---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-005248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FMBH"
cik: "0000700565"
company_name: "FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T15:50:34.505301+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blackhawk stockholders approve merger with First Mid; closing expected Aug 15

## Summary
- Blackhawk Bancorp stockholders voted to approve the merger at a special meeting on August 10, 2023.
- First Mid will acquire 100% of Blackhawk via merger with its wholly-owned subsidiary Eagle Sub LLC.
- Transaction was originally announced March 20, 2023; closing anticipated on August 15, 2023, subject to customary conditions.
- Upon closing, Blackhawk will cease to exist and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Mid.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-005248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FMBH
- cik: 0000700565
- company_name: FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700565/000117184323005248/0001171843-23-005248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700565/000117184323005248/f8k_081123.htm

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