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): March 2, 2009
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):
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
BankFinancial Corporation (Nasdaq – BFIN) will participate in the Sandler O’Neill & Partners 2009 West Coast Financial Services Conference to be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 BankFinancial’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, F. Morgan Gasior, is scheduled to present at 4:35 p.m. Pacific Time (6:35 p.m. Central Time) on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. The slides for the presentation are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and the information set forth therein is incorporated herein by reference and constitutes a part of this report.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the attached exhibit, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Furthermore, the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (a) | Not Applicable. |
| (b) | Not Applicable. |
| (c) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Slide Presentation dated March 3, 2009 |
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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.
| BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Date: March 2, 2009 | By: | /s/ F. Morgan Gasior | ||||||
| F. Morgan Gasior | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | ||||||||
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