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) January 5, 2018
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Federally chartered corporation
 
000-51398
 
94-6000630
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer 
Identification No.)

600 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 616-1000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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 January 5, 2018, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (Finance Agency) informed the Bank of its non-objection to the Board-approved 2018 performance goals, qualifiers, and award scales under the Bank's Executive Incentive Plan ("EIP"). The EIP is an incentive plan established by the Board for senior executive officers (excluding the Director of Internal Audit) under which participants are eligible to receive an annual total incentive award (Award) for the achievement of performance goals for designated performance periods. Under the EIP, any Award for the 2018 performance period would vest in two parts: 50% of the Award (Annual Award) vest on the last day of 2018 subject to, among other things, the achievement of the 2018 performance goals and 2018 qualifiers and the participant receiving a satisfactory performance rating for the 2018 performance period; and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Award would vest at the end of a 3-year deferral period (Deferred Award) subject to, among other things, the satisfaction of the 2018 qualifiers and the participant receiving a satisfactory performance rating for the 3-year deferral period.

Performance goals and qualifiers are the factors established annually by the Board for each performance period and taken into consideration in determining the amount of an Award. Under the EIP, the 2018 performance period goals for the Annual Award and Deferred Award relate to risk management; franchise enhancement; community investment; and organizational health/diversity and inclusion.

The 2018 qualifiers under the EIP are: (i) no submission of material information to a regulatory or a reporting agency is significantly past due; (ii) the Bank makes sufficient progress, as determined by the Board, in the timely remediation of significant examination, monitoring and other supervisory findings; (iii) no material risk-management deficiency exists at the Bank; (iv) no operational errors or omissions result in material revisions to the financial results, information submitted to the Finance Agency, or data used to determine incentive payouts; (v) the Bank has sufficient capital to pay dividends and the ability to repurchase member stock.

The 2018 performance goal measures range from 75% of target (Threshold) to 150% of target (Far Exceeds). If the total weighted achievement level of the Bank’s performance goals and individual goals is between 75% and 150% of target, the range of Awards for the participants as a percentage of base salary would be 40% to 100%.

Awards, if any, under the EIP are to be paid in accordance with the terms of the EIP following Board approval and completion of any required regulatory review.

Signature(s)

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.

 
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
 
 
 
 
Date: January 11, 2018
 
By:
/s/ J. Gregory Seibly
 
 
 
J. Gregory Seibly
President and Chief Executive Officer