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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-221751"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKSH"
cik: "0000796534"
company_name: "NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:30:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:46:03.895328+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Bankshares declares $0.75 semi-annual dividend, renews buyback plan

## Summary
- Semi-annual cash dividend of $0.75 per share declared; payable June 1, 2026 to holders of record May 26, 2026.
- Stock repurchase plan renewed; management authorized to buy up to 250,000 shares from June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027.
- President & CEO Lara Ramsey noted solid earnings growth in 2025 and Q1 2026; 135th anniversary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-221751
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKSH
- cik: 0000796534
- company_name: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:30:17+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000119312526221751/0001193125-26-221751-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000119312526221751/nksh-20260513.htm

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