---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000705432-24-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBSI"
cik: "0000705432"
company_name: "SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:01:49.194356+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southside Bancshares shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay; Vice-Chair retirement and appointment

## Summary
- Board elected S. Elaine Anderson, Kirk Calhoun, Patricia Callan, Bob Garrett for 3-year terms; Tony Morgan for 1-year term.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved with 18.9M votes for, 1.1M against.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for 2024 with 24.2M votes for.
- Donald Thedford retired as Vice-Chair; H.J. Shands III appointed Vice-Chair effective immediately.
- Shands has served as director since 2017 and was former President/CEO of First Bank & Trust East Texas.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000705432-24-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBSI
- cik: 0000705432
- company_name: SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543224000075/0000705432-24-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543224000075/sbsi-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000705432-24-000075.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9831e578949132baa27f53992b82bca504b407b8
  claim: SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Say-on-Pay Vote at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 - Say-on-Pay Vote Shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as described in the Company's proxy statement. Final results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 18,855,915 1,090,682 108,416 4,353,821
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543224000075/0000705432-24-000075-index.htm
- claim_id: a409b7ebc5ffbe1a9af94632c08730b9b8d176ca
  claim: SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm Shareholders ratified the appointment by the Company's Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered certified public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. Final results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 24,182,143 220,966 5,725 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543224000075/0000705432-24-000075-index.htm
- claim_id: d5ff6d062efb2968826a2590dcdeaebcc1a0438d
  claim: SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors Shareholders approved the election of four directors to serve for three-year terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and one director to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Final results were as follows: Term Expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes S. Elaine Anderson, CPA 19,336,603 718,410 4,353,821 Kirk A. Calhoun, M.D 19,506,531 548,482 4,353,821 Patricia A. Callan 18,588,008 1,467,005 4,353,821 John R. (Bob) Garrett 19,094,959 960,054 4,353,821 Term Expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting: Tony K. Morgan, CPA 19,270,796 784,217 4,353,821
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543224000075/0000705432-24-000075-index.htm

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