---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-053319"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNKB"
cik: "0001756701"
company_name: "LINKBANCORP, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T00:06:23.733485+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LINKBANCORP and Partners Bancorp obtain FDIC, state approvals for merger of equals

## Summary
- FDIC and state regulators (PA, VA, DE, MD) approved merger of Partners into LINK, all-stock deal.
- Shareholders of both companies previously approved; Federal Reserve approval still required.
- Closing expected in Q4 2023; surviving entity LINKBANCORP with combined bank operations.
- Partners' bank subsidiaries will merge into LINKBANK, making it the sole bank subsidiary.
- Merger announced Feb 22, 2023; receipt of these approvals is a key milestone.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-053319
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNKB
- cik: 0001756701
- company_name: LINKBANCORP, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000095017023053319/0000950170-23-053319-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756701/000095017023053319/lnkb-20230807.htm

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