8-K

 

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): November 21, 2008

Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federally Chartered Corporation	000-51395	25-6001324
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
601 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		15219
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 412-288-3400

Not Applicable
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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:

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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.

On November 21, 2008, the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh ("Bank") reviewed the results of the recent election of member directors by stockholders of the Bank and declared that the following member directors have been elected to the Board:

(1) Mr. John S. Milinovich, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and CFO of the Bank’s member Washington Federal Savings Bank, Washington, Pennsylvania, has been duly elected to serve a four-year term on the Board beginning January 1, 2009 and ending December 31, 2012; and

(2) Mr. Robert W. White, Chairman, President and CEO of the Bank’s member, Abington Bank, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania has been duly elected to serve a four-year term on the Board beginning January 1, 2009 and ending December 31, 2012.

Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act amendments to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act ("FHLBank Act") effective July 30, 2008, the FHLBanks’ appointive director positions have been chang ed to nonmember independent director Bank stockholder elected positions. The FHLBanks’ federal regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("Finance Agency"), no longer appoints directors to fill these positions. The Bank conducted elections at large by the Bank’s stockholders for the Bank’s two open nonmember independent director positions. On November 21, 2008, the Board reviewed the results of the election and declared that the following independent directors have been elected to the Board:

(1) Patrick A. Bond, General Partner, Mountaineer Capital, L.P. has been duly elected to serve a four-year term on the Board beginning January 1, 2009 and ending December 31, 2012. Mr. Bond has served on the Bank’s Board as an appointed director since May, 2007; and

(2) Brian A. Hudson, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency has been duly elected to serve a four-year term beginning on January 1, 2009 and ending on December 31, 2012. Mr. Hudson has served on the Bank’s Board as an appointed director since May, 2007.

The elections of member directors and independent directors took place in accordance with the terms of the FHLBank Act and the Finance Agency Regulations. The newly elected member and independent directors will be paid director fees in accordance with the Bank’s 2009 Directors’ Fee Policy ("Fee Policy") which generally provides for a Bank director (other than chair, vice-chair and committee chairs) that attends all currently scheduled meetings in 2009 to be paid a total of $45,000. Under the Fee Policy, the total annual director fee is paid as a combination of a quarterly retainer fee and per meeting fees. At the time of this filing, the newly elected member and independent directors have not been named to serve on any committees of the Board for the term beginning on January 1, 2009.

The Bank is a cooperative, and most of the Bank’s business is conducted with its members . In the normal course of its business, the Bank extends credit to and transacts other business with members whose officers or directors may serve as member directors of the Bank. It is the Bank’s policy to extend credit to and transact other business with members having directors or officers serving on the Bank’s Board on terms and conditions that are no more favorable than the terms of comparable transactions with similarly situated members having no Board representation.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the Bank’s press release announcing: 1) the results of the member director and independent director elections and 2) the other individuals who will serve on the Bank’s Board in 2009. Attached as Exhibit 99.2 is the Bank’s letter to members regarding the 2008 member and independent director elections. The information being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the information contained in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit Number

99.1 Press Release, dated November 24, 2008, issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
99.2 Bank Letter to Members Regarding 2008 Director Elections

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.

	Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
November 24, 2008	By:	Dana A. Yealy
		Name: Dana A. Yealy
		Title: Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated November 24, 2008, issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
99.2	Bank Letter to Members Regarding 2008 Director Elections

EX-99.1

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Neil Cotiaux, FHLBank Pittsburgh: 412-288-2851; cell: 412-335-9488;

Neil.cotiaux@fhlb-pgh.com

RESULTS DECLARED IN BOARD ELECTIONS AT FHLBANK PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, PA, November 24, 2008 – The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of Pittsburgh has declared the results of recent Board elections. The Board took the action on November 21, 2008.

New Pennsylvania Member Directors

Two community bankers were chosen to fill two expiring Pennsylvania directorships:

• John S. Milinovich was elected to the Board for a four-year term. Mr. Milinovich is Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Washington Federal Savings Bank, Washington, PA. Founded in 1899, Washington Federal Savings Bank provides a broad range of retail and commercial financial services to customers in Washington and Allegheny counties.

