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): August 15, 2023

FS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington
001-35589
45-4585178
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

6920 220th Street SW
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
 
98043
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (425) 771-5299

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

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
 
FSBW
 
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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).
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.



Item 8.01  Other Events

On August 15, 2023, FS Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”), the holding company for 1st Security Bank of Washington (“Bank”), announced that the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the implementation of a stock repurchase program and authorized the Company to repurchase up to $5.0 million in shares or 2.5% of its outstanding shares of common stock in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or shares withheld upon the exercise of equity awards from time to time over a 12-month period until July 31, 2024, at such prices as may be determined by the Company’s management, such program to commence no sooner than the third trading day after the public announcement of this repurchase program. A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)    Exhibits

99.1      Press release of FS Bancorp, Inc. dated August 15, 2023
104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)



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.

   
Date: August 15, 2023
FS BANCORP, INC.
   
  /s/Matthew D. Mullet
 
Matthew D. Mullet
 
Chief Financial Officer