---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-005055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMBH"
cik: "0000700565"
company_name: "FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T03:12:41.152084+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Mid obtains lender consent for Blackhawk merger; expects close by Aug 15

## Summary
- Seventh Amendment to credit agreement with Northern Trust Company consented to Blackhawk Bancorp merger.
- Merger to close by Aug 15, 2023; all regulatory and shareholder approvals received or expected by Sept 11, 2023.
- Blackhawk Bancorp will merge into Eagle Sub LLC, a new wholly-owned subsidiary of First Mid.
- Post-merger, Blackhawk Bank will merge into First Mid Bank & Trust; related subsidiaries will be dissolved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-005055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMBH
- cik: 0000700565
- company_name: FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700565/000117184323005055/0001171843-23-005055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700565/000117184323005055/f8k_080723.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC. amended Seventh Amendment with The Northern Trust Company valued at $15 million (effective 2023-08-04).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: The Northern Trust Company
  - Value: $15 million
  - Effective: 2023-08-04
  source text: On August 4, 2023, First Mid Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Seventh Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2019, as amended, with The Northern Trust Company evidencing a $15 million revolving loan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700565/000117184323005055/0001171843-23-005055-index.htm

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