<p>2025 年 4 月 11 日- 下午 5:10</p>
<p>华盛顿州伦顿，2025 年 4 月 11 日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-- First Financial Northwest, Inc.（纳斯达克代码：FFNW）（“公司”），前 First Financial Northwest Bank（“银行”）的控股公司，今天宣布，之前宣布的交易已于 2025 年 4 月 11 日生效，全球联邦信用合作社（“Global”），总部位于阿拉斯加州安克雷奇，已收购 First Financial Northwest Bank 几乎所有资产并承担几乎所有负债（包括存款负债）。与交易的完成相关，公司根据 2024 年 1 月 10 日公司、Global 和银行之间的购买与假设协议收到了 2.287 亿美元现金。</p>
<p>公司还通知纳斯达克证券市场，计划于 2025 年 4 月 21 日生效退市公司普通股。到那天营业结束时，公司还将关闭其股票转让账簿。因此，公司普通股将不再在纳斯达克全球精选市场交易，且公司股东在 2025 年 4 月 21 日之后将无法转让公司普通股。</p>
<p>公司计划在未来几个月内将其剩余资产，包括从 Global 收到的购置价格（扣除税费和费用后），分配给公司股东，分配将分为两次或更多次。公司预计将在 2025 年 4 月 30 日左右进行首次分配，内容包括公司几乎所有的资产，扣除用于支付税款和已知及预期的清算和解散公司过程中将产生的费用。作为支付每位股东初始分配的按比例部分的条件，持有实物股票证书的股东需将其证书转换为 Computershare 的账面登记，Computershare 是公司的股票转让代理。持有实物股票证书的股东将通过邮件收到进行此类转换的说明。</p>
<p>在这些分配之后，公司预计将根据华盛顿州法律解散公司。</p>
<p><strong>关于 First Financial Northwest, Inc.</strong></p>
<p>在交易完成之前，First Financial Northwest, Inc.是 First Financial Northwest Bank 的母公司，该银行是一家总部位于华盛顿州伦顿的华盛顿州特许商业银行。有关更多信息，请访问 ffnwb.q4ir.com。</p>
<p><strong>前瞻性声明：</strong></p>
<p>在本新闻稿及其他向证券交易委员会（“SEC”）提交或提供的文件中，在新闻稿或其他公共股东通讯中，或在经过授权的高管批准的口头声明中，使用的 “相信”、“将”、“可能导致”、“预计”、“将继续”、“预期”、“估计”、“项目”、“计划” 或类似表达的词语或短语旨在识别 1995 年《私人证券诉讼改革法》意义上的 “前瞻性声明”。前瞻性声明不是历史事实，而是管理层对未来事件的当前期望和预测，其中许多事件本质上是不确定的，并且超出我们的控制。前瞻性声明包括关于我们的信念、计划、目标、期望、假设以及关于退市、注销、清算和解散公司的剩余费用和分配给股东的剩余现金等方面的声明。这些前瞻性声明基于当前管理层的期望，因此可能涉及风险和不确定性。实际结果可能与当前预期或在这些前瞻性声明中所预测的结果可能存在重大差异，具体因素请参见公司最新的 10-K 年报和 10-Q 季度报告以及其他提交给 SEC 的报告，这些报告可在我们的投资者关系网站 ffnwb.q4ir.com 和 SEC 网站 sec.gov 上获得。</p>
<p>我们在本新闻稿及其他公共声明中所做的任何前瞻性声明均基于管理层在作出声明时的信念和假设，可能由于我们可能做出的不准确假设、上述因素或其他我们无法预见的因素而出现错误。因此，在评估前瞻性声明时，应考虑这些因素，不应对这些声明过度依赖。我们不承担并特别声明不承担任何义务，修订任何前瞻性声明以反映预期或意外事件或情况在该声明日期之后的发生。</p>
<p><strong>投资者联系：</strong></p>
<p>Rich Jacobson</p>
<p>执行副总裁兼首席财务官</p>
<p>jacobsonr@ffnorthwest.com</p>
<p>(206) 573-4973</p>
<p>Karla Evans</p>
<p>助理副总裁，投资者关系</p>
<p>evansk@ffnorthwest.com</p>
<p>(206) 833-1259</p>
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FFNW

<p>First Financial Northwest, Inc. 已于 2025 年 4 月 11 日完成了对 First Financial Northwest Bank 的收购，收购方为 Global Federal Credit Union。该公司获得了 2.287 亿美元的现金，并计划于 2025 年 4 月 21 日从纳斯达克退市。股东将从剩余资产中获得分配，初步分配预计在 2025 年 4 月 30 日左右进行。该公司随后将根据华盛顿州法律解散</p>

<p>04/11/2025 - 05:10 PM</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>2025 年 4 月 11 日- 下午 5:10</p>
</div><p>RENTON, Wash., April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: FFNW) (the “Company”), the former holding company of First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today announced the closing, effective April 11, 2025, of the previously announced transaction whereby Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”), headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of First Financial Northwest Bank. In connection with the closing of the transaction, the Company received $228.7million in cash pursuant to the Purchase and Assumption Agreement by and among the Company, Global and the Bank, dated January 10, 2024.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>华盛顿州伦顿，2025 年 4 月 11 日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-- First Financial Northwest, Inc.（纳斯达克代码：FFNW）（“公司”），前 First Financial Northwest Bank（“银行”）的控股公司，今天宣布，之前宣布的交易已于 2025 年 4 月 11 日生效，全球联邦信用合作社（“Global”），总部位于阿拉斯加州安克雷奇，已收购 First Financial Northwest Bank 几乎所有资产并承担几乎所有负债（包括存款负债）。与交易的完成相关，公司根据 2024 年 1 月 10 日公司、Global 和银行之间的购买与假设协议收到了 2.287 亿美元现金。</p>
