---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000721994-26-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKFN"
cik: "0000721994"
company_name: "LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-13T16:12:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T16:13:03.619201+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland Financial declares $0.52 quarterly dividend, payable Nov 5, 2026

## Summary
- Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.52 per share on the company's common stock.
- Dividend payable November 5, 2026 to shareholders of record as of October 25, 2026.
- Declaration dated October 13, 2026; annualized rate equates to $2.08 per share.
- Lakeland Financial (LKFN) is a Warsaw, Indiana-based bank holding company; no change in dividend rate was disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000721994-26-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKFN
- cik: 0000721994
- company_name: LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-13T16:12:07+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199426000069/0000721994-26-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199426000069/lkfn-20261013.htm

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