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 20, 2015

BEN FRANKLIN FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland
 
000-55352
 
67-1746204
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

830 East Kensington Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois
 
60004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (847) 398-0990

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02                Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On May 27, 2015, Ben Franklin Financial, Inc. (the "Company"), the holding company for Ben Franklin Financial Bank of Illinois (the "Bank"), announced that Mary Beth Poronsky Stull, a member of the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank had passed away on May 20, 2015. The number of directors constituting the full Board of Directors of the Company has been decreased from seven to six and the number of directorships constituting the full Board of Directors of the Bank has been decreased from eight to seven.


 
 
 

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.

   
BEN FRANKLIN FINANCIAL, INC.
 
 
 
DATE: May 27, 2015
By:  
/s/ C. Steven Sjogren                                               
   
C. Steven Sjogren
   
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer