0000939057-13-000526.txt : 20131121 0000939057-13-000526.hdr.sgml : 20131121 20131121142629 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000939057-13-000526 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131120 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20131121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: First Financial Northwest, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001401564 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33652 FILM NUMBER: 131235055 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH CITY: RENTON STATE: WA ZIP: 98057 BUSINESS PHONE: (425) 255-4400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 201 WELLS AVENUE SOUTH CITY: RENTON STATE: WA ZIP: 98057 8-K 1 ffnw8k112013.htm FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST, INC. FORM 8-K FOR THE EVENT ON NOVEMBER 20, 2013 ffnw8k112013.htm
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 20, 2013

                           First Financial Northwest, Inc.                      
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington
  
001-3365
  
26-0610707
State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
  
Commission
File Number
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
201 Wells Avenue South, Renton, Washington
  
98057
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number (including area code) (425) 255-4400


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.

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On November 20, 2013, First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on the Company’s common stock.  Shareholders of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on December 6, 2013 will be entitled to receive the cash dividend, which will be payable on December 20, 2013.

The news release announcing the quarterly cash dividend is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

The following exhibit is being furnished herewith and this list shall constitute the exhibit index:

99.1           Press Release of First Financial Northwest, Inc. dated November 20, 2013
 
 
 

 
 
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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.
 
  FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST, INC. 
 
 
 
 
DATE: November 20, 2013  By: /s/ Richard P. Jacobson        
         Richard P. Jacobson 
         Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EX-99 2 ffnw8k112013exh991.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 FOR THE FORM 8-K FOR THE EVENT ON NOVEMBER 20, 2013 ffnw8k112013exh991.htm
Contact: Joseph W. Kiley III
Chief Executive Officer

Richard P. Jacobson
Chief Financial Officer
(425) 255-4400


First Financial Northwest, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

RENTON, WASHINGTON – November 20, 2013: First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FFNW), the holding company for First Savings Bank Northwest (“Bank”), today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on the Company’s outstanding common stock.  The cash dividend will be payable on December 20, 2013, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 6, 2013.
 
First Financial Northwest, Inc. is the parent company of First Savings Bank Northwest, a Washington chartered stock savings bank headquartered in Renton, Washington, serving the Puget Sound Region through its full-service banking office. We are a part of the ABA NASDAQ Community Bank Index as well as the Russell 2000 and 3000 Indices. For additional information about us, please visit our website at www.fsbnw.com and click on the “Investor Relations” section.

 
Forward Looking Statements:
 
Statements in this news release regarding future events, performance or results are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”) and are made pursuant to the safe harbors of the PSLRA.  Actual results could be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause results to differ include but are not limited to: the ability to maintain current dividend payments or increase dividend payouts to shareholders, regulatory capital requirements, future earnings and cash flow of the Company, regulatory changes and general economic conditions and other risks.  Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are disclosed in First Financial Northwest, Inc.'s recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.  Forward-looking statements are accurate only as of the date released, and we do not undertake any responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.