On June 12, 2019, First Financial Northwest, Inc. ("Company"), its financial institution subsidiary, First Financial Northwest Bank ("Bank"), and its non-financial institution subsidiary, First Financial Diversified Corporation ("FFD"), announced the retirement of Director Gary F. Faull from each of their Boards of Directors. Under a joint mandatory retirement policy of the Company, the Bank and FFD, which provides that no director shall serve after reaching 75 years of age, Mr. Faull reached the mandatory retirement age and retired effective as of the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders ("Annual Meeting") on June 12, 2019. Mr. Faull has served as a director of the Company since its formation in 2007 and has served as a director of the Bank and FFD since 1999. Mr. Faull also served as a member of the Board of Directors' Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.