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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
February 18, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
001-15877
(Commission File Number)
35-1547518
(IRS Employer Identification
Number)
 
711 Main Street
Box 810
Jasper, Indiana
(Address of principal executive offices)
47546
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (812) 482-1314
 
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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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 18, 2010, German American Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company")  will announce that its banking subsidiary had entered into an agreement to purchase two branches of Farmers State Bank of Alto Pass, Ill., in metropolitan Evansville, Indiana.  The Company's press release relating to these transactions is attached as Exhibit 99(a) and the information set forth therein is incorporated herein by reference and constitutes a part of this report.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached exhibit, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Furthermore, the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company.
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

Exhibits

99
Press release dated February 18, 2010.  This exhibit shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
  
     
       
  
By:
/s/ Mark A. Schroeder   
   
Mark A. Schroeder,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  
 
 
Dated:  February 18, 2010
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

99
Press release dated February 18, 2010.  This exhibit shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.