UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 2012

 
PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
 
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Ohio
 
0-16772
 
31-0987416
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission File
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
Number)
 
Identification Number)

 
138 Putnam Street, PO Box 738
 
 
 
 
Marietta, Ohio
 
45750-0738
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
 
(740) 373-3155
 

 
Not applicable
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 


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Item 8.01    Other Events
As previously disclosed in "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the Notes to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Quarter Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012, Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples") and its consolidated subsidiaries adopted new accounting guidance regarding the presentation of other comprehensive income (“OCI”) on January 1, 2012, as required by FASB Accounting Standard Update 2011-05, as amended by Accounting Standard Update 2011-12. This new guidance, among other things, requires companies to present, on a retrospective basis, the components of net income and OCI either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements.
As a result of the adoption, the components of OCI are presented in a separate statement following the Consolidated Statements of Income. Peoples is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the impact of the adoption of this new accounting guidance on its historical consolidated financial statements included in the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The following table presents selected components of the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for Peoples for each of the three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 and should be read in conjunction with the information in the Peoples' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011:
 
 
For the Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)
 
2011
2010
2009
Net income
 
$
12,555

$
5,581

$
4,190

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
Available-for-sale investment securities:
 
 
 
 
Gross unrealized holding gain (loss) arising in the period
 
15,053

(18,174
)
26,573

Related tax (expense) benefit
 
(5,269
)
6,361

(9,301
)
Non-credit losses arising on securities during the period
 


(166
)
Related tax benefit
 


58

Less: reclassification adjustment for net gain (loss) included in net income
 
473

5,066

(6,261
)
Related tax (expense) benefit
 
(166
)
(1,773
)
2,190

Net effect on other comprehensive income (loss)
 
9,477

(15,106
)
21,235

Defined benefit plans:
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) gain arising during the period
 
(6,448
)
1,640

1,151

Related tax benefit (expense)
 
2,257

(574
)
(403
)
Amortization of unrecognized loss and service cost on pension plan
 
891

155

148

Related tax expense
 
(312
)
(55
)
(52
)
Net effect on other comprehensive (loss) income
 
(3,612
)
1,166

844

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
 
5,865

(13,940
)
22,079

Total comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
18,420

$
(8,359
)
$
26,269







SIGNATURES


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.
                    

 
 
 
PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
August 3, 2012
By:/s/
EDWARD G. SLOANE
 
 
 
 
Edward G. Sloane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer