secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BANNER CORP (BANR)
CIK:        0000946673
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-17T20:52:56+00:00
Accession:  0000946673-26-000179
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000094667326000179/0000946673-26-000179-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946673/000094667326000179/banr-20260814.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000946673-26-000179

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