---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-184174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBC"
cik: "0001810546"
company_name: "Eastern Bankshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:10:48.633001+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HarborOne shareholders approve merger with Eastern Bankshares; closing targeted for Q4 2025

## Summary
- HarborOne shareholders voted to approve the merger at a special meeting on August 20, 2025.
- Eastern intends to complete the bank merger immediately after the holdco merger on Nov 1, 2025 if conditions met.
- Each HarborOne share can be exchanged for 0.765 Eastern shares, $12.00 cash, or a mix, subject to proration.
- Required regulatory approvals from Fed, FDIC, MA Commissioner, and MHPF are still pending; no assurance given.
- Systems conversion of HarborOne Bank to Eastern Bank's platform is expected around February 21, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-184174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBC
- cik: 0001810546
- company_name: Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312525184174/0001193125-25-184174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312525184174/d77793d8k.htm

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