---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:35:27.073441+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp gets all regulatory approvals for Citizens National merger; Citizens holders approved Aug. 6, 2026

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- 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

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