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Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q1, 2026
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Mar 31, 2026, filed May 15, 2026
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- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1As the mutual holding company and majority shareholder of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp, First Federal MHC must receive the approval of the Federal Reserve Board and the members of First Federal MHC in order to waive the receipt of any dividends declared and paid by Kentucky First Federal Bancorp to its shareholders. While Kentucky First Federal has previously received such approvals, those approvals have expired. The inability to receive those approvals in the future would adversely impact Kentucky First Federal's ability to pay dividends to its shareholders in the future.
In previous years, First Federal MHC has received Federal Reserve Board approval to waive quarterly dividends otherwise payable by the Company totaling $0.40 per share annually beginning with the dividend paid on September 28, 2012 and continuing through the dividend payable in the third quarter of 2024. However, First Federal MHC did not seek to obtain regulatory approval to waive dividends for periods after the third quarter of 2024, and the prior Federal Reserve Boad approval to waive the payment of quarterly dividends that would otherwise be payable to First Federal MHC has expired. To the extent the Company resumes the payment of dividends in future periods, it is expected that First Federal MHC will again waive future dividends, except to the extent dividends are needed to fund First Federal MHC's continuing operations, subject to the ability of First Federal MHC to obtain regulatory approval of its requests to waive dividends and to its ability to obtain member approval of dividend waivers. We cannot predict whether members will continue to approve annual dividend waiver requests or whether the Federal Reserve Board will grant future dividend waiver requests and, if granted, there can be no assurance as to the conditions, if any, the Federal Reserve Board will place on future dividend waiver requests by grandfathered mutual holding companies such as First Federal MHC. If First Federal MHC is unable to waive the receipt of dividends, the Company's ability to pay dividends to our stockholders may be substantially impaired and the amounts of any such dividends may be significantly reduced.
Risk Highlights Q1, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 27
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1As the mutual holding company and majority shareholder of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp, First Federal MHC must receive the approval of the Federal Reserve Board and the members of First Federal MHC in order to waive the receipt of any dividends declared and paid by Kentucky First Federal Bancorp to its shareholders. While Kentucky First Federal has previously received such approvals, those approvals have expired. The inability to receive those approvals in the future would adversely impact Kentucky First Federal's ability to pay dividends to its shareholders in the future.
In previous years, First Federal MHC has received Federal Reserve Board approval to waive quarterly dividends otherwise payable by the Company totaling $0.40 per share annually beginning with the dividend paid on September 28, 2012 and continuing through the dividend payable in the third quarter of 2024. However, First Federal MHC did not seek to obtain regulatory approval to waive dividends for periods after the third quarter of 2024, and the prior Federal Reserve Boad approval to waive the payment of quarterly dividends that would otherwise be payable to First Federal MHC has expired. To the extent the Company resumes the payment of dividends in future periods, it is expected that First Federal MHC will again waive future dividends, except to the extent dividends are needed to fund First Federal MHC's continuing operations, subject to the ability of First Federal MHC to obtain regulatory approval of its requests to waive dividends and to its ability to obtain member approval of dividend waivers. We cannot predict whether members will continue to approve annual dividend waiver requests or whether the Federal Reserve Board will grant future dividend waiver requests and, if granted, there can be no assurance as to the conditions, if any, the Federal Reserve Board will place on future dividend waiver requests by grandfathered mutual holding companies such as First Federal MHC. If First Federal MHC is unable to waive the receipt of dividends, the Company's ability to pay dividends to our stockholders may be substantially impaired and the amounts of any such dividends may be significantly reduced.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2First Federal MHC owns a majority of our common stock and is able to exercise voting control over most matters put to a vote of stockholders, including preventing sale or merger transactions you may like or a second-step conversion by First Federal MHC.
First Federal MHC owns a majority of our common stock and, through its Board of Directors, is able to exercise voting control over most matters put to a vote of stockholders. As a federally chartered mutual holding company, the board of directors of First Federal MHC must ensure that the interests of depositors of First Federal of Hazard are represented and considered in matters put to a vote of stockholders of Kentucky First. Therefore, the votes cast by First Federal MHC may not be in your personal best interests as a stockholder. For example, First Federal MHC may exercise its voting control to prevent a sale or merger transaction in which stockholders could receive a premium for their shares, prevent a second-step conversion transaction by First Federal MHC or defeat a stockholder nominee for election to the Board of Directors of Kentucky First Federal. However, implementation of a stock-based incentive plan will require approval of Kentucky First Federal's stockholders other than First Federal MHC. Federal Reserve Board regulations would likely prevent an acquisition of Kentucky First other than by another mutual holding company or a mutual institution.
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