---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-060944"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GSBC"
cik: "0000854560"
company_name: "GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:36:34.417167+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Great Southern Bancorp holds 2024 annual meeting; all proposals pass

## Summary
- Elected directors Thomas J. Carlson, Debra M. Hart, and Joseph W. Turner to three-year terms.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 7,627,308 For, 345,979 Against, 27,869 Abstentions.
- Shareholders voted for an annual advisory vote on executive compensation (One Year received 7,267,573 votes).
- Ratification of FORVIS, LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 passed (9,330,378 For, 158,037 Against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-060944
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GSBC
- cik: 0000854560
- company_name: GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854560/000110465924060944/0001104659-24-060944-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854560/000110465924060944/tm2414371d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Election of three directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: 1) Election of three directors, each for a term of three years: Number of Shares Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Thomas J. Carlson 6,705,488 1,295,668 1,494,676 Debra Mallonee (Shantz) Hart 7,619,984 381,172 1,494,676 Joseph W. Turner 7,927,665 73,491 1,494,676
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854560/000110465924060944/0001104659-24-060944-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: 2) Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation: Number of Shares Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 7,627,308 345,979 27,869 1,494,676 The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854560/000110465924060944/0001104659-24-060944-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as Bancorp’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: 4) Ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as Bancorp’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: Number of Shares Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 9,330,378 158,037 7,417 --- The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854560/000110465924060944/0001104659-24-060944-index.htm

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