---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-070268"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2026-11-04T22:09:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-04T22:12:20.715468+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Finward Bancorp declares $0.12 per share dividend, payable December 2 to holders of record November 18

## Summary
- Board of Directors declared a $0.12 per share dividend on Finward common stock on November 4, 2026.
- Payable December 2, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 18, 2026.
- Finward is the Munster, Indiana-based holding company for Peoples Bank; common stock trades on Nasdaq under FNWD.
- Filing notes future dividends remain subject to capital position, financial performance, market conditions and board discretion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-070268
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2026-11-04T22:09:55+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000162828026070268/0001628280-26-070268-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000162828026070268/fnwd-20261104.htm

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