# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001531031
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-009293
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
**Character Count:** 7096
**Document Hash:** 574a988332e09be3271186d245de4d1f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-009293.hdr.sgml**: 20260202

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-009293

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260130

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260202

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260202

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001531031
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38131
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26588750

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** JERICHO
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11753
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (800) 996-0213

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** JERICHO
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 11753

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc._January 30, 2026

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE** 

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

**Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 30, 2026**

## Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
**(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Maryland** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**001-38131** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**27-5107901** |
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 100** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Jericho, New York** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**11753** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**(Address of principal executive offices)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**(Zip Code)** |

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**(516) 535-2002**

**(Registrant's telephone number)**

**N/A**

**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4c)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br>**Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | ESQ | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 8.01** | **Other Events.** |

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On February 2, 2026, Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), the financial holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association ("Esquire Bank" or the "Bank"), announced that, on January 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an increase to its regular quarterly dividend by 14% to $0.20 per share of common stock, payable on March 2, 2026, to each stockholder of record on February 13, 2026.

**Item 9.01** **Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | [Press Release dated February 2, 2026.](esq-20260130xex99d1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;**ESQUIRE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Dated: February 2, 2026 | &nbsp;&nbsp;By:/s/ Andrew C. Sagliocca |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Andrew C. Sagliocca |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![Graphic](esq-20260130xex99d1001.jpg)

**ESQUIRE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND FOR COMMON STOCKHOLDERS BY 14%**

Jericho, NY – February 2, 2026 – Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESQ) (the "Company"), the financial holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association ("Esquire Bank" or the "Bank"), today announced an increase to its regular quarterly dividend by 14% to $0.20 per share of common stock, payable on March 2, 2026, to each stockholder of record on February 13, 2026.

"Our dividend increase reflects the strength of our balance sheet and confidence in Esquire's long-term outlook," said Andrew C. Sagliocca, Vice Chairman, CEO, and President. "This marks our fifth consecutive dividend increase since initiating dividends in 2022 and underscores our commitment to delivering consistent value to our stockholders."

**About Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.**

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Jericho, New York. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Esquire Bank, is a full-service commercial bank, with branch offices in Jericho, New York and Los Angeles, California, as well as an administrative office in Boca Raton, Florida. The Bank is dedicated to serving the financial needs of the litigation industry and small businesses nationally, as well as commercial and retail customers in the New York metropolitan area. The Bank offers tailored financial and payment processing solutions to the litigation community and their clients as well as dynamic and flexible payment processing solutions to small business owners. For more information, visit www.esquirebank.com.

**Contact Information:**

Eric S. Bader

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.

(516) 535-2002

eric.bader@esqbank.com

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