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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001412665-26-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001412665"
company_name: "MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:26:07.697803+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MidWestOne merges into Nicolet Bankshares; exchange ratio 0.3175

## Summary
- Merger completed Feb 13, 2026; each MidWestOne share converted to 0.3175 shares of Nicolet common stock.
- MidWestOne common stock delisted from Nasdaq; registration to be terminated via Form 15.
- Four former MidWestOne directors (McCormick, Chaney, Godwin, Hayek) elected to Nicolet board.
- All MidWestOne officers and directors ceased; Nicolet survives as successor.
- MidWestOne's articles and bylaws terminated; Nicolet's governing documents continue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001412665-26-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001412665
- company_name: MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412665/000141266526000015/0001412665-26-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412665/000141266526000015/mofg-20260213.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001412665-26-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001412665-26-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001412665-26-000015.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 44eb19bf2582509b350710122f851ac83672a5d7
  claim: MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.: MidWestOne's articles of incorporation and bylaws ceased to be in effect due to merger; replaced by Nicolet's charter and bylaws.
  evidence_excerpt: As a result of the Merger, at the Effective Time, MidWest One ceased to exist, and the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, of MidWest One ceased to be in effect by operation of law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1412665/000141266526000015/0001412665-26-000015-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.