SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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):  March 3, 2015
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Connecticut
001-36448
20-8251355
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

220 Elm Street
New Canaan, Connecticut 06840
(Address and Telephone Number)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Item 8.01
Other Events
SIGNATURES

 

Item 8.01
Other Events
   
 
On March 3, 2015, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:BWFG), the holding company for Bankwell Bank, announced that its Board of Directors has scheduled the corporation's annual meeting of stockholders for Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. at Woodway Country Club, 540 Hoyt Street, Darien, Connecticut 06820.
 
The record date for shareholders to vote at the meeting is April 15, 2015.
 
 


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SIGNATURES
   
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.
   
 
BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
 
Registrant
   
   
   
March 3, 2015
By:  /s/ Ernest J. Verrico, Sr.
 
Ernest J. Verrico, Sr.
 
Executive Vice President
 
and Chief Financial Officer

 

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