Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filed, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Emerging growth company [   ]

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Banner Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933.  This document is not being filed with the Commission, but constitutes (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents previously or concurrently filed by FS Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the prospectus to which this Registration Statement relates (the "Prospectus"):

(a)

the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (File No. 001-35589) filed with the Commission on March 16, 2018;

(b)

all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in Item 3(a) above; and

(c)

the description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $.01 per share, set forth in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, registering its common stock pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, filed as of June 28, 2012 and all amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") (excluding any portions of such documents that have been "furnished" and not "filed" for purposes of the Exchange Act) after the filing of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to be a part hereof and thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

All information appearing in this Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein by reference.

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

 

Article XIV of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation requires indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act ("WBCA").  However, the indemnity does not apply to (1) acts or omissions in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant in which the director or officer is finally adjudged liable to the Registrant, (2) conduct finally adjudged to violate the WBCA prohibition against unlawful distributions by the corporation or (3) any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that the director or officer personally received a benefit to which he/she was not legally entitled.

The WBCA provides for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents in certain circumstances.  WBCA Section 23B.08.510 provides that a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if  (a) the director acted in good faith, (b) the director reasonably believed that the director's conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, or in certain instances, at least not opposed to its best interests and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had no reasonable cause to believe the director's conduct was unlawful.  However, a corporation may not indemnify a director under this section (a) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation or (b) in connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director in which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the director.  WBCA Section 23B.08.520 provides that unless limited by the articles of incorporation, a corporation must indemnify a director who was wholly successful in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because of being a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.  WBCA Section 23B.08.540 provides a mechanism for court-ordered indemnification.

WBCA Section 23B.08.570 provides that unless a corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, (1) an officer of the corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under WBCA Section 23B.08.520, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under WBCA Section 23B.08.540, (2) the corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under WBCA Section 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.560 to an officer, employee or agent of the corporation who is not a director to the same extent as to a director and (3) a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with law, that may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors or contract.  WBCA Section 23B.08.580 provides that a corporation may purchase insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in that capacity, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against the same liability under WBCA Section 23B.08.510 or 23B.08.520.

The Registrant maintains liability insurance for the benefit of its officers and directors.

The above discussion of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and the WBCA is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such Articles of Incorporation and statutes.

Not Applicable

The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8:

 

(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (333-177125) filed on October 3, 2011.

(2)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 2013 (File No. 001-35589).

(3)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 17, 2018.

 

 

Item 9.

Undertakings

(a)

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountlake Terrace, State of Washington, on May 23, 2018.

 

	FS BANCORP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Joseph C. Adams
		Joseph C. Adams
		Chief Executive Officer (Duly Authorized Representative)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.  Each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Joseph C. Adams or Matthew D. Mullet as his or her true and lawful attorney, with full power to sign for such person and in such person's name and capacity indicated below, and with full power of substitution any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming such person's signature as it may be signed by said attorney to any and all amendments.

FS BANCORP, INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

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