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): ~~October~~November 307, 2025

BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Maryland	0-51331	75-3199276
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


60 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois		60527
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 894-6900

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		BFIN		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 85.~~01.~~02 ~~Other~~Departure ~~Events~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~October~~November 307, 2025, and in connection with BankFinancial Corporation, the ~~Board~~parent company of ~~Directors~~BankFinancial, National Association (“Bank Financial NA”), and First Financial Bancorp., the parent company of ~~BankFinancial~~First ~~Corporation~~Financial Bank, entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 11, 2025 (the “~~Company~~Merger Agreement”), ~~declared~~Bank aFinancial ~~cash~~NA ~~dividend~~entered into an amendment to the employment agreement with Gregg T. Adams, President of $0 the Marketing & Sales Division of Bank Financial NA (the “Amendment”).10 The ~~per~~Amendment ~~common~~provides: ~~share~~(i) subject to Mr. ~~The~~Adams’ ~~dividend~~continued employment through September 30, 2026, on the first payroll date following September 30, 2026, Mr. Adams will be ~~payable~~entitled ~~on November~~to 28a severance payment as provided under his employment agreement, ~~2025~~as amended, provided he has not been paid a severance payment earlier than September 30, 2026 and provided further that he has not been offered employment and accepted such employment, and (ii) that severance payments will be reduced, if necessary, to ~~stockholders~~avoid an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of ~~record~~the onInternal ~~November~~Revenue 14Code of 1986, ~~2025~~as amended.

AsThe ~~previously~~foregoing ~~described~~description inof ~~filings made with~~ the ~~Securities~~Amendments ~~and~~does ~~Exchange~~not ~~Commission,~~purport ~~the~~to ~~Board~~be ofcomplete ~~Directors~~and ofis ~~the~~qualified ~~Company~~in ~~will~~its ~~evaluate~~entirety ~~dividends~~by ~~for~~reference ~~future~~to ~~quarters in~~ the ~~context~~Amendments, ofattached ~~all~~hereto ~~applicable~~as ~~regulatory requirements and other relevant factors~~Exhibit 10.1.

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A variety of factors could cause the Company’s actual results to differ from those expected at the time of this release. For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, please refer to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC, as supplemented by the Company’s subsequent filings with the SEC. Investors are urged to review all information contained in these reports, including the risk factors discussed therein. Copies of these filings are available at no cost on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or on the Company’s web site at www.bankfinancial.com. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update them to reflect changes.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not Applicable.

(a)		Not Applicable.
(b)		Not Applicable.
(c)		Not Applicable.
(d)		Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Amendment Number One to the BankFinancial Corporation Amended and Restated Employment Agreement and BankFinancial, National Association Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Gregg T. Adams
104		Cover Page Interactive Data Files (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document)

(b) Not Applicable.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

		BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION (Registrant)
Date:	~~October~~November 3010, 2025	By:	/s/ F. Morgan Gasior
			F. Morgan Gasior
			Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President

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