---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001114927-25-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNRN"
cik: "0001114927"
company_name: "FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP"
filed_at: "2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:51:34.863430+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Northern Community Bancorp amends bylaws to permit uncertificated shares for DRS eligibility

## Summary
- Board approved bylaw amendments on Sept 17, 2025, effective same day.
- Revised Section 71 now allows book-entry shares in lieu of certificates.
- Revised Section 72 updated lost certificate procedures to cover uncertificated shares.
- Changes enable participation in Direct Registration System (DRS).
- Shareholders retain right to request physical certificates upon written request.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001114927-25-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNRN
- cik: 0001114927
- company_name: FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP
- filed_at: 2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492725000045/0001114927-25-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492725000045/form8_k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP: Amended Sections 71 and 72 of the Bylaws to permit issuance of uncertificated securities for Direct Registration System participation and make conforming changes (effective 2025-09-17).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2025-09-17
  source text: On September 17, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Northern Community Bancorp, a California corporation (the “Company,” “we” or “us”), approved amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”), effective September 17, 2025, that permit the Company to issue uncertificated securities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492725000045/0001114927-25-000045-index.htm

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