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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000943374-06-000499.txt : 20060331
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-06-000499
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060330
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060331

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BankFinancial CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001303942
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51331
		FILM NUMBER:		06725578

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15W060 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD
		CITY:			BURR RIDGE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60527
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(800) 894-6900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15W060 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD
		CITY:			BURR RIDGE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60527
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<TEXT>
                           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): March 30, 2006

                           BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION
                           --------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         Maryland                       0-51331                   75-3199276
  ---------------------------       ------------------         ---------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction)      (Commission File No.)      (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


15W060 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois                       60527
- ------------------------------------------------                      --------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                             (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (630) 242-7700
                                                     --------------



                                 Not Applicable
                                ----------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[  ] Written communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
     CFR 230.425)

[  ] Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
     CFR 240.14a-12)

[  ] Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to Rule  14d-2(b)  under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[  ] Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to Rule  13e-4(c)  under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





<PAGE>


Item 8.01.        Other Events.
                  ---------------

     On March 30, 2006, the Board of Directors of BankFinancial Corporation (the
"Company")  declared a  dividend  of $0.06 per share of its  common  stock.  The
dividend will be paid on May 19, 2006 to stockholders of record on May 3, 2006.

     The  Company  also   announced   its  intention  to  establish  a  dividend
reinvestment program.

     A copy of the press release  announcing  these items is attached as Exhibit
99 to this press release. The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as
Exhibit  99,  shall not be deemed  "filed"  for  purposes  of  Section 18 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  nor  shall  it be  deemed  incorporated  by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.
                  ---------------------------------

                    (a)  Not Applicable.

                    (b)  Not Applicable.

                    (c)  Exhibits.

         Exhibit No.                        Description
         -----------                        -----------
         99                         Press Release dated March 30, 2006


<PAGE>



                                   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.

                                            BANKFINANCIAL CORPORATION



Date: March 30, 2006               By:      \s\ F. Morgan Gasior
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             F. Morgan Gasior
                                             Chairman of the Board and
                                              Chief Executive Officer












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                                                                   BankFinancail
                                                                     Corproation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- ---------------------

                BankFinancial Corporation Declares Cash Dividend

     Burr Ridge, Illinois - (March 30, 2006) BankFinancial Corporation (Nasdaq -
BFIN)  announced  today that its Board of Directors  has declared its first cash
dividend of $0.06 per common share. The dividend will be payable on May 19, 2006
to stockholders of record on May 3, 2006.

     BankFinancial  will mail further  information  relating to this dividend to
our  stockholders  of  record.  The  mailing  will  include  a Form  W-9 for tax
identification  certification,  which will need to be completed  and returned by
April 28,  2006 to  prevent  withholding  taxes  from  being  deducted  from the
dividend payment. The mailing will also include information on a program for the
direct deposit of the dividend payment into stockholders' bank accounts.

     BankFinancial   is  also  in  the  process  of   establishing   a  dividend
reinvestment  program,  and expects to have the program in place  during the 3rd
quarter of 2006.  The program  will enable  stockholders  to purchase  shares of
BankFinancial common stock with the proceeds of future dividend payments without
the payment of  brokerage  commissions.  The program  will not be  available  in
connection with the current dividend.

     BankFinancial Corporation is the holding company for BankFinancial, F.S.B.,
a full-service,  community-oriented savings bank providing financial services to
individuals,  families and businesses  through 16 full-service  banking offices,
located in Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will Counties, Illinois. At December 31, 2005,
BankFinancial  Corporation  had total assets of $1.6 billion,  total deposits of
$1.1 billion and stockholders' equity of $329 million. BankFinancial Corporation
became a  publicly-traded  company on June 24, 2005, and its common stock trades
on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol BFIN.

     "Forward-looking   statements"   as  defined  in  the  Private   Securities
Litigation  Reform Act of 1995 may be  included  in this  release.  A variety of
factors could cause  BankFinancial  Corporation's  actual results to differ from
those  expected at the time of this  release.  Investors  are urged to carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by BankFinancial Corporation in
its  periodic  reports  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,
including  the risk factors and other  information  disclosed  in  BankFinancial
Corporation's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the most  recently  ended  fiscal
year.  Copies of these filings are available at no cost on the SEC's web site at
http://www.sec.gov      or     on      BankFinancial's      web      site     at
http://www.bankfinancial.com.


For Further Information
Contact:     Shareholder, Analyst
             and Investor Inquiries:                   Media Inquiries:
             Terence C. Wise,                          Gregg T. Adams,
             Vice President - Investor Relations       Executive Vice President-
             BankFinancial Corporation                 Marketing & Sales
             Telephone: 630-242-7151                   BankFinancial Corporation
                                                       Telephone: 630-242-7234


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