---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714395-23-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:46:47.584244+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect four directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- 29,493,201 shares outstanding; each director nominee elected: Angela Curry (17.5M for), Diane Medley (17.5M), Darren Root (16.2M), Jack Sheidler (17.4M).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 16,622,022 for, 750,891 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on frequency: one year received 10,426,444 votes, three years 6,375,735.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as auditor for 2023 approved: 22,374,593 for, 184,492 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714395-23-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000033/0000714395-23-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000033/gabc-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by a majority of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000033/0000714395-23-000033-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was approved by a majority of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000033/0000714395-23-000033-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: A majority of the votes cast advised that the vote on executive compensation should occur every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000033/0000714395-23-000033-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Election of four directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Each director nominee was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors by a plurality of the votes cast among all nominees.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439523000033/0000714395-23-000033-index.htm

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