secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Stellar Bancorp, Inc. (STEL)
CIK:        0001473844
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001473844-25-000035
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stellar Bancorp declares $0.14 quarterly dividend, an increase; shareholders reject board declassification
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- Quarterly cash dividend raised to $0.14/share, payable June 30, 2025 to holders of record June 16, 2025.
- Shareholders voted against declassifying the board (34.3M for, 670K against; did not pass).
- Say-on-pay and 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan amendments approved with over 92% of votes cast.
- New Executive Severance Plan provides up to 200% base salary continuation for named executive officers upon qualifying termination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473844/000147384425000035/0001473844-25-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473844/000147384425000035/stel-20250521.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001473844-25-000035

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