Global Federal Credit Union and First Financial Northwest, Inc. Announce Expected Closing Date for Transaction

ANCHORAGE, Alaska and RENTON, Wash., March 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Federal Credit Union (“Global”) and First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), jointly announced today they have set the expected closing date for Global’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumption of substantially all of the liabilities (including deposit liabilities) of the Bank (the “Asset Sale”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase and Assumption Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2024, by and among the Company, the Bank and Global (the “Agreement”). The Asset Sale is expected to be completed on April 11, 2025, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining closing conditions set forth in the Agreement.

Following the Asset Sale, the Company will take all necessary action to wind up its affairs, distribute its remaining net assets, including the remaining net cash proceeds from the purchase price paid by Global in the asset sale, to the shareholders of the Company, and dissolve under applicable Washington law. The cash consideration to Company shareholders is expected to be paid out in multiple distributions. An initial distribution to Company shareholders is expected to occur as soon as practicable after the completion of the transaction.

Global will operate the locations of the Bank as a separately branded division of Global until the system and brand integration is completed later in 2025.

About Global Federal Credit Union

Global Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned financial cooperative with the mission of enriching lives through world-class financial services. Global was founded in 1948 at the Alaska Air Depot, and now serves more than 750,000 members online and more than 70 branches across Washington, Alaska, Idaho, California, Arizona, as well as branches on three U.S. military installations in Italy. Learn more at globalcu.org.

About First Financial Northwest

First Financial Northwest, Inc. is the parent company of First Financial Northwest Bank, an FDIC-insured Washington State-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Renton, Washington, serving the Puget Sound Region through 15 full-service banking offices. Visit ffnwb.com and click on the “Investor Relations” link at the bottom of the page for more information.