---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-029425"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNKB"
cik: "0001756701"
company_name: "LINKBANCORP, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T19:12:26.511530+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LINKBANCORP and Partners Bancorp shareholders approve merger in special meetings

## Summary
- LINK shareholders voted 10,985,979 for and 36,282 against to approve the Partners Bancorp merger.
- Partners shareholders also approved the merger; closing remains subject to regulatory approvals.
- Merger of equals aims to create a leading Mid-Atlantic community banking franchise with combined strength.
- LINK charter amendment to increase authorized common shares from 25M to 50M was also approved.
- CEOs Andrew Samuel and John Breda highlighted shareholder support and future benefits for stakeholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-029425
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNKB
- cik: 0001756701
- company_name: LINKBANCORP, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000095017023029425/0000950170-23-029425-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000095017023029425/lnkb-20230622.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-029425
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-029425.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-029425.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LINKBANCORP, Inc. shareholders approved Approve Agreement and Plan of Merger with Partners Bancorp at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: merger approval
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: PROPOSAL 1: A proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000095017023029425/0000950170-23-029425-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINKBANCORP, Inc. shareholders approved Amend Articles of Incorporation to increase authorized common shares from 25 million to 50 million at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: PROPOSAL 2: A proposal to approve an amendment to LINK’s Articles of Incorporation to increase LINK’s authorized shares of common stock by 25 million to 50 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000095017023029425/0000950170-23-029425-index.htm

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