---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-26-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-27T20:18:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-27T20:19:09.838059+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares $0.28 Q3 dividend; H1 net income up 44.6%

## Summary
- Declared $0.28/share quarterly dividend; record date Sept 10, 2026, payable Sept 30, 2026.
- YTD dividends of $0.84/share through Sept 30, unchanged from year-ago period.
- H1 2026 net income rose 44.6% to $5.736M ($0.91/share, +42.2% YoY).
- Assets up 9.5% to $1.574B; deposits up 11.6% to $1.180B; loans down 1.0% to $950.3M.
- Net interest income rose 6.4% to $19.447M in H1 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-26-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-27T20:18:11+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/737875/000073787526000031/0000737875-26-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787526000031/fkys-20260827x8k.htm

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