BUZZ-Peoples Bancorp shares fall due to all-stock merger deal with Capital Bancorp

September 30 - ** Peoples Bancorp PEBO.O shares fell 6.6% in premarket trading to $36.3

** The company (link) announced it will acquire Capital Bancorp CBNK.O in an all-stock transaction valued at $728.1 million, or $43.75 per share

** CBNK shares jumped 8.7% to $38.8

** CBNK shareholders will own about 32% of the combined entity and will receive 1.1 PEBO shares for each CBNK share they own

** As of the previous trading session's close, PEBO stock was up 29.4% so far this year, while CBNK was down 22.9%

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