</div><p>The Company also notified the Nasdaq Stock Market of its intent to delist shares of Company common stock effective on April21, 2025. As of the close of business on that date, the Company will also close its stock transfer books. As a result, the Company’s common stock will no longer trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and Company shareholders will be unable to transfer Company common stock after April21, 2025.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>公司还通知纳斯达克证券市场，计划于 2025 年 4 月 21 日生效退市公司普通股。到那天营业结束时，公司还将关闭其股票转让账簿。因此，公司普通股将不再在纳斯达克全球精选市场交易，且公司股东在 2025 年 4 月 21 日之后将无法转让公司普通股。</p>
</div><p>The Company plans to distribute all of its remaining assets, including the purchase price received from Global, remaining after taxes and expenses, to Company shareholders in two or more distributions in the coming months. The Company expects to make an initial distribution on or about April 30, 2025, consisting of substantially all of the assets of the Company, less amounts retained to pay taxes and to pay known and anticipated expenses to be incurred in the wind-down and dissolution of the Company. As a condition to the payment of each shareholder’s pro rata portion of the initial distribution, shareholders with physical certificates are required to convert their certificates to book-entry with Computershare, the Company’s stock transfer agent. Shareholders with physical certificates will receive instructions by mail to effect such conversions.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>公司计划在未来几个月内将其剩余资产，包括从 Global 收到的购置价格（扣除税费和费用后），分配给公司股东，分配将分为两次或更多次。公司预计将在 2025 年 4 月 30 日左右进行首次分配，内容包括公司几乎所有的资产，扣除用于支付税款和已知及预期的清算和解散公司过程中将产生的费用。作为支付每位股东初始分配的按比例部分的条件，持有实物股票证书的股东需将其证书转换为 Computershare 的账面登记，Computershare 是公司的股票转让代理。持有实物股票证书的股东将通过邮件收到进行此类转换的说明。</p>
</div><p>Following these distributions, the Company expects to dissolve the Company in accordance with Washington law.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在这些分配之后，公司预计将根据华盛顿州法律解散公司。</p>
</div><p><strong>About First Financial Northwest, Inc.</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>关于 First Financial Northwest, Inc.</strong></p>
</div><p>Prior to the completion of the transaction, First Financial Northwest, Inc. was the parent company of First Financial Northwest Bank, a Washington State-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Renton, Washington. For additional information visit ffnwb.q4ir.com.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在交易完成之前，First Financial Northwest, Inc.是 First Financial Northwest Bank 的母公司，该银行是一家总部位于华盛顿州伦顿的华盛顿州特许商业银行。有关更多信息，请访问 ffnwb.q4ir.com。</p>
</div><p><strong>Forward-looking statements:</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>前瞻性声明：</strong></p>
