---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000894671-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OVBC"
cik: "0000894671"
company_name: "OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T15:10:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:11:20.183191+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ohio Valley Banc appoints independent chairman and new president at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Thomas E. Wiseman retired as chairman; K. Ryan Smith named OVBC's first independent chairman.
- Ryan J. Jones appointed president and director, while Larry E. Miller II continues as CEO.
- Board amended bylaws to clarify chairman serves at pleasure of board, not automatically an officer.
- New loan office to open in Charleston, WV this summer; additional offices in South Bloomfield and Ironton, OH planned.
- Shareholders elected three directors, approved say-on-pay, and ratified Plante & Moran as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000894671-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OVBC
- cik: 0000894671
- company_name: OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T15:10:05+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/sec8kannmtgresults051326.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894671-26-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894671-26-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894671-26-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan J. Jones was appointed as Director at OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Mr. Jones as a director of OVBC and the Bank to fill the vacancy created by the previously announced retirement of David W. Thomas as of the 2026 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas E. Wiseman retired as Chairman of the Board at OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Thomas E. Wiseman, who, as previously announced, retired as chairman effective as of OVBC’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan J. Jones was elected as President at OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: President
  source text: the Board elected Ryan J. Jones as President of OVBC and the Bank, a role previously held by Larry E. Miller, II
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  David W. Thomas retired as Director at OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: the vacancy created by the previously announced retirement of David W. Thomas as of the 2026 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  K. Ryan Smith was appointed as Chairman of the Board at OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: appointed K. Ryan Smith as Chairman of the Board of OVBC and the Bank, a role previously held by Thomas E. Wiseman
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP: Amendments to Sections 3.01 and 3.04 of the Code of Regulations to clarify that the Chairman of the Board serves at the pleasure of the Board and will not automatically be deemed an officer (effective 2026-05-13).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-05-13
  source text: The only amendments were to Sections 3.01 and 3.04 of the Regulations to clarify that the Chairman of the Board serves at the pleasure of the Board and will not automatically be deemed an officer of OVBC.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467126000036/0000894671-26-000036-index.htm

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