Item 8.01 Other Events
OnApril 21, 2020 , the Registrant issued a press release to announce that its Board of Directors had declared a special cash dividend of$0.22 per share on its outstanding common stock, payable on or aboutMay 26, 2020 , to stockholders of record as of the close of business onMay 12, 2020 . A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated in its entirety by reference herein. Additional Information This communication refers to the proposed merger betweenKearny and the Company. This material is not a solicitation of any vote or approval of stockholders of the Company and is not a substitute for the proxy statement/prospectus or any other documents the Company may send to its shareholders in connection with the proposed merger. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Investors and stockholders are urged to carefully review and consider each ofKearny's and MSBF's public filings with theSEC , including, but not limited to, their Annual Reports on Form 10-K, their proxy statements, their Current Reports on Form 8-K and their Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The documents filed byKearny with theSecurities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") may be obtained at theSEC's Internet site (www.sec.gov). You will also be able to obtain these documents, free of charge, fromKearny at www.kearnybank.com under the tab "About" under "Investor Relations" or by requesting them in writing to Kearny Financial Corp.,120 Passaic Avenue ,Fairfield, New Jersey 07004, Attention:Gail Corrigan , or from MSBF at www.millingtonbank.com under the tab "About Us" under "Investor Relations" or by requesting them in writing toMSB Financial Corp. ,1902 Long Hill Rd ,Millington, NJ 07946 Attention:Nancy Schmitz . In connection with the proposed merger,Kearny has filed with theSEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a proxy statement of the Company and a prospectus ofKearny , as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed merger. Investors and stockholders are urged to carefully read the entire registration statement and proxy statement regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available and any other relevant documents filed with theSEC , as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. Copies of the registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus and the filings that will be incorporated by reference therein, as well as other filings containing information aboutKearny and the Company, when they become available, may be obtained at theSEC's Internet site (www.sec.gov). Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph. MSBF andKearny and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders ofKearny and MSBF in connection with the proposed merger. Information about the directors and executive officers ofKearny is set forth in the proxy statement for theKearny 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, as filed with theSEC on Schedule 14A onSeptember 13, 2019 . Information about the directors and executive officers of MSBF is set forth in the proxy statement for the MSBF 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, as filed with theSEC on Schedule 14A onApril 18, 2019 . Additional information regarding the interests of those participants and other persons who may be deemed participants in the transaction and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, may be obtained by reading the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents regarding the proposed merger to be filed with theSEC when they become available. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described above.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release datedApril 21, 2020
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