Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 3, 2021, the Board of Directors of Meta Financial Group (the "Company") authorized a new stock repurchase program (the "Repurchase Program") pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to 6,000,000 shares of the Company's outstanding common stock on or before September 30, 2024.

Under its current stock repurchase program, which expires on December 31, 2022, the Company has purchased 5,949,827 shares of the 7,500,000 total shares authorized for repurchase. The Company may repurchase the remaining 1,550,173 shares under the current stock repurchase program on or before December 31, 2022.

The Company may purchase shares of its common stock on the open market and/or privately negotiated transactions. Open market repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulations and may be effected pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The manner, timing and amount of any stock repurchases will be determined by the Company based on its evaluation of various factors, including its assessment of alternative uses of capital, the Company's stock trading price, general market and economic conditions, regulatory requirements and other business and legal considerations. The Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of its common stock or to acquire shares on any particular timetable and may be suspended or discontinued at any time at the Company's discretion.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on September 7, 2021, announcing the Repurchase Program is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
Number     Description of Exhibit
  99.1       Press Release dated September 7, 2021
104        Cover Page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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