UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File No. 000-55352
BEN FRANKLIN FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
830 East Kensington Road, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004; (847) 398-0990
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) | ☒ (1) |
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) | ☐ |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | ☒ (2) |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ☐ |
| Rule 15d-6 | ☐ |
| (1) | Ben Franklin Financial, Inc., a savings and loan holding company, is relying on Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 12(g)(4) to terminate its duty to file reports with respect to the class of securities described above. |
| (2) | Ben Franklin Financial, Inc. is suspending its reporting obligations under Securities Exchange Act Section 15(d) pursuant to no-action letters granted by the Commission (e.g., Greer Bancshares, Incorporated; March 4, 2015). |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 154
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Ben Franklin Financial, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
Date: February 7, 2018 | By: | /s/ C. Steven Sjogren |
| | | C. Steven Sjogren |
| | | President and Chief Executive Officer |
