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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)
 December 23, 2008
 
   
   
Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
   
Pennsylvania
000-51214
  68-0593604
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
Identification No.)
 
 
1834 Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
19145
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 (215) 755-1500
 
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(a) – (d)  Not applicable.
 
(e)           On December 23, 2008, the shareholders of Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania (the “Company”), the holding company for Prudential Savings Bank (the “Bank”) approved the Company’s 2008 Stock Option Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”).  Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option Plan, options to acquire up to 565,369 shares of common stock of the Company may be granted to employees and non-employee directors of the Company, the Bank and Prudential Mutual Holding Company (the “MHC”), the parent mutual holding company for the Company.
 
Also, on December 23, 2008, the shareholders of the Company approved the Company’s 2008 Recognition and Retention Plan and Trust Agreement (the “RRP”).  Pursuant to the terms of the RRP, awards of up to 226,148 shares of restricted common stock of the Company may be granted to employees and non-employee directors of the Company, the Bank and the MHC.
 
In order to fund the RRP, the related trust will purchase 226,148 shares of common stock of the Company in the open market.  Purchases will be made from time to time at the discretion of management.
 
For additional information, reference is made to the Stock Option Plan and the RRP, which are incorporated by reference herein as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.
 
(f)           Not applicable.
 
Item 9.01           Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(a)           Not applicable.
 
(b)           Not applicable.
 
(c)           Not applicable.
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
The following exhibits are included herewith.
 
 
Number    
Description                                                        
10.1
Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania 2008 Stock Option Plan (1)
10.2
Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania 2008 Recognition and Retention Plan and Trust Agreement (1)
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(1)  
Incorporated by reference to the definitive proxy statement filed by Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 26, 2008.
 
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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.
 
  PRUDENTIAL BANCORP, INC. OF PENNSYLVANIA
       
       
  By:  /s/Joseph R. Corrato  
   Name: Joseph R. Corrato  
   Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: December 24, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Number    
Description                                                        
10.1
Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania 2008 Stock Option Plan (1)
10.2
Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania 2008 Recognition and Retention Plan and Trust Agreement (1)
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(1)  
Incorporated by reference to the definitive proxy statement filed by Prudential Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 26, 2008.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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