---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001174850-23-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NIC"
cik: "0001174850"
company_name: "NICOLET BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:15:51.171596+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nicolet Bankshares declares first-ever quarterly dividend of $0.25/share

## Summary
- First cash dividend of $0.25 per share; payable June 15, 2023 to shareholders of record June 1, 2023.
- CEO Mike Daniels cites shared success; company continues to pursue organic growth and M&A.
- All 15 director nominees elected; FORVIS LLP ratified as auditor; say-on-pay advisory vote approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001174850-23-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NIC
- cik: 0001174850
- company_name: NICOLET BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485023000022/0001174850-23-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485023000022/nic-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NICOLET BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of FORVIS, LLP (formerly BKD, LLP) as Nicolet's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of the selection of FORVIS, LLP (formerly BKD, LLP) as Nicolet’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 11,101,177 42,188 63,849 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485023000022/0001174850-23-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NICOLET BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Marcia M. Anderson 9,396,857 216,751 1,594,682 Robert B. Atwell 9,370,955 245,390 1,594,682 Héctor Colón 9,379,081 231,495 1,594,682 Michael E. Daniels 9,399,828 216,517 1,594,682 Lynn D. Davis 9,442,031 137,043 1,594,682 John N. Dykema 8,480,819 1,131,332 1,594,682 Christopher J. Ghidorzi 9,337,074 277,059 1,594,682 Andrew F. Hetzel, Jr. 9,416,653 194,510 1,594,682 Brenda L. Johnson 9,401,764 208,557 1,594,682 Donald J. Long, Jr. 8,788,517 827,446 1,594,682 Dustin J. McClone 9,362,083 249,080 1,594,682 Susan L. Merkatoris 8,798,620 811,956 1,594,682 Oliver Pierce Smith 9,397,390 213,773 1,594,682 Glen E. Tellock 9,393,525 217,638 1,594,682 Robert J. Weyers 9,288,151 324,000 1,594,682
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485023000022/0001174850-23-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NICOLET BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to Nicolet's named executive officers. at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Proposal 3: Approval, on a non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to Nicolet’s named executive officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 8,285,899 1,197,660 128,973 1,594,682
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485023000022/0001174850-23-000022-index.htm

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