UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 1019, 2026

KENTUCKY FIRST FEDERAL BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

United States	0-51176	61-1484858
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	~~File Number)~~	Identification No.)

655 Main Street, Hazard, Kentucky		41702
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(502) 223-1638

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		KFFB		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Item 21.02 ~~Results~~Termination of ~~Operations~~a ~~and~~Material ~~Financial~~Definitive ~~Condition~~Agreement.

On February 1019, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), the primary federal banking regulator of First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky (the “Bank”), the indirect wholly-owned bank subsidiary of Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (the “Company”), ~~announced~~published notification ~~its~~that ~~unaudited~~the ~~financial~~OCC ~~results~~has ~~for~~terminated ~~the~~its ~~six~~formal ~~and~~written ~~three~~agreement, ~~months~~dated ~~ended~~August ~~December 31~~13, ~~2025~~2024 (the “Agreement”), with the Bank. A ~~For~~summary ~~more~~of ~~information,~~the ~~see~~material terms of the Agreement was disclosed in the Company’s ~~press~~Current ~~release~~Report ~~dated~~on ~~February~~Form ~~10,~~8-K ~~2026~~filed on August 15, 2024, which summary is ~~filed~~qualified asin ~~Exhibit~~its ~~99.1~~entirety ~~hereto~~by ~~and is~~reference ~~incorporated~~to ~~herein~~the byfull ~~reference~~text of the Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 thereto.

~~Item~~As 9a result of the termination of the Agreement, the Bank is no longer considered to be in “troubled condition” pursuant to 12 C.01F.R. ~~Financial~~§ ~~Statements~~5.51(c)(7)(ii) and is ~~Exhibits~~an “eligible savings association” for purposes of 12 C.F.R. § 5.3.

~~(a)~~In ~~Not~~addition ~~applicable~~to terminating the Agreement, the OCC has also lifted the individual minimum capital requirements imposed on the Bank in connection with the Agreement.

~~(b)~~A ~~Not~~copy ~~applicable~~of the Company’s press release announcing the termination of the Agreement is included as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

~~(c)~~Item ~~Not~~9.01 ~~applicable~~Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated February 19, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

99.1		Press Release dated February 10, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

1SIGNATURES

~~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.

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.

	KENTUCKY FIRST FEDERAL BANCORP

Date: February 19, 2026	By:	/s/ R. Clay Hulette
		R. Clay Hulette
		Chief Executive Officer

	KENTUCKY FIRST FEDERAL BANCORP
Date: February 12, 2026	By:	/s/ Tyler Eades
		Tyler Eades
		Vice President and Chief Finance Officer

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