---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000705432-23-000217"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBSI"
cik: "0000705432"
company_name: "SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T07:39:10.931160+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southside Bancshares appoints two Directors Emeritus; Sheehy and Buie to serve as non-voting members

## Summary
- William Sheehy appointed Director Emeritus effective Jan 1, 2024; served on board since 1983, retired at 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Herbert C. Buie appointed Director Emeritus effective as of the 2024 Annual Meeting (May 15, 2024); retiring after 36 years on board due to mandatory age policy.
- Both will be non-voting, non-compensated members of the Board and of Southside Bank's board.
- Buie's term ends at the 2024 Annual Meeting; Sheehy already retired from active board service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000705432-23-000217
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBSI
- cik: 0000705432
- company_name: SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543223000217/0000705432-23-000217-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543223000217/sbsi-20231221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000705432-23-000217.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Herbert C. Buie was appointed as Director Emeritus at SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director Emeritus
  source text: In addition, on December 21, 2023, the Board appointed Herbert C. Buie as Director Emeritus, effective as of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543223000217/0000705432-23-000217-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Sheehy was appointed as Director Emeritus at SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director Emeritus
  source text: On December 21, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Southside Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed William Sheehy as Director Emeritus, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543223000217/0000705432-23-000217-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.