</div><p>When used in this press release and in other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in press releases or other public shareholder communications, or in oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer, the words or phrases “believe,” “will,” “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “project,” “plans,” or similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead represent management’s current expectations and forecasts regarding future events many of which are inherently uncertain and outside of our control. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, assumptions and statements about, among other things, the delisting, deregistration, wind-down and dissolution of the Company, the remaining expenses to be incurred in such process, and the remaining cash to be distributed to shareholders. These forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and may, therefore, involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ, possibly materially from those currently expected or projected in these forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, us, and other factors described in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with or furnished to the SEC – that are available on our Investor Relations website at ffnwb.q4ir.com and on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在本新闻稿及其他向证券交易委员会（“SEC”）提交或提供的文件中，在新闻稿或其他公共股东通讯中，或在经过授权的高管批准的口头声明中，使用的 “相信”、“将”、“可能导致”、“预计”、“将继续”、“预期”、“估计”、“项目”、“计划” 或类似表达的词语或短语旨在识别 1995 年《私人证券诉讼改革法》意义上的 “前瞻性声明”。前瞻性声明不是历史事实，而是管理层对未来事件的当前期望和预测，其中许多事件本质上是不确定的，并且超出我们的控制。前瞻性声明包括关于我们的信念、计划、目标、期望、假设以及关于退市、注销、清算和解散公司的剩余费用和分配给股东的剩余现金等方面的声明。这些前瞻性声明基于当前管理层的期望，因此可能涉及风险和不确定性。实际结果可能与当前预期或在这些前瞻性声明中所预测的结果可能存在重大差异，具体因素请参见公司最新的 10-K 年报和 10-Q 季度报告以及其他提交给 SEC 的报告，这些报告可在我们的投资者关系网站 ffnwb.q4ir.com 和 SEC 网站 sec.gov 上获得。</p>
</div><p>Any of the forward-looking statements that we make in this press release and in the other public statements are based upon management’s beliefs and assumptions at the time they are made and may turn out to be wrong because of the inaccurate assumptions we might make, because of the factors illustrated above or because of other factors that we cannot foresee. Therefore, these factors should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. We do not undertake and specifically disclaim any obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements <em>.</em></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>我们在本新闻稿及其他公共声明中所做的任何前瞻性声明均基于管理层在作出声明时的信念和假设，可能由于我们可能做出的不准确假设、上述因素或其他我们无法预见的因素而出现错误。因此，在评估前瞻性声明时，应考虑这些因素，不应对这些声明过度依赖。我们不承担并特别声明不承担任何义务，修订任何前瞻性声明以反映预期或意外事件或情况在该声明日期之后的发生。</p>
</div><p><strong>Investor Contacts:</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>投资者联系：</strong></p>
</div><p>Rich Jacobson</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Rich Jacobson</p>
</div><p>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>执行副总裁兼首席财务官</p>
</div><p>jacobsonr@ffnorthwest.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>jacobsonr@ffnorthwest.com</p>
</div><p>(206) 573-4973</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>(206) 573-4973</p>
</div><p>Karla Evans</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Karla Evans</p>
</div><p>Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>助理副总裁，投资者关系</p>
</div><p>evansk@ffnorthwest.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>evansk@ffnorthwest.com</p>
</div><p>(206) 833-1259</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>(206) 833-1259</p>
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