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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G/A</submissionType>
    <previousAccessionNumber>0001145443-25-000276</previousAccessionNumber>
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      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP -->
          <cik>0001086888</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
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      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



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      <amendmentNo>3</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001478454</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>26942G100</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>1400 PROSPECT AVE.</com:street1>
          <com:street2>P.O. BOX 4999</com:street2>
          <com:city>Helena</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MT</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>59604</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
      </designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Manulife Financial Corporation</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>Z4</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>0.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
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      <typeOfReportingPerson>HC</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <reportingPersonName>MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (US) LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>404555.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>404555.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>404555.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.08</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <reportingPersonName>Manulife Investment Management Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>Z4</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>1505.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>1505.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>1505.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>0.02</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>FI</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>1400 Prospect Avenue Helena, MT 509601 United States</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This filing is made on behalf of Manulife Financial Corporation ("MFC") and MFC's indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries, Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC ("MIM (US)") and Manulife Investment Management Limited ("MIML")</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>The principal business offices of MFC and MIML are located at 200 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4W 1E5.
The principal business office of MIM (US) is located at 197 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>MFC and MIML are organized and exist under the laws of Canada.
MIM (US) is organized and exists under the laws of the State of Delaware.</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>HC</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>FI</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <otherTypeOfPersonFiling>FI</otherTypeOfPersonFiling>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>MIM (US) has beneficial ownership of 404,555 shares of Common Stock and MIML has beneficial ownership of 1,505 shares of Common Stock. Through its parent-subsidiary relationship to MIM (US) and MIML, MFC may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of these same shares.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>Of the 7,952,177 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2025, according to the Form 10-Q filed by the issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2025, MIM (US) held 5.08% and MIML held 0.02%.</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>Incorporated by reference to Item 5 of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>Incorporated by reference to Item 6 of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>Incorporated by reference to Item 7 of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>Incorporated by reference to Item 8 of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>See Items 3 and 4 above.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foreign regulatory scheme applicable to MIML, is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institution(s). I also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <exhibitInfo>EXHIBIT A - JOINT FILING AGREEMENT</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Manulife Financial Corporation</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Graham Miller</signature>
        <title>Graham Miller / Agent*</title>
        <date>02/12/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (US) LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Paul Donahue</signature>
        <title>Paul Donahue / Chief Compliance Officer</title>
        <date>02/10/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Manulife Investment Management Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Christopher Walker</signature>
        <title>Christopher Walker / Chief Compliance Officer</title>
        <date>02/04/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureComments>NOT Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See ss.240.13d-7 for other parties for whom copies are to be sent.

Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)</signatureComments>
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