{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000318300-26-000202","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PEBO","cik":"0000318300","company_name":"PEOPLES BANCORP INC","filed_at":"2026-09-28T20:11:22+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-28T20:12:06.989581+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:35:27.073441+00:00","sec_items":["8.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Peoples Bancorp gets all regulatory approvals for Citizens National merger; Citizens holders approved Aug. 6, 2026","bullets":["Peoples Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: PEBO) received all necessary regulatory approvals for its merger with Citizens National Corporation (OTCPK: CZNL), with Peoples as surviving corporation.","Peoples Bank separately won approval to merge with Citizens' wholly owned subsidiary, Citizens Bank of Kentucky, Inc., with Peoples Bank as the surviving bank.","The Agreement and Plan of Merger is dated April 20, 2026; Citizens shareholders approved the transaction on August 6, 2026.","The release gives no deal value, exchange ratio, expected closing date or cost-savings figures; the remaining condition cited is completion of the merger."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-26-000202","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-26-000202.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-26-000202.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-26-000202.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830026000202/0000318300-26-000202-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830026000202/pebo-20260928.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:35:27.073441+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}