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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): August 22, 2012

Timberland Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
               Washington                    0-23333         91-1863696  
State or other jurisdiction 
Of incorporation
Commission 
File Number
(I.R.S. Employer 
Identification No.)
 
 
624 Simpson Avenue, Hoquiam, Washington       98550  
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code) 
 
Registrant’s telephone number (including area code) (360) 533-4747


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.
 
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      (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
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       (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 

 

 
Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 23, 2012, Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) announced that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) had approved its request for permission to pay the outstanding dividends on the preferred shares issued to the U.S. Department of Treasury in its December 23, 2008 TARP transaction.  The Federal Reserve authorized the Company to pay outstanding dividends on its preferred shares through August 15, 2012.  For additional information, see the Company’s press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

The following exhibit is being furnished herewith and this list shall constitute the exhibit index:

99.1 Press Release of Timberland Bancorp, Inc. dated August 22, 2012



 
 

 


 
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.
 
 
  TIMBERLAND BANCORP, INC. 
 
 
 
 
DATE:  August 23, 2012  By:  /s/ Dean J. Brydon                     
 
        Dean J. Brydon
        Chief Financial Officer