---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-25-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T02:51:10.660626+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares $0.28 Q1 dividend; 2024 net income up 28.4%

## Summary
- $0.28/share quarterly dividend, same as Q1 2024; payable March 31, 2025 to holders of record March 13, 2025.
- 2024 net income rose 28.4% to $2.287M; diluted EPS up 31% to $0.38.
- Net loans grew 4.1% to $940.8M; deposits up 6.7% to $1.046B.
- Net interest income increased 18.2% to $8.649M; total assets $1.429B (+0.9%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-25-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787525000009/0000737875-25-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787525000009/fkys-20250227x8k.htm

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