First Financial Northwest, Inc. (FFNW)

RENTON, Wash., Nov. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (CUSIP 32022K102) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a final cash liquidation distribution in the amount of $1.30 per share pursuant to its previously announced Plan of Dissolution. The final cash liquidation distribution will be payable on December 12, 2025, to shareholders of record as of April 23, 2025, which was the record date set for the initial and all subsequent cash liquidation distributions.

RENTON, Wash., April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: FFNW) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared an initial liquidating distribution pursuant to its previously announced Plan of Dissolution in the amount of $22.00 per share, or approximately $203 million, representing approximately 95% of the anticipated proceeds to ultimately be distributed. The initial liquidating distribution will be payable on April 30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of April 23, 2025. The Company also announced that it has closed its stock transfer books and has filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to delisting the Company's common stock from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company expects to file Form 15 with the SEC on or about May 1 in order to suspend its periodic reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska and RENTON, Wash., March 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”) and First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), jointly announced today they have set the expected closing date for Global's acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumption of substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of the Bank (the “Asset Sale”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, the Bank and Global (the “Agreement”). The Asset Sale is expected to be completed on April 11, 2025, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining closing conditions set forth in the Agreement.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska and RENTON, Wash., March 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”) and First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), jointly announced today that Global received the required regulatory approval from the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) for its acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumption of substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of the Bank (the “Asset Sale”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, the Bank and Global (the “Agreement”). The Bank previously received and has maintained approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Washington State Department of Financial Institutions.

First Financial Northwest (FFNW) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.13 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.05 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.13 per share a year ago.

RENTON, Wash., Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, of $1.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $608,000, or $(0.07) per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, and net income of $1.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported net income of $1.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net income of $6.3 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2023.

First Financial Northwest (FFNW) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.07 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.07. This compares to earnings of $0.16 per share a year ago.

RENTON, Wash., Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today reported a net loss of $608,000, or $(0.07) per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $1.6 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and net income of $1.5 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company reported a net loss of $128,000, or $(0.01) per diluted share, compared to net income of $5.1 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, for the comparable period in 2023.

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RENTON, Wash., Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that they received the required regulatory approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) for Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”) to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of the Bank (the “Asset Sale”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, the Bank and Global. The Company previously announced that the Bank had received approval from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. The Company shareholders approved the transaction at a special meeting of shareholders held on July 19, 2024.

First Financial Northwest (FFNW) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.17 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.04 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.16 per share a year ago.

RENTON, Wash., July 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $1.6 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, compared to a net loss of $1.1 million, or $(0.12) per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and net income of $1.5 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, net income was $480,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to net income of $3.6 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, for the comparable period in 2023.

RENTON, Wash., July 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today announced that the preliminary vote count indicates that its shareholders approved the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, the Bank and Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”), which provides for Global's acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumption of substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of the Bank (the “asset sale”). Based on the preliminary vote counts, shareholders also approved a proposal to voluntarily dissolve the Company and distribute its net assets following the completion of the asset sale and approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to certain executive officers of the Company in connection with the asset sale. Final voting results of the special meeting of shareholders held on July 19, 2024, will be filed by the Company on a Form 8-K within four business days.

NEW YORK , July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), has recovered money for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2018-2022 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. We are headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and are investigating First Financial Northwest, Inc. (Nasdaq: FFNW ), relating to its proposed merger with Global Federal Credit Union.