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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-013633"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKSH"
cik: "0000796534"
company_name: "NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T07:29:53.901926+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Bankshares increases semi-annual dividend to $0.73, authorizes 250K share buyback

## Summary
- Semi-annual dividend of $0.73 per share, payable June 1, 2023 to holders of record May 22, 2023.
- Dividend increased from $0.72 per share paid in June 2022.
- Board renewed stock repurchase plan for up to 250,000 shares from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024.
- Management has not yet determined how many shares, if any, will be purchased under the plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-013633
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKSH
- cik: 0000796534
- company_name: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+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/796534/000143774923013633/0001437749-23-013633-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774923013633/nksh20230510_8k.htm

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