United
States
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) February
27, 2008
UNIVEST
CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania
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0-7617
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23-1886144
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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14
North Main Street, Souderton,
Pennsylvania 18964
(Address
of principal executive office)(Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (215)
721-2400
Not
applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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CFR
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13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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The
information in this Current Report shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subjected to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current
Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement
or
other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as
shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.
Item
8.01 Other Events
On
February 27, 2008 Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, parent company of Univest
National Bank and Trust Co., Univest Insurance, Inc., and Univest Investments,
Inc., issued a press release reporting the declaration of its first quarter
dividend of $0.20 per share. This dividend distribution remains consistent
with
the fourth quarter of 2007. A copy of this press release is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Description
of Document
99.1 Press
release issued by Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania on February 27,
2008.
SIGNATURE
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.
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Univest
Corporation of Pennsylvania |
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| Date: February
27, 2008 |
By: |
/s/ Jeffrey
M. Schweitzer |
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Name:
Jeffrey M. Schweitzer |
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Title:Executive
Vice President
and
Chief Financial
Officer |