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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000705432-22-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBSI"
cik: "0000705432"
company_name: "SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T08:25:08.895389+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southside Bancshares shareholders elect six directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders elected six directors to three-year terms expiring in 2025: Bosworth, Dacus, Frailey, Gibson, Henderson, Thedford.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 21,071,495 for, 1,169,316 against, 195,214 abstain.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2022 approved: 26,033,974 for, 235,056 against, 95,628 abstain.
- Quorum of 26,364,658 shares (81.48% of outstanding) represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000705432-22-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBSI
- cik: 0000705432
- company_name: SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543222000078/0000705432-22-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543222000078/sbsi-20220518.htm

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