---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714395-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:23:05.549543+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American Bancorp: Dauby to become Chairman, Rust to become President at May 18 meeting

## Summary
- Chairman Mark A. Schroeder to retire at the 2023 Annual Meeting on May 18, 2023.
- Board appoints D. Neil Dauby (current CEO & President) to additional role of Chairman, effective May 18, 2023.
- Bradley M. Rust (current COO & CFO) appointed President, effective May 18, 2023; Dauby will vacate President role.
- Rust retains his existing roles as Senior Executive VP, COO, and CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714395-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000015/0000714395-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000015/gabc-20230327.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-23-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. Neil Dauby was appointed as Chairman of the Board at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On March 27, 2023, the Board appointed D. Neil Dauby, one of its current members and the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, to the additional office of Chairman of the Board, effective May 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000015/0000714395-23-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark A. Schroeder departed as Chairman of the Board at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: As previously reported, Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board of German American Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), will retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective as of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is being held on May 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000015/0000714395-23-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bradley M. Rust was appointed as President at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: The Board also appointed Bradley M. Rust, the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s President, in addition to his existing roles, effective May 18, 2023, at which time Mr. Dauby will vacate the office of President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000015/0000714395-23-000015-index.htm

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