---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000717538-24-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AROW"
cik: "0000717538"
company_name: "ARROW FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:05:33.959771+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arrow Financial acquires Berkshire Bank's Whitehall, NY branch with $39M deposits

## Summary
- Deal includes $39M in deposits, $3M in loans, and the branch premises.
- Expected close by end of Q3 2024, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
- All employees of the Whitehall branch offered positions with Arrow.
- Advisor: Piper Sandler & Co.; legal: Thompson Coburn LLP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000717538-24-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AROW
- cik: 0000717538
- company_name: ARROW FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717538/000071753824000043/0000717538-24-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717538/000071753824000043/arow-20240304.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000717538-24-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000717538-24-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000717538-24-000043.txt

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