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): February 13, 2019

IF BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-35226
 
45-1834449
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

201 East Cherry Street, Watseka, Illinois
 
60970
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (815) 432-2476

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

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On February 13, 2019, IF Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.125 per common share.  The dividend will be paid on April 12, 2019, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 22, 2019.  A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the cash dividend is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
 
Exhibits:

Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
     




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.


   
IF BANCORP, INC.
 
 
DATE: February 13, 2019
By:
/s/ Pamela J. Verkler
   
Pamela J. Verkler
   
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


























Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   Contact: Walter H. Hasselbring, III
Telephone: (815) 432-2476

IF BANCORP, INC.
ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND

Watseka, Illinois, February 13, 2019 - IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital: IROQ) (the “Company”), the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.125 per common share.  The dividend will be paid on April 12, 2019, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 22, 2019.

“We are pleased to continue paying a cash dividend to our shareholders,” said Walter H. Hasselbring, III, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  “The payment of dividends represents our long-term commitment to enhancing shareholder value and we intend to continue paying a semiannual dividend in the future, assuming that our financial position and other conditions continue to allow such payment.”

Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association is a community-oriented financial institution that conducts its operations from its seven full-service banking offices located in the municipalities of Watseka, Danville, Clifton, Hoopeston, Savoy, Bourbonnais and Champaign, Illinois and its loan production and wealth management office in Osage Beach, Missouri. Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association offers a broad array of retail and commercial lending and deposit services.