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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):      January 7, 2009
 
 
Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)  


Connecticut
000-49784
06-1609692
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
215 Church Street
    
New Haven, Connecticut
  
06510
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(203) 782-1100
  
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
Not Applicable
  
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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ITEM 8.01 Other Events
 
On January 7, 2009, Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it has received preliminary approval of its application to participate in the Capital Purchase Program established by the United States Department of the Treasury under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.  Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. received this approval from the Department of the Treasury on December 17, 2008.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 9.01(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1



 
 
 


 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
Date: January 8, 2009
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT BANCORP, INC.
 
/s/John Howard Howland
John Howard Howland
President and Chief Operating Officer
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
Description
 
99.1