---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-083573"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GABC"
cik: "0000714395"
company_name: "GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:49:36.886630+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# German American Bancorp to acquire Heartland BancCorp in ~$330M all-stock deal

## Summary
- Heartland shareholders get 3.90 GABC shares per HLAN share; aggregate value ~$330.2M.
- Heartland had ~$1.9B assets, $1.5B loans, $1.6B deposits as of June 30, 2024.
- Combined entity to have >$8.1B assets and ~95 branches across IN, KY, OH.
- Transaction unanimously approved; expected close in Q1 2025 pending regulatory and shareholder approvals.
- G. Scott McComb and Ronnie Stokes to join German American boards post-closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-083573
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GABC
- cik: 0000714395
- company_name: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465924083573/0001104659-24-083573-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714395/000110465924083573/tm2419070d2_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-083573.txt

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