---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-24-000317"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSBB"
cik: "0001967306"
company_name: "Mercer Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:16:55.220399+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercer Bancorp appoints Sherman Crum as CFO and Principal Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Sherman Crum named Controller, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer effective July 9, 2024, succeeding Rick L. Ross.
- Mr. Crum previously served as Controller at Community Savings (Caldwell, OH) from 2005 to July 2024; also at Gasel Transportation.
- Employment agreement: three-year term, initial base salary $80,000, with severance provisions for termination and change in control.
- Rick L. Ross will depart after a brief transition period; no cause for departure mentioned.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-24-000317
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSBB
- cik: 0001967306
- company_name: Mercer Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967306/000094337424000317/0000943374-24-000317-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967306/000094337424000317/form8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-24-000317
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-24-000317.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000943374-24-000317.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rick L. Ross departed as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at Mercer Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. Ross will depart from the Company and the Bank following a brief transition period.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967306/000094337424000317/0000943374-24-000317-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sherman Crum was appointed as Controller, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at Mercer Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Controller, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: appointed Sherman Crum as Controller, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective July 9, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967306/000094337424000317/0000943374-24-000317-index.htm

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