RENTON, Wash., Feb. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FFNW), the holding company for First Savings Bank Northwest ("Bank"), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company's outstanding common stock of $0.06 per share. The cash dividend will be payable on March 27, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2015. The dividend represents a 20 percent increase from the $0.05 per share quarterly dividend paid to shareholders on December 19, 2014.
"We are pleased to increase our quarterly cash dividend by 20 percent from $0.05 per share to $0.06 per share to benefit all shareholders," said Joseph W. Kiley III, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank.
First Financial Northwest, Inc. is the parent company of First Savings Bank Northwest, a Washington chartered stock savings bank headquartered in Renton, Washington, serving the Puget Sound Region through its full-service banking office. For additional information about us, please visit our website at www.fsbnw.com and click on the "Investor Relations" section.
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