---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-025784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSBC"
cik: "0000203596"
company_name: "WESBANCO INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:27:01.727539+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wesbanco receives all regulatory approvals for Premier merger; closing expected Feb 28

## Summary
- All necessary regulatory approvals obtained for merger of Premier with and into Wesbanco.
- Closing expected on or about February 28, 2025, subject to customary conditions.
- Shareholders of both companies approved the transaction on December 11, 2024.
- Combined institution will have approximately $27 billion in assets, becoming the 8th largest bank in Ohio.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-025784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSBC
- cik: 0000203596
- company_name: WESBANCO INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-13T23:59:59+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/203596/000119312525025784/0001193125-25-025784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312525025784/d915013d8k.htm

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