---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-001761"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:23:09.913115+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American appoints Vicki Schuler PAO, Rust adds COO role effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Vicki Schuler appointed Principal Accounting Officer, replacing Bradley Rust who became COO while retaining CFO/Senior EVP roles.
- Rust's COO appointment was announced in July 2021 and effective Jan 1, 2022.
- Schuler, age 47, has been with the company since 2000, most recently as Senior VP and Controller.
- Appointments implement previously disclosed succession plan: Schroeder as Executive Chairman, Dauby as CEO, Rust as COO/CFO.
- No material arrangements, family relationships, or reportable transactions with Schuler.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-001761
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465922001761/0001104659-22-001761-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465922001761/tm221835d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-001761.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bradley M. Rust was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: As reported in July 2021, Mr. Rust was appointed to the additional position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company, which became effective as of January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465922001761/0001104659-22-001761-index.htm
- Executive change
  D. Neil Dauby was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: (b) D. Neil Dauby as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465922001761/0001104659-22-001761-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark A. Schroeder was appointed as Executive Chairman at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: (a) Mark A. Schroeder as Executive Chairman of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465922001761/0001104659-22-001761-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vicki L. Schuler was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective January 1, 2022, Vicki L. Schuler was appointed Principal Accounting Officer of German American Bancorp, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465922001761/0001104659-22-001761-index.htm

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