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UNITED STATES
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): May 18, 2015

KEARNY FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland
 
001-37399
 
30-0870244
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

120 Passaic Avenue, Fairfield, New Jersey
 
07004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (973) 244-4500

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01                      Other Events.
 

On May 18, 2015, Kearny Financial Corp., a Maryland corporation (“New Kearny”), announced that it had completed its second-step conversion and related public offering.  The shares of common stock sold in the offering and issued in the exchange are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 19, 2015 under the trading symbol “KRNY.”

Concurrent with the completion of the offering, shares of common stock of Kearny Financial Corp., a federal corporation (“Kearny-Federal”) owned by the public stockholders have been converted into the right to receive 1.3804 shares of New Kearny’s common stock for each share of Kearny-Federal’s common stock they owned immediately prior to completion of the transaction.  Cash in lieu of fractional shares will be paid based on the offering price of $10.00 per share.

As a result of the offering and the exchange of shares, New Kearny has 93,529,444 shares outstanding, subject to adjustment for fractional shares.

   A press release announcing the closing of the reorganization and stock offering is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release dated May 18, 2015
 
 

 
 
 

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.

   
KEARNY FINANCIAL CORP.
 
 
DATE: May 19, 2015
By:   
/s/ Craig L. Montanaro                                                                                      
   
Craig L. Montanaro
   
President and Chief Executive Officer