---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-427956"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIVB"
cik: "0000944745"
company_name: "CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-21T21:00:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-21T21:02:02.709016+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Civista Bancshares declares unchanged quarterly dividend of 18 cents per share

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.18 per common share, consistent with the prior quarter, declared by the Board.
- Payable November 17, 2026 to shareholders of record as of November 3, 2026; total payout approximately $3.7 million.
- Based on Civista's $26.38 closing price on September 30, 2026, the dividend yields 2.73% annualized.
- Civista is a $4.3 billion Ohio-based holding company; Civista Bank operates 44 locations across Ohio, Southeastern Indiana and Northern Kentucky.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-427956
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIVB
- cik: 0000944745
- company_name: CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-21T21:00:15+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312526427956/0001193125-26-427956-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312526427956/civb-20261021.htm

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