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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<U>January 20, 2012</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><U>BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.</U></P>

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Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">04-3510455</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">(State or Other Jurisdiction</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">of Incorporation)</P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; tab-stops: 187.0pt; text-align: center">(Commission File No.)</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 67%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline">24 North Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">01201</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; tab-stops: 187.0pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; tab-stops: 187.0pt; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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443-5601</U></P>

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Last Report)</P>

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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):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">On
January 20, 2012, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. completed the divestiture of the deposits of four former
Legacy Banks branches, including three office facilities, in Greene and Schoharie Counties, New York, pursuant to a Purchase and
Assumption Agreement dated as of October 24, 2011 between NBT Bank, NA, and Berkshire Bank.&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 81%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: justify">Financial Statements and Exhibits</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 81%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Financial statements of businesses acquired.&nbsp; Not Applicable.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Pro forma financial information.&nbsp; Not Applicable.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><b>Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">&nbsp;DATE: January 25, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">/s/ Kevin P. Riley</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
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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):
January 20, 2012
BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its
Charter)
Delaware
0-51584
04-3510455
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
24 North Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
01201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(413)
443-5601
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):
[  ]
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
Other Events
On
January 20, 2012, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. completed the divestiture of the deposits of four former
Legacy Banks branches, including three office facilities, in Greene and Schoharie Counties, New York, pursuant to a Purchase and
Assumption Agreement dated as of October 24, 2011 between NBT Bank, NA, and Berkshire Bank.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a)
Financial statements of businesses acquired.  Not Applicable.
(b)
Pro forma financial information.  Not Applicable.
(c)
Shell company transactions: Not Applicable.
(d)
Exhibits: Not Applicable.
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.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
DATE: January 25, 2012
By:
/s/ Kevin P. Riley
Kevin P. Riley
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer