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Issuer:     BankFinancial CORP (—)
CIK:        0001303942
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-000013
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303942/000143774926000013/0001437749-26-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1303942/000143774926000013/bfin20251226_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-000013

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