---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-047661"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQBK"
cik: "0001227500"
company_name: "EQUITY BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:22:55.605729+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Bancshares shareholders approve 1M share increase in equity plan, elect directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved First Amendment to 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 1,000,000.
- Four Class II directors elected: Kevin E. Cook, Brad S. Elliott, Junetta M. Everett, Gregory H. Kossover, terms to 2027 annual meeting.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 7,228,943 for, 3,070,329 against, 37,006 abstain.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent auditor for 2024 approved with 12,478,625 for, 96,792 against, 95,406 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-047661
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQBK
- cik: 0001227500
- company_name: EQUITY BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017024047661/0000950170-24-047661-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017024047661/eqbk-20240423.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017024047661/0000950170-24-047661-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The stockholders of the Company approved, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017024047661/0000950170-24-047661-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The stockholders of the Company elected the individuals listed below to serve as Class II members of the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017024047661/0000950170-24-047661-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved First Amendment to the Equity Bancshares, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The stockholders of the Company approved the First Amendment to the Equity Bancshares, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under such plan by the vote set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227500/000095017024047661/0000950170-24-047661-index.htm

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