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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-040240
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150701
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150701
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150701

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHWEST INDIANA BANCORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000919864
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				351927981
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26128
		FILM NUMBER:		15962949

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9204 COLUMBIA AVE
		CITY:			MUNSTER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46321
		BUSINESS PHONE:		219 836-9690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9204 COLUMBIA AVE
		CITY:			MUNSTER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46321
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STATES</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><BR>
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8-K</FONT></P>

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REPORT</FONT></P>

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to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></P>

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of Report: July 1, 2015</FONT></P>

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INDIANA BANCORP</FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Indiana</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">000-26128</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">35-1927981</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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Columbia Avenue</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><BR>
<FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Munster, Indiana 46321</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</FONT></FONT></P>

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836-4400</B></FONT></P>

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telephone number, including area code)</FONT></P>

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name or former address, if changed since last report)</FONT></P>

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the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions:</FONT></P>

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    425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font: normal 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Item 8.01</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font: normal 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Other Events</FONT></TD></TR>
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March 20, 2015, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp announced that its bank subsidiary, Peoples Bank SB (&ldquo;Peoples&rdquo;), signed
a definitive agreement (the &ldquo;Agreement&rdquo;) to acquire Liberty Savings Bank, FSB (&ldquo;Liberty&rdquo;), a federally
chartered mutual savings association based in Whiting, Indiana. Peoples will acquire Liberty by merging Liberty with and into
Peoples immediately following Liberty&rsquo;s voluntary supervisory conversion to stock form. Peoples will not issue or pay any
shares, cash, or other consideration in the merger. The Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of Peoples&rsquo; acquisition
of Liberty.</FONT></P>

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July 1, 2015, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, the holding company for Peoples Bank, announced that Peoples Bank has successfully completed
the previously announced acquisition of Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, a federally chartered mutual savings association based in Whiting,
Indiana. A copy of that press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font: normal 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Financial Statements and Exhibits</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><U>Exhibits</U>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Press Release issued by NorthWest
    Indiana Bancorp on July 1, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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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.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Date:
July 1, 2015</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">NORTHWEST INDIANA BANCORP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">/s/
    Benjamin Bochnowski</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Name:
    Benjamin Bochnowski</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Title:
    President and Chief Operating</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.375in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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TO EXHIBITS</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><U>Number</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Press
    Release issued by NorthWest Indiana Bancorp on July 1, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>July
    1, 2015</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>BENJAMIN
    BOCHNOWSKI AT (219) 853-7575</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 35.4pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B><U>Peoples
Bank Completes Acquisition </U></B></FONT></P>

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Liberty Savings Bank</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>Munster,
Indiana</B> - NorthWest Indiana Bancorp (NWIN.OB), the holding company for Peoples Bank SB, announced today that Peoples Bank
has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Liberty Savings Bank, FSB (&ldquo;Liberty&rdquo;), a federal
mutual savings bank headquartered in Whiting, Indiana. Peoples Bank acquired the assets and liabilities of Liberty in a voluntary
supervisory merger conversion transaction. No shares were issued or cash or other consideration was paid in the transaction.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">With
the completion of the acquisition, Peoples Bank will have approximately $847 million in assets, $520 million in loans and $701
million in deposits. The acquisition will further expand Peoples Bank&rsquo;s retail banking network in Lake and Porter Counties
in Northwest Indiana. The Bank will consolidate the Schererville offices of Liberty and Peoples due to their proximity, resulting
in a total of 16 Banking Centers for Peoples Bank. The integration of Liberty into the Peoples Bank brand will be completed during
the third quarter of 2015.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&ldquo;As
we close our second merger in two years, it is important to reinforce the value that this transaction brings to all of our stakeholders.
This was another unique transaction, and with no cash, stock or other consideration paid, it is expected to have a neutral impact
on earnings for the current year and be accretive to earnings in 2016. Peoples and the Liberty team share a commitment to building
strong, personal customer relationships, which is a cornerstone of community banking,&rdquo; said Benjamin Bochnowski, president
and chief operating officer. &ldquo;We are excited to provide customers with an expanded banking network and to join the dynamic
Whiting and Winfield communities,&rdquo; Bochnowski said.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Joseph
R. Shimala, president and chief operating officer of Liberty Savings, has been named Vice President, Community Development Officer
at Peoples, with responsibilities in loan origination, deposit relationships and business development in the Whiting and Robertsdale
communities. A former active member of the Liberty Board of Directors, Martin A. Dybel will join the Board of Directors of the
NWIN Bancorp and Peoples Bank as a non-voting Director Emeritus.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Barnes
and Thornburg LLP served as legal advisor to Northwest Indiana Bancorp and Peoples Bank SB. Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum &amp;
Nagelberg LLP served as legal advisor to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B><U>About
NorthWest Indiana Bancorp</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">NorthWest
Indiana Bancorp is a locally owned and independent bank holding company headquartered in Munster, Indiana, whose activities are
primarily limited to holding the stock of Peoples Bank. Peoples Bank provides a wide range of personal and business financial
services from its 16 locations in Lake and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana. NorthWest Indiana Bancorp&rsquo;s common stock
is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol NWIN. The website ibankpeoples.com provides information on Peoples Bank&rsquo;s
products and services, and NorthWest Indiana Bancorp&rsquo;s investor relations.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B><U>Forward-looking
Statements</U></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&ldquo;Forward-looking
statements&rdquo; as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this release. A variety
of factors could cause the Bancorp&rsquo;s actual results to differ from those expected at the time of this release. These include,
but are not limited to, changes in economic conditions in the Bancorp&rsquo;s market area, changes in policies by regulatory agencies,
fluctuation in interest rates, demand for loans in the Bancorp&rsquo;s market area, economic conditions in the financial services
industry, competition and other risks set forth in the Bancorp&rsquo;s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider
the various disclosures made by the Bancorp in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Bancorp undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information
or future events.</FONT></P>

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