# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001163668
**File Stem:** 0001140361-25-026420
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 6572
**Document Hash:** be9b19a89e976239d7d87b64b2e3c483
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-25-026420.hdr.sgml**: 20250718

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-25-026420

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250717

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250718

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250718

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001163668
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** TX
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38895
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251134854

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5219 CITY BANK PARKWAY
- **CITY:** LUBBOCK
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79407-3544
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 806-792-7101

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5219 CITY BANK PARKWAY
- **CITY:** LUBBOCK
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79407-3544

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011214

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

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### FORM 8-K

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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

#### The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2025

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**South Plains Financial, Inc.** 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Texas**<br>| **001-38895**<br>| **75-2453320**<br>|
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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| **5219 City Bank Parkway**<br>**Lubbock, Texas** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **79407**<br>|
| (Address of principal executive offices) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Zip Code) |

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(806) 792-7101

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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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:

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

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ 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-4(c))

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

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share<br>| SPFI<br>| The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC<br>|

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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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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**<br>| Other Events. |

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On July 17, 2025, South Plains Financial, Inc. issued a press release announcing the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend will be paid on August 11, 2025 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 28, 2025. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

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(d) Exhibits. <br> [99.1](ef20052251_ex99-1.htm) Press release, dated July 17, 2025, announcing South Plains Financial, Inc. quarterly cash dividend. <br> 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

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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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|  |  | **SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC.** |
| Date: July 17, 2025 | By: | /s/ Steven B. Crockett |
|  |  | Steven B. Crockett |
|  |  | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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**Exhibit 99.1**<br>

<br> ![](image00001.jpg)

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#### South Plains Financial, Inc. Announces 7% Increase to Quarterly Cash Dividend

LUBBOCK, Texas, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – South Plains Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPFI) ("South Plains"), the parent company of City Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock, a 7% increase from the most recent quarterly cash dividend declared in April 2025. The dividend is payable on August 11, 2025 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 28, 2025.

#### About South Plains Financial, Inc.

South Plains is the bank holding company for City Bank, a Texas state-chartered bank headquartered in Lubbock, Texas. City Bank is one of the largest independent banks in West Texas and has additional banking operations in the Dallas, El Paso, Greater Houston, the Permian Basin, and College Station, Texas markets, and the Ruidoso, New Mexico market. South Plains provides a wide range of commercial and consumer financial services to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals in its market areas. Its principal business activities include commercial and retail banking, along with investment, trust and mortgage services. Please visit <u>https://www.spfi.bank for more information.</u>

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| Contact: | Mikella Newsom, Chief Risk Officer and Secretary |
|  | <u>investors@city.bank</u> |
|  | (866) 771-3347 |
| Source: South Plains Financial, Inc. | Source: South Plains Financial, Inc. |

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