---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-24-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:37:27.666652+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares $0.28 quarterly dividend; reports $17M net loss on goodwill impairment

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.28/share, record Oct 4, 2024, payable Oct 11, 2024; YTD dividends unchanged at $0.84.
- Net income plunged 781% to $(16,997,000) ($(2.77)/share) for H1 2024, driven by $19.1M goodwill impairment in Q1.
- Assets up 8.4% to $1.418B; total net loans grew 5.9% to $914.8M; deposits rose 5.2% to $984.2M.
- Net interest income increased 3.8% to $15.5M in H1 2024 vs same period 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-24-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787524000038/0000737875-24-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787524000038/fkys-20240930x8k.htm

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