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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001114927-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNRN"
cik: "0001114927"
company_name: "FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:30:38.426891+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Northern completes purchase of three Columbia Bank branches in Northern CA

## Summary
- Acquisition of branches in Orland, Willows, and Colusa, CA closed on January 23, 2023.
- All branch employees were retained; branches remain open as First Northern Bank locations.
- Bank now operates 14 branches across 8 California counties, extending north along I-5.
- Branches divested by Columbia Bank as part of the Columbia Banking System/Umpqua merger.
- Financial terms of the branch acquisition were not disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001114927-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNRN
- cik: 0001114927
- company_name: FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492723000002/0001114927-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492723000002/form8_k.htm

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