-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UVGFClm6/AF4wCdB7KvyrJXGQ2C9liWceQmk4I7SC0lKc2LrO+hpzQtMLcH/d2yF WJlZmMTYHDOOZ3c0ICt4WQ== 0001123292-10-000706.txt : 20101105 0001123292-10-000706.hdr.sgml : 20101105 20101105115804 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001123292-10-000706 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101102 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101105 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTFIELD FINANCIAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001157647 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 141 ELM STREET CITY: WESTFIELD STATE: MA ZIP: 01085 BUSINESS PHONE: 4135681911 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Miles Allen J III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001351165 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16767 FILM NUMBER: 101167473 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC. STREET 2: 141 ELM STREET CITY: WESTFIELD STATE: MA ZIP: 01085 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2010-11-02 0001157647 WESTFIELD FINANCIAL INC WFD 0001351165 Miles Allen J III C/O WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC. 141 ELM STREET WESTFIELD MA 01085 0 1 0 0 Sr. VP & Chief Lending Officer Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2010-11-02 4 S 0 920 8.30 D 55800 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 5720 I By 401(k) Plan Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 6524 I By ESOP /s/ Gerald P. Ciejka, Attorney-in-Fact 2010-11-05 EX-24 2 milespoa.htm Unassociated Document
WESTFIELD FINANCIAL, INC.

SECTION 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of James C. Hagan, Leo R. Sagan, Jr., and Gerald P. Ciejka, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 
(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Westfield Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

 
(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 
(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity a t the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2008.
 
 
     /s/ Allen J. Miles
     Allen J. Miles
     
 


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