---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000946673-26-000179"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BANR"
cik: "0000946673"
company_name: "BANNER CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-17T20:52:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-17T20:54:24.982040+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banner and Pacific Financial set Sept 1 closing after Fed waiver; all approvals received

## Summary
- Federal Reserve letter Aug 14, 2026: no objection to waiver of application requirement for merger.
- All regulatory approvals for Banner-Pacific Financial merger now received.
- Parties anticipate closing merger on September 1, 2026, subject to customary conditions.
- Merger agreement dated April 30, 2026; Pacific Financial to merge into Banner.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000946673-26-000179
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BANR
- cik: 0000946673
- company_name: BANNER CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-17T20:52:56+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000094667326000179/0000946673-26-000179-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000094667326000179/banr-20260814.htm

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