RENTON, Wash., April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: FFNW) (the "Company"), the former holding company of First Financial Northwest Bank (the "Bank"), today announced the closing, effective April 11, 2025, of the previously announced transaction whereby Global Federal Credit Union ("Global"), headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of First Financial Northwest Bank. In connection with the closing of the transaction, the Company received $228.7 million in cash pursuant to the Purchase and Assumption Agreement by and among the Company, Global and the Bank, dated January 10, 2024.
The Company also notified the Nasdaq Stock Market of its intent to delist shares of Company common stock effective on April 21, 2025. As of the close of business on that date, the Company will also close its stock transfer books. As a result, the Company's common stock will no longer trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and Company shareholders will be unable to transfer Company common stock after April 21, 2025.
The Company plans to distribute all of its remaining assets, including the purchase price received from Global, remaining after taxes and expenses, to Company shareholders in two or more distributions in the coming months. The Company expects to make an initial distribution on or about April 30, 2025, consisting of substantially all of the assets of the Company, less amounts retained to pay taxes and to pay known and anticipated expenses to be incurred in the wind-down and dissolution of the Company. As a condition to the payment of each shareholder's pro rata portion of the initial distribution, shareholders with physical certificates are required to convert their certificates to book-entry with Computershare, the Company's stock transfer agent. Shareholders with physical certificates will receive instructions by mail to effect such conversions.
Following these distributions, the Company expects to dissolve the Company in accordance with Washington law.
About First Financial Northwest, Inc.
Prior to the completion of the transaction, First Financial Northwest, Inc. was the parent company of First Financial Northwest Bank, a Washington State-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Renton, Washington. For additional information visit ffnwb.q4ir.com.
Forward-looking statements:
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Investor Contacts:
Rich Jacobson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
jacobsonr@ffnorthwest.com
(206) 573-4973
Karla Evans
Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations
evansk@ffnorthwest.com
(206) 833-1259
