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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000939057-23-000279"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BANR"
cik: "0000946673"
company_name: "BANNER CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T15:46:34.406928+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banner amends Code of Ethics covering gifts, political resource use, and RFP communications

## Summary
- Amendments effective September 18, 2023; no waivers granted.
- Enhanced clarity on acceptance of gifts and entertainment.
- Limitations on processing transactions for family members.
- New expectations for ethical behavior, including outside work, and corporate resource use for political purposes.
- Updated rules for communications with public entities during active RFP periods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000939057-23-000279
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BANR
- cik: 0000946673
- company_name: BANNER CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000093905723000279/0000939057-23-000279-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000093905723000279/8k83023.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-23-000279.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  BANNER CORP: Approved amendments to the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, effective September 18, 2023 (effective 2023-09-18).
  - Change: code of ethics
  - Effective: 2023-09-18
  source text: On July 25, 2023, the Board of Directors of Banner Corporation (the “Company”) approved certain amendments to the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000093905723000279/0000939057-23-000279-index.htm

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