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  0001021210
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000318300
  Peoples Bancorp Inc.
  000-16772
  138 Putnam Street
  P.O. Box 738
  Marietta
  OH
  45750
  7403733155
  Carol Schneeberger
  Director
  Common shares, without par value
  Raymond James
  880 Carillion Parkway
  St Petersburg
  FL
  33716
  3000
  85440
  35364250
  11/08/2023
  NASDAQ
  Common shares, without par value
  01/29/2018
  Restricted Stock Vested
  Carol Schneeberger
  N
  3000
  01/29/2018
  Cash
  Y
  11/08/2023
  04/28/2023
  Carol Schneeberger