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<div><a name="s9B52B92F78E352B7B40FE3A18A7C9E75"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:4px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">&#160;</font><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New 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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):
May 7, 2019
BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Commission File Number 0-51331
Maryland    75-3199276
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)    Identification No.)
60 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois  60527
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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
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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.
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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 $0.01 per share
BFIN
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Item 4.01.    Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On
May 7, 2019
, the Audit Committee (the "Audit Committee") of the Board of Directors of BankFinancial Corporation (the "Company") approved the dismissal of Crowe LLP ("Crowe") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
The reports of Crowe on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2017
and
December 31, 2018
did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2017
and
December 31, 2018
and through
May 7, 2019
, there have been no "disagreements" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and related instructions) with Crowe on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Crowe, would have caused Crowe to make reference thereto in its reports on the consolidated financial statements for such years. During the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2017
and
December 31, 2018
and through
May 7, 2019
, there have been no "reportable events" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company provided Crowe with a copy of the disclosure it is making herein in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K, and requested that Crowe furnish the Company with a copy of its letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), pursuant to Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, stating whether or not Crowe agrees with the statements related to them made by the Company in this report. A copy of Crowe's letter to the SEC dated
May 10, 2019
is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this report.
(b) Newly Engaged Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On
May 7, 2019
, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of RSM US LLP ("RSM") as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, to perform independent audit services for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.  During the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2017
and
December 31, 2018
and through
May 7, 2019
, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted RSM regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the consolidated financial statements of the Company, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by RSM that RSM concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a "disagreement" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a "reportable event" (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)    Not Applicable.
(b)    Not Applicable.
(c)    Not Applicable.
(d)    Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
16.1
Letter of Crowe LLP dated
May 10, 2019
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.
Dated:
May 13, 2019
BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ F. Morgan Gasior
F. Morgan Gasior
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer