# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001303942
**File Stem:** 0001437749-23-001958
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 8311
**Document Hash:** f97e3bec508979a4e0875cc860dc0b1a
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001437749-23-001958.hdr.sgml**: 20230127

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001437749-23-001958

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230126

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230127

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230127

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BankFinancial CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001303942
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-51331
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23560834

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 60 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD
- **CITY:** BURR RIDGE
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60527
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (800) 894-6900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 60 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD
- **CITY:** BURR RIDGE
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60527

bfin20230115_8k.htm

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM **8-K**

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**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 26, 2023**

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**BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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| **Maryland** | **0-51331** | **75-3199276** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br> **of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File No.)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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| **60 North Frontage Road**, **Burr Ridge**, **Illinois** | **60527** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**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)**

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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:

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| **Title of each class** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share<br> BFIN | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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. ☐

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| **Item 8.01.**  | **Other Events.** |

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On January 26, 2023, 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 24, 2023 to stockholders of record on February 10, 2023.

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.

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| **Item 9.01.**  | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(a) Not Applicable.

(b) Not Applicable.

(c) Not Applicable.

(d) Exhibits.

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| <u>Exhibit No.</u> | <u>Description</u> |

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| [99.1](ex_464255.htm) | Press Release dated January 27, 2023 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**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.

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|  |  | **BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION**<br> (Registrant) | **BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION**<br> (Registrant) |
| Date: | January 27, 2023 | By: | /s/ F. Morgan Gasior |
|  |  |  | F. Morgan Gasior |
|  |  |  | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit No. 99.1**

![bfin01.jpg](bfin01.jpg)

<u>**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**</u>

**BankFinancial Corporation Declares Cash Dividend**

**Burr Ridge, Illinois** - (January 27, 2023) BankFinancial Corporation (Nasdaq – BFIN) ("BankFinancial") announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share. The dividend will be payable on February 24, 2023 to stockholders of record on February 10, 2023.

BankFinancial Corporation is the holding company for BankFinancial, NA, a national bank providing banking, wealth management and fiduciary services to individuals, families and businesses in the Chicago metropolitan area and on a regional or national basis for commercial finance, equipment finance, commercial real estate finance and treasury management business customers. At September 30, 2022, BankFinancial had total assets of $1.629 billion, total loans of $1.142 billion, total deposits of $1.425 billion and stockholders' equity of $151 million. BankFinancial Corporation's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol BFIN.

This release includes "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A variety of factors could cause BankFinancial'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 BankFinancial's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC, as supplemented by 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 BankFinancial'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.

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| **For Further Information Contact:** |  |
| Shareholder, Analyst and Investor Inquiries: | Media Inquiries: |
| Elizabeth A. Doolan<br> Senior Vice President – Controller<br> ***BankFinancial** Corporation*<br> Telephone: 630-425-5568 | Gregg T. Adams<br> President – Marketing & Sales<br> ***BankFinancial,*** **NA**<br> Telephone: 630-425-5877 |

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