---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-147655"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBC"
cik: "0001810546"
company_name: "Eastern Bankshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T08:10:23.682989+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Bankshares and Cambridge Bancorp receive all regulatory approvals for merger; close expected July 12, 2024

## Summary
- Regulatory approvals received; merger expected to close on or about July 12, 2024.
- Combined organization will be $26 billion, positioned as Greater Boston's leading local bank.
- Shareholders of both companies approved the merger on February 28, 2024.
- Merger will create largest bank-owned independent investment advisor in Massachusetts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-147655
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBC
- cik: 0001810546
- company_name: Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524147655/0001193125-24-147655-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524147655/d840434d8k.htm

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