 MARIETTA, Ohio, July 23, 2021 PRNewswire -- Peoples Bancorp Inc. Peoples Nasdaq: PEBO, parent company of Peoples Bank, announced today that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals for the merger between Peoples and Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc. Premier Nasdaq: PFBI, with Peoples as the surviving corporation the Merger, and for the mergers between Peoples Bank and Premiers wholly owned subsidiary banks, Citizens Deposit Bank and Trust, Inc. and Premier Bank, Inc., with Peoples Bank as the surviving bank. Peoples also announced that the Agreement and Plan of Merger the Merger Agreement dated as of March 26, 2021 between Peoples and Premier, was approved by Peoples shareholders on July 22, 2021. 