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 10, 1997
H. F. Ahmanson & Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 1-8930 95-0479700
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(State of other (Commission (IRS employer
jurisdiction of file number) identification no.)
incorporation)
4900 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, California 91706
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 960-6311
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Not applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On March 10, 1997, Charles R. Rinehart, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, and Kevin M. Twomey, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, of H.F. Ahmanson & Company (the "Registrant"), gave a
presentation for analysts and investors relating to the Registrant's proposal
(announced on February 18, 1997) for a tax-free merger of the Registrant and
Great Western Financial Corporation, a Delaware Corporation ("GWF"), pursuant to
which each outstanding share of common stock of GWF would be converted into 1.05
shares of common stock of the Registrant, and a competing proposal for a merger
of Washington Mutual, Inc., a Washington Corporation ("WAMU"), with GWF.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Investor presentation materials used by the Registrant at a
presentation for analysts and investors which took place on March 10,
1997 relating to the Ahmanson Proposal (In the investor presentation,
the Registrant is sometimes referred to by its stock exchange ticker
symbol, "AHM").
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 10, 1997
H. F. AHMANSON & COMPANY
/s/ Madeleine A. Kleiner
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Madeleine A. Kleiner
Senior Executive Vice President
and General Counsel