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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">34-1558688</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 East Water Street, Sandusky, Ohio 44870 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dennis G. Shaffer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 East Water Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sandusky, Ohio 44870</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Anthony D. Weis, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>52 East Gay Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Columbus, Ohio 43215</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(614)&nbsp;464-5465</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(419) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">625-4121</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed by
Civista Bancshares, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), for the purpose of registering a total of 450,000 of its Common Shares, without par value, to be issued pursuant to the Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be sent or given to participants in the Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this
Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Commission allows the Registrant to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; in this Registration Statement the information in documents that
the Registrant files with the Commission, which means that important information can be disclosed by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement. The following
document, filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000095017024031472/civb-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000095017024056931/civb-20240331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (excluding any
information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof, and any associated exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524133814/d811830d8k.htm">May&nbsp;8,
 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524123860/d831798d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
30, 2024</A> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524123784/d806092d8k.htm">two reports</A>), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524117971/d799403d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
26, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524100769/d816814d8k.htm">April&nbsp;18, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524099075/d799838d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
17, 2024</A> (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524099072/d805588d8k.htm">two reports</A>), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524089611/d790685d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
8, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524066819/d741869d8k.htm">March&nbsp;13, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524055933/d786442d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
1, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524042132/d748305d8k.htm">February&nbsp;22, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524027632/d771923d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
8, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524022844/d649428d8k.htm">February&nbsp;2, 2024</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312524004366/d109924d8k.htm">January&nbsp;8, 2024</A>;
and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares, without par value (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;),
contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000156459021013168/civb-ex42_176.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2020, filed on March&nbsp;15, 2021, and as amended by any subsequent amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents which may be filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), Section&nbsp;13(c), Section&nbsp;14 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be made a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> or any exhibit thereto, was or is furnished to, rather than filed with, the
Commission, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document, all or a portion of
which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Description of Securities</U>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Ohio General Corporation Law </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division
(E)&nbsp;of&nbsp;1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code grants corporations broad powers to indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents. Division (E)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1701.13 provides: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with such action, suit, or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the
person had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the
person had reasonable cause to believe that the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;A corporation may indemnify or agree to
indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following:
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person&#146;s duty to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite
the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to section&nbsp;1701.95 of the Revised Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter in the action, suit, or proceeding, the person shall be indemnified against expenses, including
attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) Any
indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that indemnification of the director, trustee, officer,
employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section. Such determination shall be made as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the indemnifying corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened
with the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If the quorum described in division
(E)(4)(a) of this section is not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has
been retained by or who has performed services for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past five years;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) By the
shareholders; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) By the court of common pleas or the court in which the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or
(2)&nbsp;of this section was brought. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any determination made by the disinterested directors under division (E)(4)(a) or by independent
legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2) of this section, and, within ten days after
receipt of such notification, the person shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of that determination. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5)&nbsp;(a) Unless at the time of a director&#146;s act or omission that is the subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, the articles or the regulations of a corporation state, by specific reference to this division, that the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation and unless the only liability asserted
against a director in an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section is pursuant to section&nbsp;1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by a director in defending
the action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director in which the director
agrees to do both of the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Repay that amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent
jurisdiction that the director&#146;s action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in defending
any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, may be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the directors
in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay that amount, if it ultimately is determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) The indemnification or advancement of expenses authorized by this section shall not be exclusive of, and shall be in
addition to, any other rights granted to those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their
official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of that person. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the articles or the regulations shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to that
provision after the occurrence of the act or omission that becomes the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the
provision in effect at the time of that act or omission explicitly authorizes that elimination or impairment after the act or omission has occurred. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters of
credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or
agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any
such capacity, or arising out of the person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against that liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in
which the corporation has a financial interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8) The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to division (E)(1) or
(2)&nbsp;of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7)&nbsp;of this section. Divisions (E)(1) and
(2)&nbsp;of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6), or (7). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(9) As used in division (E)&nbsp;of this section, &#147;corporation&#148; includes all constituent entities in a consolidation or merger and
the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this
section with respect to the new or surviving corporation as the person would if the person had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Articles and Code of Regulations </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Article EIGHTH of the Registrant&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Articles (the &#147;Articles&#148;), the Registrant has the
power to indemnify its present and past directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted under Title 17 of the Ohio Revised Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article VIII of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (the &#147;Code of Regulations&#148;) provides that the
Registrant will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to any suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or </P>
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was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a bank, or other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. In order to
