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): ~~January~~March 2225, 2026

LINKBANCORP, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Pennsylvania	001-41505	82-5130531
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1250 Camp Hill Bypass, Suite 202
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania		17011
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

     Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 855 569-2265

    

     Not Applicable

    

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01	LNKB	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 25.0207 ResultsSubmission of OperationsMatters andto Financiala ConditionVote of Security Holders.

On ~~January~~March 2625, 2026, LINKBANCORP, Inc. (~~the~~ “~~Company~~LNKB”) ~~issued~~held a ~~press~~Special ~~release~~Meeting ~~reporting~~of ~~its~~Shareholders ~~financial~~(the “Meeting”). The voting results asfrom ofthe ~~and~~Meeting ~~for~~as to the ~~three~~proposal ~~and~~presented ~~twelve~~to ~~months~~shareholders ~~ended~~were ~~December~~as ~~31, 2025.~~ follows:

PROPOSAL 1: A ~~copy~~proposal ofto approve the ~~press~~Agreement ~~release~~and isPlan ~~attached~~of Merger and accompanying Plan of Merger, dated as ~~Exhibit~~of 99December 18, 2025, by and between Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.1 to(“BHRB”) ~~this~~and ~~report~~LNKB, and isthe ~~being~~other ~~furnished~~transactions tocontemplated by the ~~Securities~~merger ~~and~~agreement, ~~Exchange~~pursuant ~~Commission~~to ~~and~~which ~~shall~~LNKB ~~not~~will bemerge ~~deemed~~with ~~filed~~and ~~for~~into ~~any~~BHRB ~~purpose~~(the “LNKB merger proposal”).

Item 8.01 Other Events.


	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
Common Stock	27,030,504.89	109,013.019	36,833.226	-

OnThe ~~January~~LNKB ~~22,~~merger ~~2026,~~proposal ~~the~~was ~~Board~~approved ofby ~~Directors~~LNKB ofshareholders. ~~LINKBANCORP,~~In ~~Inc.~~connection (with the ~~“Company”)~~Meeting, ~~declared~~LNKB aalso ~~quarterly~~solicited ~~cash~~proxies ~~dividend~~with ofrespect ~~$0.075~~to ~~per~~a ~~share~~proposal to adjourn the Meeting, ~~payable~~if onnecessary ~~March~~or 16appropriate, ~~2026~~in tothe ~~shareholders~~event there were not sufficient votes in favor of ~~record~~the LNKB merger proposal at the ~~close~~time of ~~business~~the onMeeting. ~~February~~Because 27the shareholders approved the LNKB merger proposal at the Meeting, ~~2026.~~the adjournment proposal was not submitted to the shareholders.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 25, 2026, LNKB and BHRB issued a joint press release announcing that, at special meetings of their respective shareholders held on March 25, 2026, LNKB and BHRB shareholders approved the merger of LNKB with and into BHRB, with BHRB as the surviving corporation pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and accompanying Plan of Merger, dated as of December 18, 2025. The closing of the proposed merger remains subject to regulatory approvals and certain other customary closing conditions. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired. None. (b) Pro forma financial information. None. (c) Shell company transactions. None. (d) Exhibits. 99.1 Press release dated ~~January~~March 2625, 2026 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded in the cover page formatted in Inline XBRL)

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 thereunto duly authorized.

			LINKBANCORP, INC.
Date:	~~January~~March 2625, 2026	By:	/s/ Carl D. Lundblad
			Carl D. LundbladPresident

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