---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944745-26-000001"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIVB"
cik: "0000944745"
company_name: "CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:57:22.521057+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Civista Bancshares CEO Dennis Shaffer to retire; Chuck Parcher named successor

## Summary
- Dennis Shaffer, President and CEO, will retire on August 28, 2026, after over 40 years in banking.
- Charles Parcher, current President of Civista Bank, will succeed as President and CEO of Civista Bancshares and Civista Bank.
- Shaffer will remain as Chairman of the Board to support transition.
- Succession planning began over a year ago when Parcher was named President.
- Parcher has served as President for nearly two years and worked closely with Shaffer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944745-26-000001
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIVB
- cik: 0000944745
- company_name: CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000094474526000001/0000944745-26-000001-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000094474526000001/civb-20260227.htm

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