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0001065407-08-000761.txt : 20081217 0001065407-08-000761.hdr.sgml : 20081217 20081217131815 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001065407-08-000761 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081217 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20081217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081217 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: 081254414 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-121708.htm ESB FORM 8-K-12-17-08 form8k-121708.htm

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)

December 17, 2008


ESB Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Pennsylvania	000-19345		25-1659846
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)			Identification No.)


600 Lawrence Avenue, Ellwood City, Pennsylania				16117
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(724) 758-5584


Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

[ ]	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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[ ]	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ]	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 17, 2008, ESB Financial Corporation issued the press releases included as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

Exhibit No. Description

Press Release, dated December 17, 2008

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


	By:	/s/ Charlotte A. Zuschlag
		Name:	Charlotte A. Zuschlag
		Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: December 17, 2008

EX-99 2 pressrelease121708.htm PRESS RELEASE 12-08-08 pressrelease121708.htm

Exhibit 99

P R E S S R E L E A S E

RELEASE DATE:		CONTACT:

December 17, 2008		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 December 16, 2008 declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.10 on the Common Stock of ESB Financial Corporation payable on January 23, 2009 to the stockholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2008.

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 September 30, 2008. The Company recognized net income for the three month period ended September 30, 2008 of $3.1 million or $.26 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 23 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".

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