---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001964333-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHRB"
cik: "0001964333"
company_name: "Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp."
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:05:24.789078+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Burke & Herbert and LINKBANCORP shareholders approve merger; regulatory approvals pending

## Summary
- BHRB shareholders voted 9,963,159 for, 94,232 against, 107,963 abstained to approve merger with LNKB.
- LNKB shareholders also approved the merger at their special meeting held March 25, 2026.
- Closing remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
- Merger agreement originally signed December 18, 2025; transaction structure unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001964333-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHRB
- cik: 0001964333
- company_name: Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964333/000196433326000027/0001964333-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964333/000196433326000027/bhrb-20260325.htm

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