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: ~~July~~September 1314, 2021

Century Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts	0-15752	04-2498617
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	(CommissionFile No.)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

400 Mystic Avenue

Medford, MA

02155

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(781) 391-4000 ~~(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)~~

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A Common Stock, $1.00 par value

CNBKA

Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 28.0201 ~~Results~~Other ~~of Operations and Financial Condition~~Events

~~The~~On ~~following~~September 14, ~~information~~2021, isCentury ~~furnished~~Bancorp, ~~under Item 2~~Inc.02 -(the “~~Results~~Company”) ofissued ~~Operations~~a ~~and~~press ~~Financial~~release, ~~Condition”~~a ~~and~~copy ~~such~~of ~~information,~~which ~~including~~is ~~the exhibits~~ attached hereto, ~~shall~~as ~~not~~Exhibit be99.1 ~~deemed~~and ~~“filed”~~incorporated ~~for~~herein ~~any~~by ~~purpose~~reference, ~~including~~announcing ~~for~~that the ~~purposes~~Company’s Board of ~~Section 18~~Directors ofvoted ~~the~~a ~~Securities~~regular ~~Exchange~~quarterly ~~Act~~dividend of ~~1934,~~18.00 ascents ~~amended~~ (~~the “Exchange Act”~~$0.18), orper ~~otherwise~~share ~~subject~~on to the ~~liabilities~~Company’s ofClass A ~~that~~common ~~Section.~~stock, ~~The~~and ~~information~~9.00 incents ~~this~~($0.09) ~~Current~~per ~~Report~~share on ~~Form~~the ~~8-K~~Company’s ~~shall~~Class B ~~not~~common bestock. ~~deemed~~The ~~incorporated~~dividends bywere ~~reference~~declared ~~into~~payable ~~any filing under the Securities Act of 1933~~October 15, ~~as amended~~2021, orto ~~the~~shareholders ~~Exchange Act regardless~~ of ~~any~~record ~~general~~on ~~incorporation~~October 1, ~~language in such filing~~2021.

On July 13, 2021, Century Bancorp, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, announcing its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 and the declaration of a regular quarterly dividend on Century Bancorp Inc.’s Class A and Class B common stock.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Century Bancorp, Inc. press release dated ~~July~~September 1314, 2021.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CENTURY BANCORP, INC.

/s/ William P. Hornby

William P. Hornby, CPA

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Dated: ~~July~~September 1415, 2021

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