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    SEC Form 15-12G filed by BankFinancial Corporation

    1/12/26 4:05:27 PM ET
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    15-12G 1 bfin20260103_1512g.htm FORM 15-12G bfin20260103_1512g.htm

     

    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    Washington, D.C. 20549

     

    FORM 15

     

    CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

    UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

    OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     

    Commission File Number: 0-51331

     

    BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

    c/o First Financial Bancorp

    255 East Fifth Street, Suite 900

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

    (877) 322-9530

    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

     

    Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

     

    (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

     

    None

    (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     

    Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

     

       

    Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

    ☒

    Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

    ☐

    Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

    ☒

    Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

    ☐

    Rule 15d-6

    ☐

    Rule 15d-22(b)

    ☐

     

    Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None.

     

     

     

     

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, First Financial Bancorp, as successor by merger to BankFinancial Corporation, has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

     

     

    FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP

    As successor by merger to BankFinancial Corporation

       
    Date: January 12, 2026

    By:

    /s/ James M. Anderson

       

    Name: James M. Anderson

       

    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

     

     
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