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Issuer:     SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC (SBSI)
CIK:        0000705432
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000705432-25-000197
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southside Bancshares CEO Lee R. Gibson to retire Dec 31; President Keith Donahoe named successor
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- Lee R. Gibson will retire as CEO of Southside Bancshares and Southside Bank on Dec 31, 2025, but remain on both boards.
- Keith Donahoe, current President, appointed CEO and President effective Dec 31, 2025.
- Donahoe, 55, has over 30 years banking experience, joined Southside in 2021, previously at Frost Bank for 26 years.
- Gibson will receive standard non-employee director compensation after retirement (no prior separate board comp).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543225000197/0000705432-25-000197-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/705432/000070543225000197/sbsi-20250918.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000705432-25-000197

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