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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

FORM 11-K

 
   
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

   
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period fromto

Commission File No. 0-16772

A.
 
Full title of the plan and address of the plan:

Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
138 Putnam Street, P.O. Box 738
Marietta, Ohio 45750
Attn: The Retirement Planning Committee

B.
 
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and address of its principal executive office:

Peoples Bancorp Inc.
138 Putnam Street, P.O. Box 738
Marietta, Ohio 45750



SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 

 
     
PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
 
     
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
 
         
Date: June 19, 2007
 
By:   /s/
JOHN E. DAKESIAN
 
     
John E. Dakesian
 
     
Chairperson, Retirement Plan Committee
 




Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
 
EIN 31-0987416 PN 002
 
Accountants’ Report and Financial Statements
 
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
December 31, 2006 and 2005

                Contents
 
 
1
         
 
Financial Statements
     
   
2
   
3
   
4
         
 
Supplemental Schedule
     
   
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



Plan Administrator
Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Marietta, Ohio


We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
The accompanying supplemental schedule is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
 
/s/
BKD, LLP
 
 
BKD, LLP
 


Cincinnati, Ohio
June 14, 2007

Federal Employer Identification Number:  44-0160260
 

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Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits      
December 31, 2006 and 2005


 
                Assets
 
 
2006
 
2005
       
Investments, at fair value
$        24,364,355
 
$    22,392,505
       
Employer’s contributions receivable
17,225
 
10,308
       
Net Assets Available for Benefits
$        24,381,580
 
$    22,402,813

            

See Notes to Financial Statements 2
Page 2 

Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005


 
2006
 
2005
Investment Income
     
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
$    1,580,508
 
$        1,169,596
Interest and dividends
821,875
 
467,165
       
Net investment income
2,402,383
 
1,636,761
       
Contributions
     
Employer
680,966
 
641,666
Participants
1,353,995
 
1,258,577
Rollovers
187,122
 
229,406
       
 
2,222,083
 
2,129,649
       
Total additions
4,624,466
 
3,766,410
       
Deductions
     
Benefits paid to participants
2,588,791
 
1,683,539
Administrative expenses
56,908
 
50,551
       
Total deductions
2,645,699
 
1,734,090
       
       
Net Increase
1,978,767
 
2,032,320
       
Net Assets Available for Benefits, Beginning of Year
22,402,813
 
20,370,493
       
Net Assets Available for Benefits, End of Year
$            24,381,580
 
$      22,402,813
       

                                            

See Notes to Financial Statements 3
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Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements 
    December 31, 2006 and 2005

Note 1.              
Description of the Plan
 
The following description of the Plan provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the Plan Document and Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions, which are available from the plan administrator.
 
 
General
 
The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by Peoples Bancorp Inc. (Company) for the benefit of its full-time employees who have at least one hour of service and are age 21 or older.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  AMVESCAP National Trust Company is the trustee and serves as the custodian of the Plan.
 
 
Contributions
 
The Plan permits eligible employees through a salary deferral election to make annual contributions of up to 100% of eligible compensation.  Employee rollover contributions are also permitted.  The Company makes matching contributions of 100% of the employees’ salary deferral amounts up to 3% of the employees’ compensation and 50% of the employees’ salary deferral amounts on the next 2% of the employees’ compensation.  Company profit-sharing contributions are discretionary as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.  Contributions are subject to certain limitations.  Forfeitures are used to reduce Company contributions.
 
 
Participant Investment Account Options
 
Investment account options available include various funds.  Each participant has the option of directing his contributions into any of the separate investment accounts and may change the allocation daily.
 
The Plan document also includes an automatic deferral feature whereby a participant is treated as electing to defer a certain percentage of eligible compensation unless the participant made an affirmative election otherwise.
 
 
Participant Accounts
 
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s contribution and plan earnings and is charged with an allocation of administrative expenses.  Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined.  The benefits to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 

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Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 
Vesting
 
Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contributions and the Company’s profit sharing and matching contributions plus earnings thereon.
 
 
Payment of Benefits
 
Upon termination of service, an employee may elect to receive either a lump-sum amount equal to the value of his account or a monthly, quarterly, or annual installments over a period of not more than the participant’s assumed life expectancy.
 
 
Participant Loans
 
The Plan document includes provisions authorizing loans from the Plan to active eligible participants.  Loans are made to any eligible participant demonstrating a qualifying need.  The minimum amount of a loan shall be $1,000.  The maximum amount of a participant’s loan is determined by the available loan balance restricted to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s vested account balance.  All loans are covered by demand notes and are repayable over a period not to exceed five years (except for loans for the purchase of a principal residence) through payroll withholdings unless the participant is paying the loan in full.  Interest on the loans is based on local prevailing rates as determined by the plan administrator.
 
 
Plan Termination
 
Although it has not expressed an intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan, subject to the provisions of ERISA.
 
 
Note 2.              
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
 
Method of Accounting
 
The accompanying financial statements are prepared on the accrual method of accounting.
 
 
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Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005

 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets and changes in net assets and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
 
Valuation of Investments and Income Recognition
 
Quoted market prices, if available, are used to value investments.  Participant loans are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.
 
