---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001964333-26-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHRB"
cik: "0001964333"
company_name: "Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp."
filed_at: "2026-08-11T20:05:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T20:07:08.888415+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Burke & Herbert enters change-in-control agreement with CFO Kirtan Parikh

## Summary
- CFO Kirtan Parikh gets severance: 24 months base salary plus 2x target bonus.
- Healthcare premium coverage for up to 18 months included in package.
- Trigger: change in control and termination without cause or for good reason within 3 months before to 12 months after.
- Severance conditioned on signing separation/release with non-disparagement and non-solicitation clauses.
- Agreement dated July 6, 2026; Parikh remains EVP and CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001964333-26-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHRB
- cik: 0001964333
- company_name: Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T20:05:47+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964333/000196433326000097/0001964333-26-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964333/000196433326000097/bhrb-20260706.htm

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