---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-061056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001058867"
company_name: "GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC /TX/"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:43:06.713381+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Guaranty Bancshares annual meeting passes all proposals: directors, say-on-pay, auditor

## Summary
- James S. Bunch, Sondra Cunningham, and Christopher B. Elliott elected as Class III directors with over 4.9M, 6.0M, and 4.9M votes for, respectively.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 5.84M votes for (91.5% of votes cast).
- Ratification of Whitley Penn LLP as auditor approved with 8,383,155 for (99.5%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-061056
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001058867
- company_name: GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC /TX/
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058867/000095017024061056/0000950170-24-061056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058867/000095017024061056/gnty-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-061056.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1ac0cae365d8339605d70a70ccba698f1a16ec6e
  claim: GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC /TX/ shareholders approved Election of Class III directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The shareholders of the Company elected the individuals listed below to serve as Class III directors for the Company's Board of Directors to serve until the Company's 2027 annual meeting of shareholders by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058867/000095017024061056/0000950170-24-061056-index.htm
- claim_id: fcbcfde1fc3fe84a41ab25e05a9f3496e54b6545
  claim: GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC /TX/ shareholders approved Ratification of Whitley Penn LLP as independent auditor at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The shareholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Whitley Penn 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/1058867/000095017024061056/0000950170-24-061056-index.htm
- claim_id: ff34cc76fd5551ad9689c9298db61d28e4023aa5
  claim: GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC /TX/ shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The shareholders of the Company approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058867/000095017024061056/0000950170-24-061056-index.htm

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