ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

a. Financial Statements of Business Acquired

The historical audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Meridian for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 which include the Balance Sheets, Statements of Net Income, Statements of Comprehensive Income, Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements of Meridian for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, which include the unaudited Balance Sheets, Statements of Net Income, Statements of Comprehensive Income, Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2.

b. Pro Forma Financial Information

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated by reference, are the unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements of the Company as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020, giving effect to the Transaction and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

d. Exhibits

The following exhibits are included with this Report.



Exhibit Index



Exhibit #                              Exhibit Description

23.1             Consent of Wolf & Company, P.C. dated January 26, 2022

99.1             Historical audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Meridian
               Bancorp, Inc. at December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for each of the
               years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020 (incorporated
               by reference to pages 65 through 107 of Meridian Bancorp, Inc.'s
               Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (SEC
               file No. 001-36573), filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021).

99.2             Historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements of Meridian
               Bancorp, Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020
               (incorporated by reference to pages 3 through 22 of Meridian
               Bancorp, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
               September 30, 2021 (SEC file No. 001-36573), filed with the SEC on
               November 9, 2021).

99.3             Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
               for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and the nine months
               ended September 30, 2021, and the accompanying notes thereto.

101            The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file
               because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.

104            Cover page interactive data file (formatted as inline XBRL and
               contained in Exhibit 101).

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