---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714395-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T21:26:27.876096+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American Bancorp receives final regulatory approval for Heartland merger; close expected Feb 1, 2025

## Summary
- Indiana Department of Financial Institutions approved the merger, satisfying all regulatory conditions.
- FDIC approval and Federal Reserve waiver previously received; all regulatory approvals now in hand.
- Shareholders of both companies approved the merger at special meetings on November 19, 2024.
- Merger is anticipated to become effective on February 1, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714395-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439525000002/0000714395-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000071439525000002/gabc-20250121.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714395-25-000002.txt

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