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 9, 2009
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FIRSTFED
FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-9566
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95-4087449
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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12555
W. Jefferson Boulevard
Los
Angeles, California
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90066
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
(310) 302-5600
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On
January 9, 2009, FirstFed Financial Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release
announcing a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of the following senior
debt securities issued by the Company up to $150 million in aggregate principal
amount: Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Debt Debentures due June 15, 2015 (CUSIP No.
3379079Z4), Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Debt Debentures due March 15, 2016 (CUSIP
No. 337907AB5), and Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Debt Debentures due June 15, 2017
(CUSIP No. 337907AC3). The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated January 9, 2009.
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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.
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FIRSTFED
FINANCIAL CORP.
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(Registrant)
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January
9, 2009
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By:
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/s/
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Babette
E. Heimbuch
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Babette
E. Heimbuch
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Chief
Executive Officer
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated January 9, 2009.
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Exhibit
99.1
FirstFed
Financial Corp. Announces Tender Offer for
up
to $150 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of its Senior Debt
Securities
LOS ANGELES, California – January 9,
2009 –
FirstFed Financial Corp. (NYSE: FED) (the “Company”) announced
today that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of the
following senior debt securities up to $150 million in aggregate principal
amount: Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Debt Debentures due June 15, 2015 (CUSIP No.
3379079Z4), Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Debt Debentures due March 15, 2016 (CUSIP
No. 337907AB5), and Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Debt Debentures due June 15, 2017
(CUSIP No. 337907AC3) (collectively the “notes”).
The
Company’s offer to purchase the notes will expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time, on Thursday, January 15, 2009 (such time, as may be extended or earlier
terminated, the “Expiration Time”). The total consideration payable for each
$1,000 principal amount of the notes accepted for payment is
$333.33. The Company intends to finance the purchase of the notes
pursuant to the offer from available cash, which may include proceeds from
capital raising transactions.
The
Company reserves the right to terminate the offer prior to the Expiration Time
(including if fewer than all of the notes are properly tendered and not properly
withdrawn), to waive on or prior to the Expiration Time any and all conditions,
extend the offer and delay the Expiration Time, and to amend the terms of the
offer. Full details of the terms and conditions of the offer are included in the
Company’s Offer to Purchase dated December 26, 2008, and the related letter of
transmittal.
Holders
are urged to read the Offer to Purchase Persons dated December 26, 2008, and the
related letter of transmittal carefully. Holders with questions
regarding the offer or requests for documents should contact James P. Giraldin,
President and Chief Operating Officer of FirstFed Financial Corp, at (310)
302-1713.
This
press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to
sell the notes or any other security. The offer is made only by the Offer to
Purchase dated December 26, 2008, and the related letter of
transmittal. The offer is not being made to holders of the notes in
any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in
compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such
jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the offer is required to
be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the offer shall be deemed to be made on
behalf of the Company by a broker or dealer licensed under the laws of such
jurisdiction.
About
FirstFed Financial Corp.
FirstFed
Financial Corp. is a savings and loan holding company. The Company
owns and operates First Federal Bank of California, a federally chartered
savings association. The Company’s principal executive offices are
located at 12555 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90066, and its
telephone number is (310) 302-5600. Information about the Company,
including corporate background and press releases, is available through the
Company’s website at www.firstfedca.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release contains certain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many
of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, the general business environment, interest rate
fluctuations that may affect operating margin, changes in laws and regulations
affecting the Company’s business, the California real estate market, competitive
conditions in the business and geographic areas in which the Company conducts
its business and regulatory actions, and those risk factors discussed in Part I,
“Item 1A. Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as well as other periodic reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless legally required,
the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT
INFORMATION:
James P.
Giraldin
President
and Chief Operating Officer
FirstFed
Financial Corp.
(310)
302-1713