8-K

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

(Mark One)
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934

Date of report October 4, 2002

Commission file number 0-25135

REDDING BANCORP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

California (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	94-2823865 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1951 Churn Creek Road Redding, Bancorp (Address of principal executive offices)	96002 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (530) 224-3333

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, no par value per share

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X]  No [   ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the
issuer’s class of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. September 30, 2002 2,648,122

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	Item 5. Other Events
SIGNATURES
Exhibit 99.1

Item 5. Other Events

Press release for the following (article attached):

Redding Bancorp, parent company of Redding Bank of Commerce Announces Stock Dividend.

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.

/s/ Linda J. Miles

By: Linda J. Miles
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

2 EX-99.1 3 f84790exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

For immediate release:

Redding Bancorp, Parent Company of Redding Bank of Commerce Declares Cash Dividend

REDDING, California, September 19, 2002/ PRNewswire— Michael C. Mayer, President & CEO of Redding Bancorp (OTCBB: RDDB), a $378 million financial services holding company, and parent company of Redding Bank of Commerce today declared a cash dividend of $0.65 per share. This dividend represents the fourteenth consecutive year that a cash dividend has been paid.

The cash dividend will be paid on October 22, 2002 — to shareholders of record as of October 1, 2002.

Redding Bancorp, with administrative offices in Redding, California is a financial service holding company that owns Redding Bank of Commerce and Roseville Bank of Commerce, a division of Redding Bank of Commerce. The Company is a federally insured California banking corporation and opened on October 22, 1982. The Company operates two full-service banking offices of Redding Bank of Commerce in Redding, California and one full-service banking office of Roseville Bank of Commerce, a division of the bank in Roseville and a focused-deposit service banking office Citrus Heights, California.

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