---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000712537-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCF"
cik: "0000712537"
company_name: "FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP /PA/"
filed_at: "2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T14:49:02.383219+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Commonwealth receives regulatory approval for CenterGroup merger; close expected Q2 2025

## Summary
- FDIC approved merger of CenterBank into First Commonwealth Bank; PA Dept of Banking and Securities also approved.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland granted waiver of merger application requirements.
- Merger still subject to approval of CGFI shareholders; expected to close in Q2 2025.
- CGFI shareholders will vote on the merger; proxy statement/prospectus filed with SEC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000712537-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCF
- cik: 0000712537
- company_name: FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP /PA/
- filed_at: 2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712537/000071253725000063/0000712537-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/712537/000071253725000063/fcf-20250318.htm

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