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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (ESQ)

Esquire Financial completes Signature Bancorporation merger; combined assets $4.8 billion

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

Esquire Financial Holdings completed its merger with Signature Bancorporation effective August 1, 2026, with Signature Bank now operating as a division of Esquire Bank. The filing says each Signature share converted into 2.671 Esquire shares, and the combined company reports approximately $4.8 billion in total assets, $3.3 billion in loans and $4.0 billion in deposits as of June 30, 2026, which expands Esquire's Chicago and Midwest commercial banking presence.

Key points

  • Merger completed effective August 1, 2026; each Signature common share converted into 2.671 Esquire common shares
  • Combined company reports about $4.8 billion in total assets, $3.3 billion in loans and $4.0 billion in total deposits (as of June 30, 2026)
  • Board expanded to ten directors; Michael G. O'Rourke (Signature CEO) and Leonard S. Caronia (Signature board chairman) appointed
  • O'Rourke named President of Signature, a division of Esquire Bank, under an employment agreement and a lock-up agreement

The filing

CompanyEsquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (ESQ)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 3, 2026, 8:55 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-089537

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed5.02 Director / Officer Change8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 8:38 AM ET, from this filing 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 August 03, 2026.

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