---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001303942"
company_name: "BankFinancial CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:47:11.051550+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BankFinancial completes merger into First Financial Bancorp; shareholders receive 0.480x per share

## Summary
- Merger closed Jan 1, 2026; each BFIN share converted into 0.480 shares of First Financial Bancorp common stock.
- BankFinancial's subsidiary bank merged into First Financial Bank, with First Financial Bank as survivor.
- BankFinancial directors and officers resigned effective at merger close; company ceased to exist.
- BFIN common stock to be delisted from Nasdaq and deregistered under Exchange Act Sections 12(b) and 12(g).
- First Financial Bancorp survives as successor; BFIN stockholders lose all rights as BankFinancial stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001303942
- company_name: BankFinancial CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303942/000143774926000013/0001437749-26-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303942/000143774926000013/bfin20251226_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-000013.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c3d65b1d37e472c5c8a1c94514d094d571510a7a
  claim: BankFinancial CORP: Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws ceased to be in effect due to merger.
  evidence_excerpt: As a result of the Merger, at the Effective Time, BankFinancial ceased to exist and the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of BankFinancial ceased to be in effect by operation of law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303942/000143774926000013/0001437749-26-000013-index.htm
- claim_id: ac9df0bc2245f6c3167c1de954be9b0fbb3a1aae
  claim: BankFinancial CORP underwent a change of control involving First Financial Bancorp. for 0.480 of a share of common stock, no par value, of the Company (closed 2026-01-01).
  evidence_excerpt: common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ BankFinancial Common Stock ”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, was converted into the right to receive 0.480 of a share of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the “ Company Common Stock ”, and the amount of Company Common Stock to be received, the “ Merger Consideration ”). The
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303942/000143774926000013/0001437749-26-000013-index.htm

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