---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000318300-21-000311"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBO"
cik: "0000318300"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T18:10:28.314808+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp elects Douglas V. Reynolds to board following Premier acquisition

## Summary
- Reynolds elected director on Oct 25, 2021; term ends at 2022 annual meeting.
- He previously served on Premier board until Peoples acquired Premier on Sept 17, 2021.
- Reynolds is President/CEO of Energy Services of America, managing partner of HD Media, and non-executive chair of Bank of Mingo.
- Qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules; compensation same as other non-employee directors.
- Appointment fulfills acquisition agreement for one Premier director to join board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000318300-21-000311
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBO
- cik: 0000318300
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830021000311/0000318300-21-000311-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830021000311/pebo-20211025.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-21-000311
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-21-000311.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-21-000311.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas V. Reynolds was elected as director at PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On October 25, 2021, following the unanimous recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. (“Peoples”) elected Douglas V. Reynolds as a director of Peoples.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830021000311/0000318300-21-000311-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.