---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001903596-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWPP"
cik: "0001163389"
company_name: "NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:47:30.566574+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# New Peoples Bankshares declares first cash dividend: $0.05/share payable March 31, 2022

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.05 per share declared, payable March 31, 2022 to shareholders of record March 15, 2022.
- First cash dividend in company history; management cites recovery from past challenges and solid revenue growth.
- Chairman H. Lynn Keene and CEO C. Todd Asbury express commitment to continue paying dividends in the future.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001903596-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWPP
- cik: 0001163389
- company_name: NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+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/1163389/000190359622000023/0001903596-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000190359622000023/f2snwpp8k022822.htm

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