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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000318300
  Peoples Bancorp inc.
  000-16772
  138 Putnam Street
  Marietta
  OH
  45750
  7403733155
  Carol Schneeberger
  Director
  Peoples Bancorp
  Raymond James
  880 Carillion Parkway
  St Petersburg
  FL
  33716
  1000
  30.20
  35670204
  03/10/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common
  06/30/2015
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  Carol Schneeberger
  N
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  Cash
  N
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  Whipple
  OH
  45788
  Peoples Bancorp Inc
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  OH
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  Peoples Bancorp Inc
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  OH
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