<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-16-121432.txt : 20160826
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-121432
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160826
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160826
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160826

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:		161854219

	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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of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2016</FONT></P>

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Indiana Bancorp</B></FONT></P>

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Columbia Avenue</B></FONT></P>

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Indiana 46321</B></FONT></P>

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                            8.01.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>Other
                                         Events</B></FONT></TD>
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August 26, 2016, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp (the &quot;Bancorp&quot;) issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors
has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share on the Bancorp's common stock payable on October 4, 2016 to shareholders
of record on September 23, 2016. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference
herein.</FONT></P>

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                                         Statements and Exhibits</B></FONT></TD>
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<U>Exhibits</U>.</FONT></P>

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                                         Press Release dated August 26, 2016.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">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.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Date:
August 26, 2016</FONT></P>

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    INDIANA BANCORP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">and President</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dividend Press
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    IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B></FONT></TD>
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    FURTHER INFORMATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>August
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    BENJAMIN BOCHNOWSKI</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(219) 836-4400</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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INDIANA BANCORP</FONT></P>

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Indiana - - </B>NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, the parent company for Peoples Bank, today announced that the Board of Directors of
the Bancorp declared a dividend of $0.28 per share payable on October 4, 2016, with a record date of September 23, 2016.</FONT></P>

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NorthWest Indiana Bancorp</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">NorthWest
Indiana Bancorp is a locally managed and independent financial 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, business and wealth
management 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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Looking Statements</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: 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, the Bancorp&rsquo;s ability to successfully integrate the operations of recently acquired institutions, 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, 2015. 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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