---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-26-000182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNKB"
cik: "0001756701"
company_name: "LINKBANCORP, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:20:53.812292+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LINKBANCORP merges into Burke & Herbert; LNKB shares convert at 0.1350 ratio, stock delisted

## Summary
- Effective May 1, 2026, LNKB merged into Burke & Herbert (survivor) per Dec 18, 2025 Agreement; bank merger completed simultaneously.
- Each LNKB share converted into 0.1350 shares of Burke & Herbert common stock; fractional shares paid in cash.
- LNKB Common Stock delisted from Nasdaq; Burke & Herbert expects to file Form 15 to deregister and suspend reporting.
- Two LNKB directors, Diane Poillon and Kristen Snyder, appointed to Burke & Herbert board as continuing directors.
- All LNKB equity awards (RSUs, options, warrants) converted into Burke & Herbert equity using the same 0.1350 exchange ratio.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-26-000182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNKB
- cik: 0001756701
- company_name: LINKBANCORP, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000094337426000182/0000943374-26-000182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000094337426000182/form8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 88747219d0
  claim: Kristen Snyder was appointed as Director at LINKBANCORP, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: as of the Effective Time, the Burke & Herbert board of directors appointed current LNKB directors Diane Poillon and Kristen Snyder to the board of the surviving corporation as the LNKB Continuing Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000094337426000182/0000943374-26-000182-index.htm
- claim_id: ec8e15294e
  claim: Diane Poillon was appointed as Director at LINKBANCORP, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: as of the Effective Time, the Burke & Herbert board of directors appointed current LNKB directors Diane Poillon and Kristen Snyder to the board of the surviving corporation as the LNKB Continuing Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000094337426000182/0000943374-26-000182-index.htm
- claim_id: d162f4df6fac8898a4a6ebba4a20e39f01538ff6
  claim: LINKBANCORP, Inc.: As a result of the merger, LNKB ceased to exist and its articles of incorporation and bylaws ceased to be in effect by operation of law; Burke & Herbert's governing documents remain in effect as the surviving entity.
  evidence_excerpt: As a result of the Merger, at the Effective Time, LNKB ceased to exist and the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of LNKB ceased to be in effect by operation of law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000094337426000182/0000943374-26-000182-index.htm
- claim_id: 1858768d953d00bc6dd77631ef55c8d7f0fe1776
  claim: LINKBANCORP, Inc. underwent a change of control involving Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. for 0.1350 shares of Burke & Herbert Common Stock per LNKB share (closed 2026-05-01).
  evidence_excerpt: Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than certain shares held by Burke & Herbert and LNKB, was converted into the right to receive 0.1350 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of common stock, par value $0.50 per share, of Burke & Herbert (“Burke & Herbert Common Stock,” and such shares, the “Merger Consideration”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000094337426000182/0000943374-26-000182-index.htm

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