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): August 28, 2018

META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
0-22140
42-1406262
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5501 South Broadband Lane, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57108
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(605) 782-1767
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:
 
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Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 28, 2018, Meta Financial Group, Inc. (“Meta”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a 3-for-1 forward stock split of issued and outstanding shares of Meta common stock to be effected in the form of a 200% stock dividend (the “Stock Split”). On October 4, 2018, each stockholder of record at the close of business on September 20, 2018 (the “Record Date”) will receive two additional shares of Meta common stock for each issued and outstanding share of Meta common stock owned at the close of business on the Record Date. Meta common stock is expected to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on October 5, 2018.

In the press release, Meta also announced that the Board declared a cash dividend of $0.15 per share, which does not give effect to the Stock Split, for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2018.

The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities thereof, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent specifically provided in any such filing.


Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.     
(d) Exhibits .
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
Registrant's Press Release dated August 28, 2018






SIGNATURE
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.

 
 
META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
Date: August 28, 2018
By:
/s/ Glen W. Herrick
 
 
Glen W. Herrick
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
 
 
and Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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