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<a name="s557AED24861C71DF9970FD07872BD0CD"></a><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;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:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">April&#160;30, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:17pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:17pt;font-weight:bold;">BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;font-weight:bold;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:2pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:2pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">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):</font></div><div 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style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">On </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">April&#160;30, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">, the Board of Directors of BankFinancial Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) declared a cash dividend of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$0.04</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">&#32;per common share.  The dividend will be payable on </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">May&#160;29, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">&#32;to stockholders of record on </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">May&#160;13, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">.  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.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;background-color:#ffffff;">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="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A copy of the press release announcing this item is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not Applicable.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; 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Morgan Gasior</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President</font></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s8F8CEE9CB42A0DF49B7FFD0787593087"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Press Release dated </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">May&#160;1, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><br><div></div>	</body>
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BFIN-2015.05-8K Dividend
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):
April 30, 2015
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.)
15W060 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 or former address, 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))
Item 8.01.    Other Events.
On
April 30, 2015
, the Board of Directors of BankFinancial Corporation (the "Company") declared a cash dividend of
$0.04
per common share.  The dividend will be payable on
May 29, 2015
to stockholders of record on
May 13, 2015
.  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.
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
May 1, 2015
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:
May 1, 2015
By:
/s/  F. Morgan Gasior
F. Morgan Gasior
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1            Press Release dated
May 1, 2015