Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets · Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements · Other Events
ITEM 2.01 COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS Effective July 1, 2026, Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (‘Richmond’), the holding company of First Bank Midwest (formerly First Bank Richmond), completed its previously announced merger with The Farmers Bancorp, Frankfort, Indiana (‘Farmers’), the holding company of The Farmers Bank, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dat…
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Indiana, is the holding company for First Bank Midwest, a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial and trust services within its local communities through its branch locations in Cambridge City, Centerville, Fishers, Frankfort, Kirklin, Lebanon, Michigantown, Mulberry, Noblesville, Richmond, Rossville, Shelbyville, Sheridan, Tipton, and Westfield, Indiana, and its locations in Columbus, Sidney, Piqua, and Troy, Ohio.
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Item 2.01Item 2.01 - Completion of Acquisition
ITEM 2.01 COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION
OF ASSETS
Effective July 1, 2026,
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (‘Richmond’), the holding company of First Bank Midwest (formerly First Bank Richmond),
completed its previously announced merger with The Farmers Bancorp, Frankfort, Indiana (‘Farmers’), the holding company
of The Farmers Bank, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 11, 2025 (the ‘Merger Agreement’).
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Farmers merged with and into Richmond (the ‘Merger’), with Richmond as the surviving
corporation. Immediately following the Merger, The Farmers Bank merged with and into First Bank Richmond (the ‘Bank Merger’).
In connection with the Bank Merger, First Bank Richmond was renamed First Bank Midwest and continued as the surviving bank.
Each share of common stock
of Farmers outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the ‘Effective Time’) converted into the right
to receive 3.40 shares of Richmond common stock, par value $0.01 per share (‘Richmond Common Stock’) (together with cash,
without interest, in lieu of any fractional shares, collectively, the ‘Merger Consideration’), based on an exchange ratio
of 3.40 (the ‘Exchange Ratio’).
At the Effective Time: (i) each
unvested restricted stock unit award of Farmers automatically vested, and the underlying shares became outstanding and entitled to receive
the Merger Consideration, less applicable tax withholding; and (ii) each unvested performance share award of Farmers was terminated
and settled in cash based on the target award levels immediately prior to the Effective Time.
As a result of the Merger,
at the Effective Time, Richmond issued a total of 6,254,357 shares of Richmond Common Stock, before giving effect to cash paid in lieu
of fractional shares.
The
foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the full text of the Merger Agreement, included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K that Richmond filed on
November 12, 2025, and incorporated herein by reference. The issuance of shares of Richmond common stock in connection with
the Merger was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-294527) filed by Richmond with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘SEC’) and declared effective on April 3, 2026 (the
‘Registration Statement’). The joint proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement (the ‘Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus’) contains additional information about the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
Item 5.02Item 5.02 - Departure/Election of Directors
ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
Increase in Size of Board; Appointment of
New Directors
At
the Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the boards of directors of Richmond and First Bank Midwest were expanded from six
to eleven directors. The expanded boards consist of the six directors serving on the boards of Richmond and First Bank Richmond immediately
prior to the Effective Time and five former directors of Farmers and The Farmers Bank immediately prior to the Effective Time. As previously
disclosed, the five directors previously designated by Richmond and Farmers pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of whom previously
served as a director of Farmers and The Farmers Bank and was appointed to the boards of directors of Richmond and First Bank Midwest,
effective as of the Effective Time, are as follows: Christopher D. Cook (Class I), James D. Moore (Class I), Barbara
A. Cutillo (Class II), Thomas D. Crawford (Class II) and Daniel J. Lahrman (Class III), all former directors of Farmers
(each, a ‘New Director’ and, collectively, the ‘New Directors’). Information regarding the New Directors required
by Item 5.02(d), including their business experience and certain relationships and transactions, is incorporated herein by reference
to the section entitled ‘Governance of the Combined Company and Combined Bank After the Merger’ and ‘Information Regarding
Certain Directors and Executive Officers of Farmers Bancorp’ in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Board committees to which
each of the new directors will be appointed have not yet been determined.
Each of the non-employee
New Directors will be entitled to the same general compensation arrangement as is provided to the other non-employee directors of
Richmond and First Bank Midwest. A description of this arrangement is contained under the heading ‘Director Compensation’
in Part III of Richmond’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2026, and is incorporated herein
by reference.
Other than as described
above and in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, there are no arrangements or understandings between any of the new directors and any
other person pursuant to which any of the New Directors have been designated to serve on the Richmond and First Bank Midwest boards.
Additionally, there are no transactions, and there are no currently proposed transactions, between Richmond and any of the New Directors
that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Appointment of Vice
Chairman
As previously disclosed,
effective as of the Effective Time, Barbara A. Cutillo, the former chairman of the Farmers board of directors, was appointed as Vice
Chair of the Richmond and First Bank Midwest boards. Garry D. Kleer will continue to serve as Chairman of both the Richmond and First
Bank Midwest boards.
Officer Appointments and
Compensatory Arrangements
As previously disclosed,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement and effective as of the Effective Time, Garry D. Kleer ceased serving as President of Richmond and Chief
Executive Officer of First Bank Richmond and continues to serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Richmond. Christopher D. Cook,
the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Farmers, was appointed President of Richmond and President and Chief Executive Officer
of First Bank Midwest. Paul J. Witte ceased serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of First Bank Richmond and was appointed
Indiana Market President of First Bank Midwest. Carroll A. Valentino, the former Chief Operations Officer of Farmers, was appointed Chief
Operations Officer of First Bank Midwest. Chad L. Kozuch, the former Chief Financial Officer of Farmers, was appointed Chief Risk Officer
of First Bank Midwest.
In connection with their
appointments, Mr. Cook, Ms. Valentino and Mr. Kozuch entered into change in control agreements with Richmond and First
Bank Midwest and became eligible to participate in employee benefit, incentive compensation, equity compensation and other compensation
arrangements generally available to similarly situated executive officers. The change in control agreements generally provide for severance
and other benefits upon certain qualifying terminations of employment occurring in connection with or following a change in control,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. The foregoing description of the change in control agreements is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the forms of agreement filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to Richmond's Registration Statement on Form S-4
(File No. 333-294527), which are incorporated herein by reference. Additional information regarding compensatory arrangements involving
certain executive officers in connection with the Merger is contained under the heading ‘Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger’
in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01Item 8.01 - Other Events
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On July 1, 2026, Richmond
issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
is incorporated herein by reference.
Filed exhibits (1)
EX-99.1 (by filename) tm2619360d1_ex99-1.htm
EX-99.1
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tm2619360d1_ex99-1.htm
EXHIBIT 99.1
Exhibit 99.1
RICHMOND MUTUAL BANCORPORATION, INC. ANNOUNCES
COMPLETION OF MERGER WITH THE FARMERS BANCORP, FRANKFORT, INDIANA
RICHMOND, IN, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond
Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBI) (‘Richmond’), the holding company of First Bank Midwest (formerly First Bank
Richmond), announced today that effective July 1, 2026 it has completed its previously announced merger with The Farmers Bancorp,
Frankfort, Indiana (‘Farmers’). As a result of the merger, each share of Farmers common stock outstanding immediately
prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into the right to receive 3.40 shares of Richmond common stock. Cash will be
paid in lieu of fractional shares. Richmond expects to issue approximately 6,254,357 shares of Richmond common stock to the shareholders
of Farmers upon surrender of their outstanding shares.
‘We are pleased to announce the completion of our merger with
Farmers and can now officially welcome this talented group of bankers to the Richmond team,’ said Garry D. Kleer, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Richmond. He continued, ‘Today marks an important milestone …