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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Eastern Bankshares (EBC)

Eastern Bankshares completes Cambridge Bancorp merger and names new CFO David Rosato

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

Eastern Bankshares completed its merger with Cambridge Bancorp shortly before midnight on July 12, 2024. Cambridge shareholders will receive about 39.2 million shares of Eastern common stock, which increases the number of shares outstanding. The company also named R. David Rosato as Chief Financial Officer, starting August 1, 2024, succeeding James B. Fitzgerald.

Key points

  • Merger completed July 12, 2024; each Cambridge share converted into 4.956 Eastern shares
  • Cambridge shareholders to receive an aggregate of approximately 39.2 million Eastern shares
  • R. David Rosato appointed CFO, expected to start August 1, 2024, with $550,000 annual base salary
  • James B. Fitzgerald transitions out of CFO role and will serve in an advisory capacity for an interim period

The filing

CompanyEastern Bankshares (EBC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 15, 2024, 8:24 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-24-178841

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 15, 2024.

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