---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000318300-23-000217"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBO"
cik: "0000318300"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T03:55:33.800536+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve Fourth Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Plan with 1,493,297 shares available

## Summary
- Plan adds 750,000 new common shares; total authorization including carryover is 1,493,297 shares as of April 27, 2023.
- Plan extended to April 27, 2033; maximum Incentive Stock Options set at 750,000 shares.
- Plan amends tax withholding rules: shares withheld above minimum for tax now count against authorization.
- Awards may be transferred upon divorce or legal separation; references to IRC Section 162(m) removed.
- Plan continues to offer Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Performance Units, and unrestricted shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000318300-23-000217
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBO
- cik: 0000318300
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000217/0000318300-23-000217-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000217/pebo-20230502.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000217.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES BANCORP INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Peoples' independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000217/0000318300-23-000217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES BANCORP INC shareholders approved Election of twelve directors at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Twelve directors of Peoples were elected to serve terms of one year each: Tara M. Abraham, S. Craig Beam, David F. Dierker, James S. Huggins, Brooke W. James, Susan D. Rector, Kevin R. Reeves, Carol A. Schneeberger, Frances A. Skinner, Dwight E. Smith , Charles W. Sulerzyski and Michael N. Vittorio.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000217/0000318300-23-000217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES BANCORP INC shareholders approved Approval of the Peoples Bancorp Inc. Fourth Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Plan at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (2) approved the Peoples Bancorp Inc. Fourth Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Plan;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000217/0000318300-23-000217-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES BANCORP INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: (1) approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of Peoples' named executive officers as disclosed in Peoples' proxy statement for the Annual Meeting;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000217/0000318300-23-000217-index.htm

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