Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market for Common Stock
German American Bancorp, Inc.’s stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol GABC.
The Common Stock was held of record by approximately 2,988 shareholders at February 23, 2026.
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150 Royall St., Suite 101
Canton, MA 02021
(800) 884-4225 Shareholder
Information: German American Bancorp, Inc.
P.O. Box 810
Jasper, Indiana 47547-0810
(812) 482-1314
(800) 482-1314
Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the Company’s five-year cumulative total returns with those of the Russell 2000 Stock Index, Russell Microcap Stock Index, and the Indiana Bank Peer Group. The Indiana Bank Peer Group (which is a custom peer group identified by Company management) includes all Indiana-based commercial bank holding companies (excluding companies owning thrift institutions that are not regulated as bank holding companies) that have been in existence as commercial bank holding companies throughout the five-year period ended December 31, 2025, the stocks of which have been traded on an established securities market (NYSE, NYSE American or Nasdaq) throughout that five-year period. The companies comprising the Indiana Bank Peer Group for purposes of the December 2025 comparison were: 1st Source Corporation, First Financial Corporation, First Merchants Corporation, Lakeland Financial Corporation, Old National Bancorp, Horizon Bancorp, Inc., First Internet Bancorp, First Savings Financial Group, Inc., First Capital, Inc., Merchants Bancorp, and Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. The returns of each company in the Indiana Bank Peer Group have been weighted to reflect the company’s market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Stock Index, which is designed to measure the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe, is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index (which measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies) that includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities in that index based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership, and is annually reconstituted at the end of each June. The Russell Microcap Stock Index is an index representing the smallest 1,000 securities in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index plus the next 1,000 securities, which is also annually reconstituted at the end of each June. The Company’s stock is currently included in the Russell 2000 Index and Russell Microcap Index.
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Stock Repurchase Program Information
The following table sets forth information regarding the Company’s purchases of its common shares during each of the three months ended December 31, 2025.
Period Total Number of Shares
(or Units) Purchased Average Price Paid Per Share (or Unit) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)
Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
October 2025 — $ — — 1,000,000
November 2025 — — — 1,000,000
December 2025 — — — 1,000,000
Totals — $ — —
(1) The Company’s Board of Directors has previously approved a plan to repurchase up to 1.0 million shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. On a share basis, the amount of common stock subject to the repurchase plan represented approximately 3% of the Company’s outstanding shares on the date it was approved. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the plan, and the plan may be discontinued at any time. The actual timing, number and share price of shares purchased under the repurchase plan will be determined by the Company at its discretion and will depend upon such factors as the market price of the stock, general market and economic conditions and applicable legal requirements. The Company has not repurchased any shares under this repurchase plan.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
See Item 12 of Part III of this Report for information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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