---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-003996"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATLO"
cik: "0001132651"
company_name: "AMES NATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T19:17:22.770257+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ames National declares $0.20 dividend, changes payment timing, nominates new director

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share declared; payable June 13, 2025 to holders of record May 30, 2025.
- Dividend payment shifted from subsequent quarter to same quarter; Q2 2025 declaration deferred.
- Douglas W. Beals nominated for board; incumbents Cassabaum, Nelson, Swartz seek re-election at April 30 annual meeting.
- Dividend amount unchanged from prior quarter; policy change may affect yield timing for investors.
- NASDAQ-listed ATLO; affiliate banks in Iowa.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-003996
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATLO
- cik: 0001132651
- company_name: AMES NATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132651/000143774925003996/0001437749-25-003996-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132651/000143774925003996/atlo20250213_8k.htm

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