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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-013389"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSRR"
cik: "0001130144"
company_name: "SIERRA BANCORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:43:28.329579+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sierra Bancorp authorizes 1M share buyback and declares $0.24 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- New share repurchase program authorizes up to 1,000,000 shares from Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 31, 2025.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share payable Nov 12, 2024 to shareholders of record Oct 31, 2024.
- Repurchases may be made in open-market or private transactions; management authorized to enter 10b5-1 plan.
- This marks the 103rd consecutive quarterly cash dividend since 1987.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-013389
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSRR
- cik: 0001130144
- company_name: SIERRA BANCORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130144/000155837024013389/0001558370-24-013389-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130144/000155837024013389/bsrr-20241017x8k.htm

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