---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001114927-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNRN"
cik: "0001114927"
company_name: "FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:25:15.501693+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Northern amends bylaws to allow director service at finance companies with 2/3 board approval

## Summary
- Board approved amendment to Section 22 of Bylaws on January 22, 2026.
- New exception permits a director to serve as director, officer, employee, agent, nominee, or attorney of a finance company.
- Such service requires affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the Board.
- Amendment effective immediately upon approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001114927-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNRN
- cik: 0001114927
- company_name: FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492726000004/0001114927-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492726000004/form8_k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FIRST NORTHERN COMMUNITY BANCORP: Revised Section 22 of the Bylaws to permit an exception for a director to serve in certain capacities with a finance company if approved by a two-thirds board vote (effective 2026-01-22).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-01-22
  source text: On January 22, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Northern Community Bancorp, a California corporation (the “Company,” “we” or “us”), approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”), effective January 22, 2026, pertaining to the qualification of directors who serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation. This amendment revised Section 22 of the Bylaws to permit an exception for a director of the Company to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent, nominee, or attorney of a finance company, if approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3’s) of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114927/000111492726000004/0001114927-26-000004-index.htm

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