-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, V5gJEF1CBipqLpnvr87HkQTldj7Lb91h3obyZ36G+u2a7PCCQdOheyRpWfYc9FfE u3rejVpSweVbnvCLDhnASQ== 0001065407-04-000125.txt : 20040317 0001065407-04-000125.hdr.sgml : 20040317 20040317131710 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001065407-04-000125 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030317 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20040317 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ESB FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000872835 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 251659846 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19345 FILM NUMBER: 04674886 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 LAWRENCE AVE CITY: ELLWOOD CITY STATE: PA ZIP: 16117 BUSINESS PHONE: 7247585584 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 LAWRENCE AVENUE CITY: ELLWOOD CITY STATE: PA ZIP: 16117 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PENNFIRST BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960126 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PENNWEST BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910328 8-K 1 form8k.txt FORM 8-K 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 March 17, 2004 _____________________________________________________________________________ (Date of earliest event reported) ESB Financial Corporation _____________________________________________________________________________ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 0-19345 25-1659846 _____________________________________________________________________________ (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer of incorporation) Identification No.) 600 Lawrence Avenue Ellwood City, Pennsylvania 16117 _____________________________________________________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (724) 758-5584 _____________________________________________________________________________ (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable _____________________________________________________________________________ (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ESB Financial Corporation Form 8-K Page 2 Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure _________________________________________ The information to be reported herein is incorporated by reference from the press release, dated March 17, 2004, filed as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits _________________________________ (a) Not applicable. (b) Not applicable. (c) Exhibits. 99 Press Release dated March 17, 2004. ESB Financial Corporation Form 8-K Page 3 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 thereunto duly authorized. ESB Financial Corporation _________________________ (Registrant) Date: March 17, 2004 By: /s/ Charlotte A. Zuschlag ______________ _________________________________ Charlotte A. Zuschlag President & Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) EXHIBIT 99 PRESS RELEASE EX-99 3 pr.txt PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 P R E S S R E L E A S E RELEASE DATE: CONTACT: - ------------- -------- March 17, 2004 Frank D. Martz Group Senior Vice President of Operations and Secretary (724) 758-5584 ESB FINANCIAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND ------------------------------------------------- ESB Financial Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors at its meeting on March 16, 2004 declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.10 on the Common Stock of ESB Financial Corporation payable on April 23, 2004 to the stockholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2004. In announcing the scheduled cash dividend, Charlotte A. Zuschlag, President and Chief Executive Officer, noted the Company's results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2003. The Company recognized net income for the three month period ended December 31, 2003 of $2.3 million or $.22 per diluted share. This announcement reflects the Company's policy of declaring a regular quarterly cash dividend. This quarterly cash dividend equates to an annual cash dividend of $.40 per share. ESB Financial Corporation is the parent Holding Company of ESB Bank and offers a wide variety of financial products and services through sixteen offices in the contiguous counties of Allegheny, Lawrence, Beaver and Butler in Pennsylvania. The common stock of the Company is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "ESBF". -End- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----