secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Meridian Corp (MRBK)
CIK:        0001750735
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001750735-24-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Meridian Q4 net income $571K ($0.05 EPS), down 86% from Q3; provision spikes to $4.6M
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- Net income $571K vs $4.005M in Q3; diluted EPS $0.05 vs $0.35. Net interest income $16.94M, down 1.6% QoQ.
- Provision for credit losses surged to $4.6M from $82K, driven by $3.9M in specific reserves on commercial/SBA loans.
- Non-performing loans to total loans increased to 1.76% from 1.53%; net charge-offs $2.2M (0.11% of avg loans).
- Board declared $0.125/share quarterly dividend, payable Feb 20 to holders of record Feb 12.
- CEO cites deterioration in one commercial credit and impact of higher rates on SBA/leasing businesses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750735/000175073524000003/0001750735-24-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750735/000175073524000003/mrbk-20240126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001750735-24-000003

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