---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-040209"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2026-06-03T20:04:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T20:17:20.768076+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Finward declares $0.12/sh dividend despite FDIC/DFI MOU restricting payouts

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.12 per common share, payable June 29, 2026 to holders of record June 17, 2026.
- Bancorp's bank subsidiary is under a FDIC/DFI memorandum of understanding prohibiting dividends without prior regulatory approval.
- Declaration implies regulatory concurrence; marks potential easing of capital restrictions.
- Prior MOU disclosed in SEC filings required Bank to refrain from cash dividends absent approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-040209
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T20:04:36+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- 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/919864/000162828026040209/0001628280-26-040209-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000162828026040209/fnwd-20260603.htm

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