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Issuer:     NICOLET BANKSHARES INC (NIC)
CIK:        0001174850
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-21T20:16:05+00:00
Accession:  0001174850-26-000157
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Nicolet Q2 net income $57M ($2.62 EPS); core EPS $2.99; declares $0.36 dividend; $150M buyback authorized
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- Net income $57M ($2.62 diluted EPS) vs Q1 $15M ($0.81); core net income $65M ($2.99 core EPS).
- Net interest margin expanded to 4.14% from Q1; driven by loan purchase accretion and lower deposit costs.
- Repurchased 267,310 shares for $40M in Q2; board authorized $150M additional repurchases.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.36/share, payable Sept 15, record Sept 1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485026000157/0001174850-26-000157-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174850/000117485026000157/nic-20260721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001174850-26-000157

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