receive indemnification, the person must have acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interest of the Registrant. With regard to any criminal action or proceeding, the Registrant
will indemnify the person if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant will not indemnify a person with respect to such person&#146;s willful misconduct. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a condition precedent to the Registrant providing such indemnification, the person to be indemnified must (i)&nbsp;promptly notify the
Registrant of any actual or potential action, suit or proceeding, (ii)&nbsp;except with respect to a criminal proceeding, authorize and permit the Registrant, in its sole discretion, to choose any legal counsel to defend and otherwise handle the
action, suit or proceeding and related matters, (iii)&nbsp;except with respect to a criminal proceeding, permit the Registrant to assume total, complete and exclusive control of the action, suit or proceedings and all related proceedings and
matters, and (iv)&nbsp;in all respects, cooperate with the Registrant and its counsel in the defense and/or settlement of the action, suit or proceeding and in the prosecution and/or settlement of any counterclaims, cross-claims and defenses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indemnification provided by the Registrant&#146;s Code of Regulations is not exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking
indemnification may be entitled, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. In addition, such indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
trustee, officer or employee and will inure to the benefit of such person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Insurance </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registrant&#146;s Articles provide that, upon the vote of a majority of its Board of Directors, Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance
for the purpose of indemnifying its directors, officers, employees and agents to the extent that such indemnification is allowed under the Articles. Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance policies that insure its directors and officers
against certain liabilities that might be incurred by them in their capacities as directors and officers. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Exhibits</U>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents listed in the Index to Exhibits that immediately precedes the &#147;Signatures&#148; page of this Registration Statement are
filed with this Registration Statement as exhibits or incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, in each case as noted. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Undertakings</U>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective registration statement; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to provisions described in Item 6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000119312518328960/d609004dex31.htm">Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated and filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;16, 2018 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-36192)).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944745/000156459017022715/civb-ex32_301.htm">Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report
 on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the period ended September&nbsp;30, 2017, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;8, 2017 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-36192)).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d830108dex51.htm">Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d830108dex101.htm">Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d830108dex231.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (FORVIS, LLP). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d830108dex51.htm">Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Registrant.</B> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dennis G. Shaffer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dennis G. Shaffer, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May&nbsp;24, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dennis G. Shaffer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Todd A. Michel</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> on behalf of each of the directors of the Registrant identified above pursuant to Powers of Attorney executed by the directors identified above, which Powers of Attorney are filed with this Registration
Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> as Exhibit 24.1. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
34-1558688
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
100 East Water Street, Sandusky, Ohio 44870
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Dennis G. Shaffer
100 East Water Street
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copy to:
Anthony D. Weis, Esq.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
52 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Tel:
(614) 464-5465
(419)
625-4121
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "Registration Statement") is being filed by
Civista Bancshares, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), for the purpose of registering a total of 450,000 of its Common Shares, without par value, to be issued pursuant to the Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form
S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this
Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(this "Registration Statement") or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The Commission allows the Registrant to "incorporate by reference" in this Registration Statement the information in documents that
the Registrant files with the Commission, which means that important information can be disclosed by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement. The following
document, filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof
•
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2024;
•
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2024;
•
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
(excluding any
information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof, and any associated exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on
May 8,
 2024
,
April 
30, 2024
(
two reports
),
April 
26, 2024
,
April 18, 2024
,
April 
17, 2024
(
two reports
),
April 
8, 2024
,
March 13, 2024
,
March 
1, 2024
,
February 22, 2024
,
February 
8, 2024
,
February 2, 2024
, and
January 8, 2024
;
and
•
the description of the Registrant's Common Shares, without par value (the "Common Shares"),
contained in
Exhibit 4.2
of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2020, filed on March 15, 2021, and as amended by any subsequent amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
All documents which may be filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), Section 13(c), Section 14 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be made a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form
8-K,
or any exhibit thereto, was or is furnished to, rather than filed with, the
Commission, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document, all or a portion of
which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item
5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Ohio General Corporation Law
Division
(E) of 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code grants corporations broad powers to indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents. Division (E) of Section 1701.13 provides:
(1) A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a
limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with such action, suit, or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the
person had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the
person had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.
(2) A corporation may indemnify or agree to
indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following:
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(a) Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person's duty to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite
the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper;
(b) Any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code.
(3) To the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter in the action, suit, or proceeding, the person shall be indemnified against expenses, including
attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.
(4) Any
indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that indemnification of the director, trustee, officer,
employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section. Such determination shall be made as follows:
(a) By a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the indemnifying corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened
with the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section;
(b) If the quorum described in division
(E)(4)(a) of this section is not obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has
been retained by or who has performed services for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past five years;
(c) By the
shareholders;
(d) By the court of common pleas or the court in which the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or
(2) of this section was brought.
Any determination made by the disinterested directors under division (E)(4)(a) or by independent
legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2) of this section, and, within ten days after
receipt of such notification, the person shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of that determination.
(5) (a) Unless at the time of a director's act or omission that is the subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the articles or the regulations of a corporation state, by specific reference to this division, that the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation and unless the only liability asserted
against a director in an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a director in defending
the action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director in which the director
agrees to do both of the following:
(i) Repay that amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent
jurisdiction that the director's action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation;
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(ii) Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.