The investments in Peoples Bancorp Inc. Common Stock, has been unitized and is comprised of cash and Peoples Bancorp Inc. Common Stock.  The Plan holds between 3% and 5% of these units in cash in order to provide liquidity for timely distributions.  At December 31, 2006 and 2005 these units are comprised of 246,965 and 268,837 shares of Peoples Bancorp Inc. Common Stock and cash of $262,107 and $375,685, respectively.
 
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.  Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
 
 
Plan Tax Status
 
The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on January 30, 2004, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan and related trust, as then designed, were in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and therefore not subject to tax.
 
 
Payment of Benefits
 
Benefit payments to participants are recorded upon distribution.
 
 
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 Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan       
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005  

Note 3.              
Investments
 
The Plan’s investments are held by a bank-administered trust.  The Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold and held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in fair value are presented in the following table.  Investments that represented 5% or more of the Plan’s assets are separately identified.
 
 
2006
 
Net Appreciation in Fair Value During Year
 
Fair Value
at End of Year
Investments at fair value as determined by quoted market price
     
Mutual funds
     
Columbia Acorn-Z
$             102,857
 
$           2,193,975
Neuberger Berman International
140,391
 
1,317,494
American Growth Fund of America
74,103
 
1,585,623
Dodge & Cox Common Stock
155,763
 
1,682,233
Dodge & Cox Balanced
148,270
 
2,438,674
Other
68,920
 
1,900,723
Common/collective trust funds
     
INVESCO 500 Index Trust
295,764
 
2,175,713
INVESCO Stable Value Trust
588
 
2,026,182
Other
79,838
 
1,094,463
Peoples Bancorp Inc. common stock units
514,014
 
7,645,276
       
 
1,580,508
 
24,060,356
       
Investments at cost which approximates market
     
Participant loans
––
 
303,999
       
Total investments
$          1,580,508
 
$         24,364,355

 

   
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Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
 

 
 
2005 
 
Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Fair Value During Year
 
Fair Value
at End of Year
Investments at fair value as determined by quoted market price
     
Mutual funds
     
Columbia Acorn-Z Fund
$             116,683
 
$       2,110,752
Neuberger Berman International
159,209
 
1,181,011
American Growth Fund of America
123,434
 
1,222,184
Dodge & Cox Common Stock
60,855
 
1,284,637
Dodge & Cox Balanced
46,580
 
1,944,220
Dreyfus Mid Cap Index
47,134
 
1,146,569
Other
(57,374)
 
469,008
Common/collective trust funds
     
INVESCO 500 Index Trust
86,062
 
1,909,988
INVESCO Stable Value Trust
––
 
1,885,650
Other
57,776
 
946,530
Peoples Bancorp Inc. common stock units
529,237
 
8,047,126
       
 
1,169,596
 
22,147,675
       
Investments at cost which  approximates market
     
Participant loans
––
 
244,830
       
Total investments
$          1,169,596
 
$     22,392,505

 
Interest and dividends realized on the Plan’s investments for the years ended 2006 and 2005 were $821,875 and $467,165, respectively.
 

 
Note 4.              
Party-in-Interest Transactions
 
Party-in-interest transactions include those with fiduciaries or employees of the Plan, any person who provides services to the Plan, an employer whose employees are covered by the Plan, an employee organization whose members are covered by the Plan, a person who owns 50 percent or more of such employer or employee association, or relatives of such persons.
 
The Plan holds common stock of Peoples Bancorp Inc., which is the plan sponsor.  The Plan also invests in certain funds of the Plan trustee.  The Plan paid $56,908 and $47,844 of recordkeeping fees to AMVESCAP National Trust Company during 2006 and 2005, respectively.  The Company provides certain administrative services at no cost to the plan.
 

         
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Supplemental Schedule
 
 
 
 
 
 

Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan       
EIN 31-0987416 PN 002
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2006  

 
Identity of Issuer
Description of Investment
Current Value 
     
American Century Strategic Allocation Conservative Fund
     22,454 Units
$      127,542
American Century Strategic Allocation Moderate Fund
     22,693 Units
159,081
American Century Strategic Allocation Aggressive Fund
     47,735 Units
397,158
Columbia Acorn-Z Fund
     73,846 Units
2,193,975
Neuberger Berman International
     49,013 Units
1,317,494
*Invesco 500 Index Trust
     57,711 Units
2,175,713
*Invesco Structured Small Cap Value Equity Trust
      3,457 Units
449,230
*Invesco Core Fixed Income Trust
     18,850 Units
645,233
*Invesco Stable Value Trust
2,026,182 Units
2,026,182
*Peoples Bancorp Inc. Common Stock Units
   417,319 Units
7,645,276
American Growth Fund of America
     48,239 Units
1,585,623
Dodge & Cox Common Stock Fund
     10,962 Units
1,682,233
Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund
     28,005 Units
2,438,674
Dreyfus Mid Cap Index
     38,317 Units
1,120,786
American Funds Capital Income
       1,573 Units
96,156
Participant loans
Interest rates ranging from 6.00% to 10.25%
303,999
     
   
$              24,364,355
     
*Parties-in-interest
   


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