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This page provides access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings for German American Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GABC), a financial holding company based in Jasper, Indiana. Through its banking subsidiary, German American Bank, the company operates a regional commercial banking and wealth management franchise across Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, including Heartland Bank, a division of German American Bank, in the Columbus and Greater Cincinnati markets.
Investors can use this filings archive to review annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which contain detailed information on German American’s loan and deposit composition, net interest income, non-interest income from wealth management and other services, credit quality metrics, capital ratios and risk management practices. These reports also describe the impact of strategic transactions such as the merger with Heartland BancCorp and the sale of the company’s insurance subsidiary.
Current reports on Form 8-K document specific material events, including quarterly earnings releases, dividend declarations, debt redemptions, participation in investor conferences and board or executive changes. For example, 8-K filings have reported the completion of the Heartland merger, the declaration of regular quarterly cash dividends, and the company’s decision to redeem certain subordinated notes.
Through this page, users can also monitor capital and funding actions, such as subordinated debt issuance or redemption, and understand how these affect the company’s regulatory capital position. While insider transaction reports on Form 4 are not detailed in the provided materials, this section of Stock Titan is designed to surface such filings when available, alongside AI-powered summaries that explain their significance.
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German American Bancorp director Zachary W. Bawel acquired 22.9463 shares of Common Stock at $43.58 per share. The purchase was coded as an open-market transaction and resulted in direct holdings of 24,508.4084 shares.
The buy was executed under a prior election to use a portion of his director compensation to purchase stock through the company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan. Bawel also holds 2,748.0000 shares indirectly through a revocable trust.
German American Bancorp director Jack Sheidler reported an open-market purchase of common stock tied to his board compensation. On April 15, 2026, he bought 25.2409 shares at $43.58 per share through the company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, following a prior compensation election. After this transaction, he directly owns 66,930.1276 shares, making this a small, routine, compensation-related increase in his stake.
German American Bancorp Inc receives an amended Schedule 13G/A filing from The Vanguard Group reporting 0 shares of Common Stock and 0% beneficial ownership. The filing explains Vanguard's internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, and states certain subsidiaries now report disaggregated holdings separately.
The filing is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/26/2026, and records that Vanguard and its managed accounts hold no beneficial ownership in the issuer's common stock under the disaggregated reporting described.
German American Bancorp, Inc. is asking shareholders to vote at its April 27, 2026 annual meeting on four items: electing four directors, approving executive pay on an advisory basis, ratifying Crowe LLP as 2025 auditor, and amending its Articles to raise authorized common shares from 45,000,000 to 90,000,000.
The company highlights its February 1, 2025 acquisition of Heartland BancCorp, for which it issued about 7.74 million shares and paid roughly $23.1 million in cash. For the year ended December 31, 2025, net income was $112.6 million, or $3.06 per share, up from $83.8 million, or $2.83 per share, with a 10.7% return on average shareholders’ equity and a 21-year streak of double-digit returns.
The board currently has 14 members and will shrink to 12 as two directors retire at the mandatory age 69. Governance features include a lead independent director, fully independent key committees, stock ownership guidelines, anti-hedging policies, a clawback program, and a newly created Risk Committee to oversee enterprise risk and cybersecurity. The company also reports 2025 CRA investments and donations above $106 million, over $123 million in CRA-qualified community development loans, and strong customer and employee satisfaction metrics.
German American Bancorp, Inc. Chairman & CEO D. Neil Dauby reported routine share dispositions related to tax withholding. On March 16, 2026, he surrendered a total of 4,887 shares of common stock at $40.07 per share to cover tax obligations on vesting restricted stock awards. These were not open-market sales, but shares withheld to satisfy taxes as 2023, 2024, and 2025 restricted stock grants vested. After these transactions, Dauby directly held 71,623 shares of German American Bancorp common stock.
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. director Jack Sheidler reported an open-market style purchase of common stock tied to his director compensation. He acquired 24.7027 shares at a price of $40.8414 per share through the company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, based on a prior election to receive part of his director fees in stock. Following this transaction, he directly holds a total of 66,904.8867 common shares, including shares previously acquired under the same dividend reinvestment plan.
German American Bancorp director Christina M. Ryan reported an open-market style purchase of common stock. She acquired 49.4054 shares at an average price of $40.8414 per share and now directly holds 17,382.0848 shares in total.
The filing notes this transaction resulted from a prior election to use a portion of her director compensation to buy stock through the company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, rather than a discretionary cash purchase in the market.
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. director Susan J. Ellspermann reported an open-market style purchase of common stock. She acquired 49.4054 shares on March 17, 2026 at an average price of $40.4814 per share, through a prior election to use a portion of her director compensation in the company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.
Following this transaction, she directly holds a total of 11,788.0597 common shares, which includes additional shares acquired through the same dividend reinvestment plan.
German American Bancorp director Zachary W. Bawel increased his holdings through a planned stock purchase. He bought 24.7027 shares of common stock at $40.4814 per share in an open-market transaction, executed under a prior election to use part of his director compensation in the company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.
After this transaction, he directly owns 24,485.4621 common shares and also has 2,748 shares held indirectly through a revocable trust, which includes additional shares acquired under the same dividend reinvestment plan.