(b) Expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent in defending
any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the directors
in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay that amount, if it ultimately is determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation.
(6) The indemnification or advancement of expenses authorized by this section shall not be exclusive of, and shall be in
addition to, any other rights granted to those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their
official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of that person. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the articles or the regulations shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to that
provision after the occurrence of the act or omission that becomes the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the
provision in effect at the time of that act or omission explicitly authorizes that elimination or impairment after the act or omission has occurred.
(7) A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters of
credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or
agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any
such capacity, or arising out of the person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against that liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in
which the corporation has a financial interest.
(8) The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to division (E)(1) or
(2) of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions (E)(1) and
(2) of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6), or (7).
(9) As used in division (E) of this section, "corporation" includes all constituent entities in a consolidation or merger and
the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this
section with respect to the new or surviving corporation as the person would if the person had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
Articles and Code of Regulations
Pursuant to Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Articles (the "Articles"), the Registrant has the
power to indemnify its present and past directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted under Title 17 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Article VIII of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (the "Code of Regulations") provides that the
Registrant will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to any suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or
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was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a bank, or other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. In order to
receive indemnification, the person must have acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interest of the Registrant. With regard to any criminal action or proceeding, the Registrant
will indemnify the person if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Registrant will not indemnify a person with respect to such person's willful misconduct.
As a condition precedent to the Registrant providing such indemnification, the person to be indemnified must (i) promptly notify the
Registrant of any actual or potential action, suit or proceeding, (ii) except with respect to a criminal proceeding, authorize and permit the Registrant, in its sole discretion, to choose any legal counsel to defend and otherwise handle the
action, suit or proceeding and related matters, (iii) except with respect to a criminal proceeding, permit the Registrant to assume total, complete and exclusive control of the action, suit or proceedings and all related proceedings and
matters, and (iv) in all respects, cooperate with the Registrant and its counsel in the defense and/or settlement of the action, suit or proceeding and in the prosecution and/or settlement of any counterclaims, cross-claims and defenses.
The indemnification provided by the Registrant's Code of Regulations is not exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking
indemnification may be entitled, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. In addition, such indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
trustee, officer or employee and will inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators.
Insurance
Registrant's Articles provide that, upon the vote of a majority of its Board of Directors, Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance
for the purpose of indemnifying its directors, officers, employees and agents to the extent that such indemnification is allowed under the Articles. Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance policies that insure its directors and officers
against certain liabilities that might be incurred by them in their capacities as directors and officers.
Item
7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item
8.
Exhibits
.
The documents listed in the Index to Exhibits that immediately precedes the "Signatures" page of this Registration Statement are
filed with this Registration Statement as exhibits or incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, in each case as noted.
Item
9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to provisions described in Item 6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Name of Exhibit
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current
 Report on Form
8-K
dated and filed with the Commission on November 16, 2018 (File
No. 001-36192)).
4.2
Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report
 on Form
10-Q
for the period ended September 30, 2017, filed with the Commission on November 8, 2017 (File
No. 001-36192)).
5.1†
Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.
10.1†
Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan
23.1†
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (FORVIS, LLP).
23.2†
Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1†
Powers of Attorney
107.1†
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
†
Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Sandusky, State of Ohio, on May 24, 2024.
CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/ Dennis G. Shaffer
Dennis G. Shaffer, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 24, 2024.
Signature
Title
/s/ Dennis G. Shaffer
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dennis G. Shaffer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Todd A Michel
Senior Vice President, Controller (Principal
Todd A. Michel
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Darci Congrove*
Director
Darci Congrove
/s/ Mark Macioce*
Director
Mark Macioce
/s/ Julie A. Mattlin*
Director
Julie A. Mattlin
/s/ James O. Miller*
Director
James O. Miller
/s/ Dennis E. Murray, Jr.*
Director
Dennis E. Murray, Jr.
/s/ Mary Patricia Oliver*
Director
Mary Patricia Oliver
/s/ Clyde A. Perfect, Jr.*
Director
Clyde A. Perfect, Jr.
/s/ Harry Singer*
Director
Harry Singer
/s/ Nathan E. Weaks*
Director
Nathan E. Weaks
/s/ Lorina W. Wise*
Director
Lorina W. Wise
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Signature
Title
/s/ Gerald B. Wurm*
Director
Gerald B. Wurm
*
The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
on behalf of each of the directors of the Registrant identified above pursuant to Powers of Attorney executed by the directors identified above, which Powers of Attorney are filed with this Registration
Statement on Form
S-8
as Exhibit 24.1.
/s/ Dennis G. Shaffer
Attorney-in-Fact
May 24, 2024
Dennis G. Shaffer
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