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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001473844-23-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STEL"
cik: "0001473844"
company_name: "Stellar Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T00:39:43.685884+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stellar Bancorp completes name change to Stellar Bank, declares $0.13 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Bank subsidiary renamed Stellar Bank, new brand launched after merger of equals of Allegiance Bank and CommunityBank of Texas.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share declared, payable March 31, 2023 to holders of record March 15, 2023.
- CEO Ray Vitulli cites greater scale and capability with high service level; customers received transition communications.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001473844-23-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STEL
- cik: 0001473844
- company_name: Stellar Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473844/000147384423000008/0001473844-23-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473844/000147384423000008/stel-20230222.htm

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