SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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): OCTOBER 16, 1997 ----------------- PENNFED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. PENNFED CAPITAL TRUST I -------------------------------- ----------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 22-3297339 Delaware Applied For -------- ---------- -------- ----------- 622 Eagle Rock Avenue 622 Eagle Rock Avenue West Orange, New Jersey 07052 West Orange, New Jersey 07052 (973) 669-7366 (973) 669-7366 - ----------------------------- ----------------------------- (Address, including ZIP Code, and (Address, including ZIP Code, telephone number including area code, of and telephone number including registrant's principal executive offices) area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Commission File No. 0-24040 N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS - ---------------------- Attached hereto as Exhibit 20.1 is a press release announcing that PennFed Financial Services, Inc.'s (the "Corporation") subsidiary, PennFed Capital Trust I, a trust formed under the laws of Delaware, sold $30 million in capital through the public offering of its cumulative trust preferred securities. 2 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. PENNFED FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Date: October 16, 1997 By: /s/ Joseph L. LaMonica ------------------------------------ Joseph L. LaMonica President, Chief Executive Officer and Director PENNFED CAPITAL TRUST I By: /s/ Lucy T. Tinker ------------------------------------ Lucy T. Tinker Administrative Trustee By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Carfora ------------------------------------ Jeffrey J. Carfora Administrative Trustee 4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------ ----------- 20.1 Press Release regarding the sale through a public offering of cumulative trust preferred securities by PennFed Capital Trust I, a subsidiary of the Corporation 3