• Robert W. White was also elected to the Board for a four-year term. Mr. White is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Abington Bank in Jenkintown, PA. Abington Bank, originally organized in 1867, operates in Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware counties and offers retail and commercial banking services.

Messrs. Milinovich and White will assume their directorships effective January 1, 2009.

New Independent Directors

The Bank also held a district-wide election for two independent directorships that expire this year.

Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, enacted by Congress in July 2008, appointed director positions were changed to elected, non-member independent director positions. The Bank’s regulator, now the Federal Housing Finance Agency, no longer appoints directors to such positions.

Independent non-member directors are now elected from across FHLBank Pittsburgh’s district of Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In this new process, nominations for independent non-member directors are made by the Board after consultation with the Bank’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council. Like member directors, independent non-member directors now serve four-year terms. Member directors continue to constitute a majority of the Board.

Elected as independent directors were:

• Patrick A. Bond, a current member of the Board who has served as an appointed director since May 2007. He is Founding General Partner of the venture capital firm, Mountaineer Capital, LP, of Charleston, WV.

• Brian A. Hudson, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) in Harrisburg, PA. He, too, has served as an appointed director since May 2007.

Messrs. Bond and Hudson will begin their new terms effective January 1, 2009. Each will serve as a Public Interest Director and represent consumer housing interests.

Other Directors

The remaining Directors who will serve on FHLBank Pittsburgh’s Board in 2009 are: Dennis S. Marlo (current Board Chair), H. Charles Maddy III (current Board Vice Chair), Rev. Luis A. Cortés Jr., Walter D’Alessio, John K. Darr, David R. Gibson, Glenn B. Marshall, Edward J. Molnar, Sarah E. Peck and Patrick J. Ward.

About FHLBank Pittsburgh

FHLBank Pittsburgh is a wholesale bank that serves the housing finance and community and economic development needs of its owner-members. FHLBank Pittsburgh provides reliable access to low-cost funds, competitive pricing in the purchase of mortgage loans, correspondent banking, technical assistance, affordable housing grants and other programs so members can better serve their own communities. FHLBank Pittsburgh is privately capitalized and funded, does not use taxpayer dollars and enjoys a triple-A rating. It currently has 331 members in its district of Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and holds approximately $99 billion in assets as of September 30, 2008. FHLBank Pittsburgh is one of twelve Banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, established by Congress in 1932 to support the residential mortgage activities of local financial institutions.

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November 24, 2008

Dear Member,

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Election of Directors for Member Directorships and for Independent Directorships.

MEMBER DIRECTOR ELECTION

Pennsylvania
The individuals who were chosen to fill the two expiring Pennsylvania directorships are:

Robert W. White Chairman, President & CEO	Abington Bank 180 York Road Jenkintown, PA 19046 FHFA ID 584
John S. Milinovich EVP/Treasurer & CFO	Washington Federal Savings Bank 190 N. Main Street Washington, PA 15301 FHFA ID 3586

The terms of these two member directorships will commence on January 1, 2009 and expire on December 31, 2012.

There were 113 members from Pennsylvania that cast their ballot in this election. The following summary shows the number of votes cast for each nominee:

Nominee	Votes Cast
Robert W. White		2,054,731
John S. Milinovich		2,040,328
Paul E. Reichart		1,858,831
David W. Curtis		1,416,373

Delaware and West Virginia
There were no member director elections held in Delaware and West Virginia.

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR ELECTION

The FHLBank held a district wide election for two independent directorships that expire this year. The individuals who where chosen to fill the two expiring independent directorships are:

Patrick A. Bond General Partner	Mountaineer Capital, LP 107 Capitol Street Charleston, WV 25301
Brian A. Hudson Executive Director & CEO	Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency 211 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17101

Both Mr. Bond and Mr. Hudson will serve as public interest directors and both represent consumer housing interests. The following summary shows the number of votes cast for each nominee:

Nominee	Votes Cast
Patrick A. Bond		4,067,230
Brian A. Hudson		4,395,870

The terms of these two independent directorships above will commence on January 1, 2009 and expire on December 31, 2012.

Sincerely,

John A. Ott
Senior Attorney and
Assistant Corporate Secretary