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Issuer:     C & F FINANCIAL CORP (CFFI)
CIK:        0000913341
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000913341-26-000026
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

C&F Financial sells Bearing Insurance stake, restructures AFS portfolio for earnings lift
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- Pre-tax gain of ~$8.3M from sale of membership interest in Bearing Insurance Group, effective May 1, 2026.
- Sold $72.6M in AFS securities (yield 1.40%) and bought $67.8M (yield 4.70%), incurring ~$7.1M pre-tax loss.
- Portfolio restructuring expected to improve EPS by ~$0.51/year and net interest margin by ~9 bps.
- Gain on sale expected to increase tangible book value per share by ~$1.90 after taxes; no impact on total equity from loss.
- Loss recovery estimated over ~3.3 years; both transactions recorded in Q2 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913341/000091334126000026/0000913341-26-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913341/000091334126000026/cffi-20260507x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913341-26-000026

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