Form 8-K Filing

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 1, 2013

Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Washington   000-24151   91-1574174
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

421 W. Riverside Ave., Spokane, Washington 99201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

509-456-8888
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 1, 2013, Northwest Bancorporation, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release regarding its results of operations and financial condition for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2012. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The information included in the press release text is considered to be "furnished" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company will include final financial statements and additional analyses for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2012 as part of its annual report on Form 10-K covering that period.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

EXHIBIT NO.

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

99.1

Northwest Bancorporation, Inc. press release.


SIGNATURE

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 1, 2013 Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.

 By:   /s/ RANDALL L. FEWEL
Randall L. Fewel
President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

99.1

Northwest Bancorporation, Inc. press release.