SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 19, 1997 ---------------- H. F. Ahmanson & Company -------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Delaware 1-8930 95-0479700 ---------- -------- ------------ (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer of incorporation) Number) Identification No.) 4900 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, California 91706 --------------------------------------------- ------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 960-6311 ---------------- Not applicable ---------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. The Company contemplates additional uses of proceeds from the sales of its Medium Term Notes, Series A. The net proceeds from the sale of the Company's medium term notes may be used to make a capital contribution to Home Savings, to finance future acquisitions, to purchase shares of the common stock of Great Western Financial Corporation and/or for general corporate purposes. (The Company's merger proposal with respect to Great Western Financial Corporation is filed on the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-21919).) The Medium Term Notes were previously registered by the Company on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-57395). 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. Date: March 19, 1997 H. F. AHMANSON & COMPANY /s/ Tim S. Glassett ----------------------------------- By: Tim S. Glassett First Vice President and Assistant General Counsel