---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-22-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:50:30.628550+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares Q3 dividend $0.28/share, up 1.2% YoY; Q2 net income down 1.6% to $1.24/share

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share, payable September 30, 2022 to holders of record September 8, 2022.
- Year-to-date dividends $0.84 per share, up $0.01 (1.2%) from $0.83 in 2021.
- Q2 2022 net income $7.365M ($1.24/share), down 1.6% vs Q2 2021; net interest income up 7.2% to $19.237M.
- Total loans grew 8.4% to $795.66M; total deposits decreased 6.6% to $993.61M; assets down 0.4% to $1.305B.
- Return on assets 1.12%, return on equity 10.66% for Q2 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-22-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787522000041/0000737875-22-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787522000041/fkys-20220824x8k.htm

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