
FORM10-K ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscalyear ended December 31, 2025Or☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period fromto Pennsylvania 9 Old Lincoln Highway, Malvern,Pennsylvania 19355(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)(484) 568-5000(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section12(b)of the Act: Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule405 of the Securities Act.☐Yes☒No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90days.☒Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit suchfiles).☒Yes☐No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or anemerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growthcompany” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 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 newor revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section13(a)of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of theSarbanes-Oxley Act (15 USC. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that preparedor issued its audit report.☒Yes☐No If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in thefiling reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensationreceived by the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Act).☐Yes☒No The approximate aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $123,587,730 as of June30, 2025 based upon the lastsales price in which our common stock was quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market on June 30, 2025. As of March9, 2026 there were 11,875,178 shares of common stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, are incorporated by reference into PartIII of thisAnnual Report on Form10-K. FOR THE FISCALYEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025TABLE OF CONTENTSPagePART IItem 1.Business5Item 1A.Risk Factors15Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments24Item 1C.Cybersecurity24Item 2.Properties25Item 3.Legal Proceedings25Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures25PART IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities26Item 6.[Reserved]26Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations26Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk38Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data41Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure91Item 9A.Controls and Procedures92Item 9B.Other Information92Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections92PART IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance92Item 11.Executive Compensation93Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters93Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence93Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services93PART IVItem 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules93Item 16.Form 10-K Summary94Signatures and Power of Attorney94 Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms The acronyms, abbreviations, and terms listed below are used in various sections of this report. As used throughout this report, theterms "Meridian", “we”, “our”, or “us” refer to Meridian Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context otherwiserequires. PARTI Cautionary State