k8123112.htm
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):  December 31, 2012

First Financial Northwest, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington
 
001-3365
 
26-0610707
State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation
 
Commission
File Number
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
201 Wells Avenue South, Renton, Washington
 
98057
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number (including area code) (425) 255-4400


Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(c)(3)  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 31, 2012, the Board of Directors of First Savings Bank Northwest (the "Bank") approved an Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan Participation Agreement ("Agreement") with Joseph W. Kiley, III, who was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Bank effective September 17, 2012, as previously reported.  The Agreement is subject to the approval of the Bank’s regulators. The Agreement is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan intended to provide supplemental retirement benefits in excess of what can be provided for under the Bank's tax-qualified plans.  The material terms of the Agreement are summarized below and a copy of the Agreement is furnished as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Agreement becomes effective upon regulatory approval.  Under the Agreement, if Mr. Kiley is employed by the Bank upon attaining age 65, he will qualify for a supplemental retirement benefit. The supplemental retirement benefit is $28,000 per year, payable for 15 years in monthly installments and will commence upon Mr. Kiley’s subsequent termination of employment (subject to a potential six-month delay to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code).  In the event Mr. Kiley dies before all supplemental retirement benefit payments are made to him under the Agreement, then the monthly payments will continue to his designated beneficiary for the remainder of the payment term, until a total of 180 monthly payments have been made by the Bank under the Agreement.  If Mr. Kiley is employed by the Bank , but dies before benefits commence, then a $200,000 lump sum death benefit will be paid to Mr. Kiley's designated beneficiaries in lieu of the supplemental retirement benefit.  The terms of the Agreement provide that the lump sum death benefit will be paid within 60 days following Mr. Kiley's death.  Supplemental retirement benefits will be forfeited or suspended under certain circumstances, including termination of employment on account of fraud, dishonesty, embezzlement, or other breach of trust.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
The following exhibit is being furnished herewith and this list shall constitute the exhibit index:

10.1           Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan Participation Agreement with Joseph W. Kiley, III

 
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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.
 
  FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST, INC. 
   
   
   
DATE: December 31, 2012    By: /s/Victor Karpiak                                  
         Victor Karpiak 
          President and Chief Executive Officer 
   
 
 
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