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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-012196"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBC"
cik: "0001810546"
company_name: "Eastern Bankshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:45:34.930481+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Bankshares corrects share count error in merger proxy: 176.4M shares outstanding, not 174.5M

## Summary
- Corrected record date shares outstanding from 174,508,659 to 176,426,993; record holders changed from ~7,976 to ~7,960.
- Error appeared in joint proxy statement/prospectus for pending merger with Cambridge Bancorp; vote on share issuance scheduled Feb 28, 2024.
- Correction does not change any other terms of the merger; Eastern and Cambridge mailed corrected disclosures to shareholders.
- No admission that the prior disclosure was material; correction made to ensure accuracy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-012196
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBC
- cik: 0001810546
- company_name: Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524012196/0001193125-24-012196-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524012196/d265337d8k.htm

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