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Dallas hedge fund Clover Partners is causing Texas-size headaches for two small Massachusetts thrifts, Hampden Bancorp and Chicopee Bancorp.
September 9 -
Two proxy advisory services have recommended against a proposal for Hampden Bancorp in Springfield, Mass., to explore a possible sale.
October 22 -
Glenn S. Welch will become CEO of the company and its Hampden Bank effective Jan. 1. He is replacing Thomas R. Burton, who is retiring, the $611 million-asset company said Tuesday.
November 20
Hampden Bancorp (HBNK) is urging its shareholders to reject the board nominees of a Texas hedge fund.
The Springfield, Mass., company
Clover
Hampden is looking to fill four board seats at its Nov. 5 annual meeting.
Hampden's letter, which was disclosed Friday in a regulatory filing, asks shareholders to discard the proxy sent by Clover and elect the thrift's four candidates to three-year terms. Hampden also wants it shareholders to oppose Clover's proposal that the thrift merge or sell itself.
At Hampden's last annual meeting, shareholders passed a