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):  November 6, 2017

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Registrant's telephone number (including area code) (425) 255-4400

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.*

First Financial Northwest's Joseph W. Kiley III, President and Chief Executive Officer and Richard P. Jacobson, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operations Officer will be providing an information update on a one-on-one basis at the Hovde Group 2017 Fast Forward Bank Conference, on November 6-7 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona. Messrs. Kiley and Jacobson will also be providing an information update on a one-on-one basis at the Piper Jaffray West Coast Bank Symposium on November 9, 2017 in Newport Coast, California.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the investor materials that are being provided in connection with the meetings.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

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

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The information furnished under Item 7.01 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filings of First Financial Northwest, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.

 

	FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST, INC.
DATE: November 6, 2017	By:  /s/ Richard P. Jacobson
	Richard P. Jacobson         Executive Vice President and         Chief Financial Officer