secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (EBC)
CIK:        0001810546
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-216181
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Eastern Bankshares mails election forms for HarborOne merger; deadline Oct 28
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- HarborOne shareholders may elect 0.765 EBC shares, $12 cash, or a mix for each HONE share.
- Merger expected to close Nov 1, 2025; HONE shareholders approved deal on Aug 20, 2025.
- Election deadline is 5:00 PM ET on Oct 28, 2025; ESOP/401(k) participants deadline Oct 23.
- Stock consideration allocated to 75-85% of outstanding HONE shares; remainder gets cash.
- Exchange agent mailed election materials on Sep 24, 2025; Innisfree M&A is information agent.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312525216181/0001193125-25-216181-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312525216181/d14555d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-216181

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