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Issuer:     AMES NATIONAL CORP (ATLO)
CIK:        0001132651
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-24-027098
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ames National cuts quarterly dividend 26% to $0.20; cites deposit repricing pressure
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- Dividend reduced from $0.27 to $0.20 per share; payable Nov 15, 2024 to holders of record Nov 1.
- CEO cites lower earnings caused by rapid deposit repricing outpacing asset repricing, squeezing net interest margin.
- $104M of investments and $229M of loans maturing by June 2025 expected to improve net interest margin long-term.
- Net interest margin decline has slowed in 2024 but forecasting remains challenging due to rate volatility.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132651/000143774924027098/0001437749-24-027098-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132651/000143774924027098/atlo20240816_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-027098

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