<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-18-047582.txt : 20180831
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-047582
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180831
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180831
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180831

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:		181050314

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT&nbsp;</P>

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its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">9204 Columbia Avenue</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">On August 31, 2018,
NorthWest Indiana Bancorp (the &ldquo;Bancorp&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors has declared
a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share on the Bancorp&rsquo;s common stock payable on October 9, 2018 to shareholders of record
on September 28, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><A HREF="tv502165_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1</A></TD><TD><A HREF="tv502165_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Dividend Press Release dated August 31, 2018.</A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: August 31, 2018</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">/s/ Robert T. Lowry</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Robert T. Lowry</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Title: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv502165_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">99.1<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv502165_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Dividend Press Release dated August 31, 2018.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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99.1.</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>CONTACT BENJAMIN BOCHNOWSKI</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 35.4pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">NORTHWEST
INDIANA BANCORP</FONT></P>

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THIRD QUARTER DIVIDEND</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-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><B>Munster,
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 $0.30 per share payable on October 9, 2018, with a record date of September 28, 2018.</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"><B><U>About
NorthWest Indiana Bancorp&nbsp;</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, electronic
and wealth management financial services from its 19 locations in Lake and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana, and Cook County,
Illinois. 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&nbsp;</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, 2017. 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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