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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i_0_1"></div><div style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:98.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:5pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:98.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:5pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)&#58; January&#160;30, 2020 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:98.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:5pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:17pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><table 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exchange on which registered</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share<br></font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">BFIN</font></td><td colspan="3" 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</font></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Emerging growth company  </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#168;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">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.   </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#168;</font></div><div id="i_0_4"></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:72pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="height:42.75pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;-sec-extract:summary;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 8.01.&#160;Other Events.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">On January&#160;30, 2020, the Board of Directors of BankFinancial Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share.  The dividend will be payable on February&#160;28, 2020 to stockholders of record on February&#160;12, 2020.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">As previously described in filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Directors of the </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Company will evaluate dividends for future quarters in the context of all applicable regulatory requirements and other relevant factors.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">This Current Report on Form 8-K includes &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  A variety of factors could cause the Company&#8217;s actual results to differ from those expected at the time of this release.  For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, please refer to the Company&#8217;s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC, as supplemented by the Company&#8217;s subsequent filings with the SEC.  Investors are urged to review all information contained in these reports, including the risk factors discussed therein. Copies of these filings are available at no cost on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or on the Company&#8217;s web site at www.bankfinancial.com. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update them to reflect changes.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">A copy of the press release announcing this item is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 9.01.&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt;padding-left:72pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(a)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:22.7pt;">Not Applicable.</font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt;padding-left:72pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(b)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:22.02pt;">Not Applicable.</font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt;padding-left:72pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(c)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 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authorized.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(Registrant)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:5.211%;"></td><td 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Document
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): January 30, 2020
BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland
0-51331
75-3199276
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
60 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois
60527
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 894-6900
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)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
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))
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 $0.01 per share
BFIN
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 January 30, 2020, the Board of Directors of BankFinancial Corporation (the "Company") declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share.  The dividend will be payable on February 28, 2020 to stockholders of record on February 12, 2020.
As previously described in filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Directors of the
Company will evaluate dividends for future quarters in the context of all applicable regulatory requirements and other relevant factors.
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  A variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ from those expected at the time of this release.  For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, please refer to the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC, as supplemented by the Company's subsequent filings with the SEC.  Investors are urged to review all information contained in these reports, including the risk factors discussed therein. Copies of these filings are available at no cost on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or on the Company's web site at www.bankfinancial.com. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update them to reflect changes.
A copy of the press release announcing this item is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)
Not Applicable.
(b)
Not Applicable.
(c)
Not Applicable.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated January 31, 2020
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.
BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date:
January 31, 2020
By:
/s/  F. Morgan Gasior
F. Morgan Gasior
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President