending December 31, 2013, and ParenteBeard LLC (&ldquo;ParenteBeard&rdquo;) was dismissed from that
role. The Company&rsquo;s principal audit personnel at ParenteBeard had previously resigned from ParenteBeard and joined BDO.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The reports of ParenteBeard
on the Company&rsquo;s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 did not contain an adverse
opinion or a disclaimer of an opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">During the Company's
two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period preceding ParenteBeard's dismissal, there were: (i) no disagreements
with ParenteBeard on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure,
which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of ParenteBeard, would have caused it to make reference to the subject
matter of the disagreements in its reports on the consolidated financial statements of the Company; and (ii) no &ldquo;reportable
events&rdquo; (as such term is defined in Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has provided
ParenteBeard with a copy of this Form 8-K prior to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;)
and requested ParenteBeard to furnish to the Company a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements
made herein and if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of ParenteBeard's letter addressed to the SEC dated
<FONT STYLE="color: black">July 10, 2013</FONT> stating that it agrees with the statements made herein is attached as Exhibit 16.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">During the Company&rsquo;s
two most recently completed fiscal years and through the date of the Company&rsquo;s engagement of BDO, the Company did not consult
with BDO regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to any specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the
type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company&rsquo;s consolidated financial statements, and BDO did not provide
a written report or oral advice on any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue that BDO concluded was an important factor
considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter
that was either the subject of a disagreement, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions,
or a reportable event as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt">Exhibits</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">16.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Letter, dated July 10, 2013, from ParenteBeard LLC to the SEC.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 13.4pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 13.4pt 0pt 0; 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
thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>CENTER BANCORP, INC.</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Joseph D. Gangemi</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;Joseph D. Gangemi</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;Vice President &amp; Corporate Secretary</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Date: July 11, 2013</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 13.4pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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10, 2013, from ParenteBeard LLC to the SEC.</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0">July 10, 2013</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">Washington, DC
20549</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K, dated on or about July 10, 2013, of Center Bancorp, Inc. and
agree with the statements contained in the second and third paragraphs therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with
other statements of the registrant contained therein.</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">Very truly yours,</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt">Cherry Tree Corporate Center &#9474; 535 Route 38, Suite 400 &#9474; Cherry
Hill, NJ 08002 &#9474; 856.330.8100 I 800.267.9405 &#9474; Fax 856.330.8199 &#9474; www.ParenteBeard.com</FONT></P>

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