---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-024995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCRH"
cik: "0000906465"
company_name: "QCR HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:49:21.446711+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QCR Holdings EVP/CLO Nichols to retire May 2; board appoints Griesemer; declares $0.06 dividend

## Summary
- EVP and Chief Lending Officer Dana L. Nichols to retire effective May 2, 2022; no replacement named.
- John F. Griesemer appointed to Board as Class III director effective on closing of Guaranty Federal Bancshares merger.
- Cash dividend of $0.06 per share declared, payable April 6, 2022 to holders of record March 18, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-024995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCRH
- cik: 0000906465
- company_name: QCR HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000110465922024995/0001104659-22-024995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000110465922024995/tm227076d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024995
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024995.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-024995.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dana L. Nichols retired as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer at QCR HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer
  source text: On February 17, 2022, Dana L. Nichols informed QCR Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“QCR Holdings”), of his intention to retire from his positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer of QCR Holdings, effective May 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000110465922024995/0001104659-22-024995-index.htm
- Executive change
  John F. Griesemer was appointed as Class III Director at QCR HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: upon the recommendation of the Nomination and Governance Committee, QCR Holdings’ board of directors (the “Board”) increased the number of directors constituting the Board from 11 to 12 and appointed John F. Griesemer as a Class III director to fill the resultant vacancy, with such appointment effective on the closing date of the Merger.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000110465922024995/0001104659-22-024995-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.