---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714395-22-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:29:28.643542+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American Bancorp appoints Diane Medley to board; two directors to depart at 2023 meeting

## Summary
- Chris A. Ramsey will not stand for re-election at 2023 annual meeting (approx. May 18, 2023); no disagreement.
- Chairman Mark A. Schroeder not eligible for re-election due to mandatory retirement age; both to serve through 2023 meeting.
- Diane B. Medley appointed to board effective July 1, 2022; term expires at 2023 annual meeting; board increased to 13.
- Ms. Medley is Executive Chairman of MCM CPAs & Advisors; will serve on Finance/A&L Management and CRA Committees.
- Director compensation revised: $25K annual retainer, $850 meeting fees, leadership supplements, potential $25K RSU grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714395-22-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439522000030/0000714395-22-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439522000030/gabc-20220627.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-22-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-22-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-22-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Diane B. Medley was appointed as Director at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Diane B. Medley was appointed to the Board for a term commencing on July 1, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439522000030/0000714395-22-000030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark A. Schroeder departed as Chairman of the Board at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: not eligible to stand for re-election
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board, is not eligible to stand for re-election to the Board at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders because he has attained the mandatory retirement age specified by the Company’s Bylaws.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439522000030/0000714395-22-000030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chris A. Ramsey departed as Director at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Chris A. Ramsey informed German American Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439522000030/0000714395-22-000030-index.htm

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