---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000919864-25-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2025-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:25:59.717877+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Finward Bancorp presents at Stephens Banking Forum; slide content limited in filing excerpt

## Summary
- Filed 8-K on Sept 17, 2025 announcing investor presentation at the 2025 Stephens Banking Forum in Little Rock.
- Exhibit 99.1 slides were attached but only a title slide and disclaimer are visible in the provided excerpt.
- No specific financial results, guidance changes, or strategic updates were discernible from the limited exhibit text.
- Filing also restates that cash dividends remain restricted under a prior MOU with the FDIC and DFI.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000919864-25-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2025-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000091986425000007/0000919864-25-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000091986425000007/fnwd-20250917.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000919864-25-000007.txt

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