Merchants Bancorp filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 17, 2025, Merchants Bancorp (the “Company”) appointed Darin Thomas, 57, as its Chief Accounting Officer. In his role, Mr. Thomas will assume the duties of principal accounting officer from Sean A. Sievers, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Thomas served as Controller at Barclays’ United States Consumer Bank from 2019 to 2025, where he managed financial processes, including financial accounting, accounting policy, and reporting. Mr. Thomas has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Missouri-Columbia and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
There are no family relationships between Mr. Thomas and any director or executive officer of the Company, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Further, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Thomas and any other person pursuant to which he was selected to become the principal accounting officer of the Company.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MERCHANTS BANCORP | ||
| Date: March 20, 2025 | By: | /s/ Terry Oznick |
| Name: Terry Oznick | ||
| Title: General Counsel and Secretary | ||