Public Notice

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CONTROL OF A BANK HOLDING COMPANY
Notice is hereby given by the Applicant, Wesbanco, Inc. (“Wesbanco”), One Bank Plaza, Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003, intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire 25 percent or more of the shares and thereby control of Premier Financial Corp. (“Premier”), 601 Clinton Street, Defiance, OH 43512, with Wesbanco being the surviving entity thereof. Premier Financial Corp. controls Premier Bank, 275 W. Federal St., Youngstown, Ohio 44503.
The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the notice. You are invited to submit comments in writing on this application/notice to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114 or via e-mail:
comments.applications@ clev.frb.org. The comment period will not end before October 24, 2024, and may be somewhat longer. The Board’s procedures for processingapplications/ notices may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Board’s procedures, or if you need more information about how to submit your comments on the notice,
contact Richard Ryan Schilling, Banking Supervisor, at (513) 455-4406. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the notice if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last date of the
comment period. The public is also invited to submit written comments regarding this Application to the
West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions. Write: Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions, 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 306, Charleston, WV 25302.
INT-Sept 24, 2024.