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): March 19, 1997
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H. F. Ahmanson & Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 1-8930 95-0479700
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
4900 Rivergrade Road, Irwindale, California 91706
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 960-6311
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Not applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
The Company contemplates additional uses of proceeds from the sales
of its Medium Term Notes, Series A. The net proceeds from the sale of the
Company's medium term notes may be used to make a capital contribution to Home
Savings, to finance future acquisitions, to purchase shares of the common stock
of Great Western Financial Corporation and/or for general corporate purposes.
(The Company's merger proposal with respect to Great Western Financial
Corporation is filed on the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-21919).)
The Medium Term Notes were previously registered by the Company on a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-57395).
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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.
Date: March 19, 1997
H. F. AHMANSON & COMPANY
/s/ Tim S. Glassett
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By: Tim S. Glassett
First Vice President and
Assistant General Counsel
