secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESBANCO INC (WSBC)
CIK:        0000203596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-043531
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wesbanco completes Premier Financial acquisition, creating ~$27B regional bank
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- Exchange ratio: 0.80 shares of Wesbanco per Premier share; Premier stock options cancelled with cash payout based on 20-day VWAP.
- Combined entity holds ~$27B in assets; becomes 81st largest US insured depository and 8th largest Ohio bank by deposits.
- Operations expand to >250 financial centers across nine states (IN, KY, MD, MI, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV).
- Four former Premier directors (Afzal, Altman, Bookmyer, Burdman) appointed to Wesbanco board.
- Premier-branded branches will continue until customer data conversion in mid-May, then rebrand to WesBanco.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312525043531/0001193125-25-043531-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/203596/000119312525043531/d895671d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-043531

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