---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000939057-23-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001401564"
company_name: "First Financial Northwest, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:03:39.245984+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Richard Riccobono resigns; board reduced from 8 to 7 members

## Summary
- Richard Riccobono resigned as director of FFNW, Bank, and FFD effective March 31, 2023.
- Resignation was not due to any disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices.
- Board size reduced from eight to seven directors via bylaw amendment effective April 4, 2023.
- Amended and Restated Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000939057-23-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001401564
- company_name: First Financial Northwest, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401564/000093905723000097/0000939057-23-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401564/000093905723000097/8k33123.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard M. Riccobono resigned as Director at First Financial Northwest, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: accepted the resignation of Director Richard M. Riccobono.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401564/000093905723000097/0000939057-23-000097-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  First Financial Northwest, Inc.: Decreased the number of directors from eight to seven members (effective 2023-04-04).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-04
  source text: On April 4, 2023, the Company amended its Bylaws to decrease the number of directors from eight to seven members, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401564/000093905723000097/0000939057-23-000097-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.