---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-015909"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQBK"
cik: "0001227500"
company_name: "EQUITY BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:15:24.304217+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Bancshares COO Greg Kossover resigns executive roles, remains on board

## Summary
- Gregory H. Kossover resigned as EVP of Company and EVP & COO of Equity Bank, effective April 25, 2023.
- He will stay on the Board of Directors and continue on the Risk and Loan Committees.
- Kossover served since 2013 (CFO then COO) and helped grow assets from ~$1B to over $5B across 66 locations.
- No successor for COO role has been announced; company expanded leadership team with CFO, CCO, General Counsel, CRO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-015909
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQBK
- cik: 0001227500
- company_name: EQUITY BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017023015909/0000950170-23-015909-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017023015909/eqbk-20230425.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-015909
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-015909.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory H. Kossover resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at EQUITY BANCSHARES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 25, 2023, Gregory H. Kossover notified Equity Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") of his intent to resign from his position as Executive Vice President of the Company and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Equity Bank, and his retirement from banking.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017023015909/0000950170-23-015909-index.htm

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