0000840007-03-000002.txt : 20030107 0000840007-03-000002.hdr.sgml : 20030107 20030107135726 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000840007-03-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030106 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20030107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000840007 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 680166366 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10868 FILM NUMBER: 03506281 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 SANTA ROSA AVENUE STREET 2: PO BOX 402 CITY: SANTA ROSA STATE: CA ZIP: 95404-4905 BUSINESS PHONE: 7075734800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 SANTA ROSA AVENUE CITY: SANTA ROSA STATE: CA ZIP: 95404-4905 8-K 1 reb8k010603.htm REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP 8K 1-6-03 Redwood Empire Bancorp - Form 8k

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 6, 2003

REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California		0-19231		68-0166366
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)


111 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA		95404-4905
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code (707) 573-4800

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

Item 5.		Other Events
		On January 6, 2003, the Company issued a press release declaring an increase to its quarterly cash dividend. A copy of the press release is attached to this 8-K.



Item 7.		*Financial Statements, Pro Forma* Financial Information and Exhibits**
(c)	Exhibits
	99	Press Release dated January 6, 2003.

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.

		REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP
		(Registrant)

DATE: January 6, 2003		BY: /s/ James E. Beckwith
		James E. Beckwith
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Operating Officer

REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Subject Matter
99		Press Release dated January 6, 2003.

EX-99 3 reb8kex99_010603.htm PRESS RELEASE RE: QRTLY DIVIDEND INCREASE EXHIBIT 99

FOR: REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP

APPROVED BY: James Beckwith

EVP/Chief Operating Officer

(707) 522-5215

For Immediate Release

REDWOOD EMPIRE BANCORP DECLARES AN INCREASE TO ITS

QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (January 6, 2003) -- Redwood Empire Bancorp (NASDAQ: REBC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared an increase to its quarterly cash dividend to twenty-five cents per share on the Company’s Common Stock. The dividend is payable on January 30, 2003 to shareholders of record on January 17, 2003.

Redwood Empire Bancorp is the holding company for National Bank of the Redwoods, a commercial bank. The Company operates through branches in Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake Counties.

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