<p>2025 年 4 月 21 日- 下午 4:10</p>
<p>华盛顿州伦顿，2025 年 4 月 21 日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-- First Financial Northwest, Inc.（纳斯达克代码：FFNW）（“公司”）今天宣布，其董事会已根据之前宣布的清算计划，宣告每股 22.00 美元的初步清算分配，总额约为 2.03 亿美元，约占预计最终分配收益的 95%。初步清算分配将于 2025 年 4 月 30 日支付给截至 2025 年 4 月 23 日的股东。公司还宣布已关闭其股票转让账簿，并已向证券交易委员会（“SEC”）提交了 25 号表格，以便将公司的普通股从纳斯达克资本市场退市。公司预计将在 5 月 1 日左右向 SEC 提交 15 号表格，以暂停其根据 1934 年证券交易法的定期报告义务。</p>
<p>公司计划在完成公司的清算并支付或为公司的债权人及现有和合理可预见的债务、税款、负债和义务提供资金后，向股东进行最终现金分配，符合华盛顿州法律和清算计划的规定。支付税款和费用后，如有剩余资金，将会进行后续分配给股东。目前，公司估计对股东的总分配（受许多变量和假设的影响）可能在每股 23.06 美元至 23.34 美元之间。我们目前无法确定最终清算分配的具体时间。公司的股票转让代理 Computershare 正在根据清算计划作为股东清算分配的支付代理。</p>
<p><strong>关于 First Financial Northwest, Inc.</strong></p>
<p>First Financial Northwest, Inc.是 First Financial Northwest Bank 的前母公司，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 ffnw.q4ir.com。</p>
<p><strong>前瞻性声明：</strong></p>
<p>在本新闻稿及其他提交或提供给证券交易委员会（“SEC”）的文件中，在新闻稿或其他公众股东沟通中，或在经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预期和预测，其中许多事件本质上是不确定的，并超出我们的控制范围。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、清算和公司解散的声明，以及在此过程中将产生的剩余费用和分配给股东的剩余现金。这些前瞻性声明基于当前管理层的预期，因此可能涉及风险和不确定性。实际结果可能与我们当前预期或预测的前瞻性声明存在重大差异，具体因素请参见公司最新的 10-K 表格年度报告和 10-Q 表格季度报告及其他提交给 SEC 的报告，这些报告可在我们的投资者关系网站 ffnw.q4ir.com 和 SEC 网站 sec.gov 上获取。</p>
<p>我们在本新闻稿及其他公开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。我们不承担并明确拒绝任何义务，修订任何前瞻性声明以反映预期或未预期事件或情况的发生。</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. 宣布将进行初步清算分配，每股 $22.00，总计约 $2.03 亿，作为其解散计划的一部分。该分配将于 2025 年 4 月 30 日支付给截至 2025 年 4 月 23 日的股东。公司已关闭其股票过户账簿，并申请从纳斯达克退市。在清偿债务和义务后，预计将进行最终现金分配，总分配可能在每股 $23.06 至 $23.34 之间</p>

<p>04/21/2025 - 04:10 PM</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>2025 年 4 月 21 日- 下午 4:10</p>
</div><p>RENTON, Wash., April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: FFNW) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared an initial liquidating distribution pursuant to its previously announced Plan of Dissolution in the amount of $22.00 per share, or approximately $203million, representing approximately 95% of the anticipated proceeds to ultimately be distributed. The initial liquidating distribution will be payable on April30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of April23, 2025. The Company also announced that it has closed its stock transfer books and has filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to delisting the Company’s common stock from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company expects to file Form 15 with the SEC on or about May 1 in order to suspend its periodic reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>华盛顿州伦顿，2025 年 4 月 21 日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-- First Financial Northwest, Inc.（纳斯达克代码：FFNW）（“公司”）今天宣布，其董事会已根据之前宣布的清算计划，宣告每股 22.00 美元的初步清算分配，总额约为 2.03 亿美元，约占预计最终分配收益的 95%。初步清算分配将于 2025 年 4 月 30 日支付给截至 2025 年 4 月 23 日的股东。公司还宣布已关闭其股票转让账簿，并已向证券交易委员会（“SEC”）提交了 25 号表格，以便将公司的普通股从纳斯达克资本市场退市。公司预计将在 5 月 1 日左右向 SEC 提交 15 号表格，以暂停其根据 1934 年证券交易法的定期报告义务。</p>
</div><p>The Company intends to make a final cash distribution to shareholders subject to first completing the wind down of the Company and paying or providing for the Company’s creditors and existing and reasonably foreseeable debts, taxes, liabilities, and obligations in accordance with Washington law and the Plan of Dissolution. Funds remaining, if any, after paying taxes and expenses will result in a subsequent distribution to shareholders. At this time, the Company estimates that total distributions to shareholders (subject to a significant number of variables and assumptions) will potentially be in the $23.06 to $23.34 per share range. We cannot determine at this time when a final liquidating distribution might be made. Computershare, the Company’s stock transfer agent, is acting as paying agent for the liquidating distributions to shareholders pursuant to the Plan of Dissolution.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>公司计划在完成公司的清算并支付或为公司的债权人及现有和合理可预见的债务、税款、负债和义务提供资金后，向股东进行最终现金分配，符合华盛顿州法律和清算计划的规定。支付税款和费用后，如有剩余资金，将会进行后续分配给股东。目前，公司估计对股东的总分配（受许多变量和假设的影响）可能在每股 23.06 美元至 23.34 美元之间。我们目前无法确定最终清算分配的具体时间。公司的股票转让代理 Computershare 正在根据清算计划作为股东清算分配的支付代理。</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>First Financial Northwest, Inc. is the former parent company of First Financial Northwest Bank, a Washington State-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Renton, Washington. For additional information visit ffnw.q4ir.com.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>First Financial Northwest, Inc.是 First Financial Northwest Bank 的前母公司，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 ffnw.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 ffnw.q4ir.com and on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在本新闻稿及其他提交或提供给证券交易委员会（“SEC”）的文件中，在新闻稿或其他公众股东沟通中，或在经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预期和预测，其中许多事件本质上是不确定的，并超出我们的控制范围。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、清算和公司解散的声明，以及在此过程中将产生的剩余费用和分配给股东的剩余现金。这些前瞻性声明基于当前管理层的预期，因此可能涉及风险和不确定性。实际结果可能与我们当前预期或预测的前瞻性声明存在重大差异，具体因素请参见公司最新的 10-K 表格年度报告和 10-Q 表格季度报告及其他提交给 SEC 的报告，这些报告可在我们的投资者关系网站 ffnw.q4ir.com 和 SEC 网站 sec.gov 上获取。</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开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。我们不承担并明确拒绝任何义务，修订任何前瞻性声明以反映预期或未预期事件或情况的发生。</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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