UNITED STATES | |||
FORM 8-K | |||
CURRENT REPORT | |||
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 27, 2008 | |||
WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC. | |||
Massachusetts | 001-16767 | 73-1627673 | |
141 Elm Street, Westfield, Massachusetts 01085 | |||
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (413) 568-1911 | |||
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | |||
On August 27, 2008, Westfield Financial, Inc. (the "Company"), the holding company for Westfield Bank (the "Bank"), announced that James C. Hagan will succeed Donald A. Williams as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank effective December 31, 2008. Mr. Williams will continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Bank. Mr. Hagan, age 47, has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank since June 2005. Prior to that, he had served as Senior Vice President and Commercial Loan Department Manager of the Bank since 1998. | ||||
The Company also announced that Leo R. Sagan, Jr. will succeed Michael J. Janosco, Jr. as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and the Bank effective December 31, 2008. Mr. Sagan, age 45, has served as Controller of the Bank since 2002 and as Vice President since 2003. | ||||
A copy of the Company's press release dated August 27, 2008 announcing these management changes, is attached as Exhibit 99.1. | ||||
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits | |||
(d) The following exhibit is furnished with this Report: | ||||
Exhibit No. | Description | |||
99.1 | Press release issued by Westfield Financial, Inc. on August 27, 2008. |
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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. | ||
WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Janosco, Jr. | |
Name | Michael J. Janosco, Jr. | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: August 27, 2008 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX | ||
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press release issued by Westfield Financial, Inc. on August 27, 2008. |
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