Why EFSI was halted on Sep 8 2026: merger agreement announced
EFSI+0.0%on Tue Sep 8 2026
Eagle Financial Services Inc Common Stock was up 0.0% on the day at $41.91, ranked #1240 on — its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this trading halt at 08:25 ET during the pre-market session when it was halted.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 1 EVENT
- 08:25 ETHALT · PRE-MARKET
HALTED AT $41.91 · ▲ 0.0% ON THE DAY · — 5M RVOL · RANK #1240
JUSTIFIEDCONFIDENCE4/5Eagle Financial Services announced a definitive all-stock merger agreement with John Marshall Bancorp, with EFSI shareholders receiving 2.00 JMSB shares per EFSI share. The pre-market move of under 2% is modest and consistent with a merger where the exchange ratio is fixed, limiting further upside from arbitrage.
WHYA definitive, board-approved merger agreement is a major fundamental catalyst, yet the stock is only up 1.8%, a proportionate and even understated reaction given fixed-ratio deal terms.ANALYZED 09:03 ET · <1 MIN AGO · ANTHROPIC/CLAUDE-SONNET-5THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 08:25 ET
LAST41.91DAY▲ 0.0%5 MIN· 0.00%5M RVOL—5M $VOL—FLOAT*5.4MRANK#1240SESSIONPRE-MARKETVWAP41.95HOD41.91LOD41.91OR HIGH—OR LOW—PREV CLOSE41.90PM HIGH41.91PM LOW41.91GAP▲ 0.02% (indicated)* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
— MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO
THE SESSION
- 08:25 ETHalted (T3); resumed 09:00 ET, after 35 minutes
- 09:30 ETOpened at $42.76, +2.0% on the previous close of $41.90
- 09:30 ETRegular-session low, $42.76
- 10:13 ETRegular-session high, $46.95
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $46.30, +10.5% on the previous close of $41.90
- Volume: 85K shares in regular hours, 3K before the open
EFSI was halted at 08:25 ET near $41.91, flat on the day, and TapeRank tied the pause to a definitive all-stock merger agreement with John Marshall Bancorp under which EFSI holders would receive 2.00 JMSB shares per share, calling the reaction justified with confidence 4 of 5. Trading resumed at 09:00 ET, and the stock opened the regular session at $42.76, matching the session low, before climbing to a high of $46.95 at 10:13 ET. It closed out the day near $46.30, finishing the regular session up about 10.5% from the prior close.
WRITTEN THU OCT 15 2026 17:42 ET BY ANTHROPIC/CLAUDE-SONNET-5 FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE
FILINGS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE
No SEC filings in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on an unfiled press release shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.
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