---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-067031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRST"
cik: "0001325670"
company_name: "Primis Financial Corp."
filed_at: "2026-05-27T21:19:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T21:20:44.415323+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Primis Financial elects two new board members; Clagett and Kabbash depart

## Summary
- Robert Clagett and Charles Kabbash did not stand for re-election; terms ended May 21, 2026.
- Scott R. Gamble and J. Brock Saunders were elected to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting on May 21, 2026.
- Gamble brings 38 years banking experience as Principal at Patriot Financial Partners; Saunders is Managing Partner at Mattock Capital.
- Shareholders ratified Crowe LLP as independent auditor for FY2026 and approved non-binding say-on-pay proposal.
- All ten director nominees elected; Gamble appointed to Audit and ALCO, Saunders to Compensation and ALCO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-067031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRST
- cik: 0001325670
- company_name: Primis Financial Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-05-27T21:19:36+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325670/000110465926067031/0001104659-26-067031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325670/000110465926067031/tm2615814d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-067031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-067031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-067031.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 35644d77b6
  claim: Robert Y. Clagett departed as Director at Primis Financial Corp..
  evidence_excerpt: directors Robert Y. Clagett and Charles A. Kabbash did not stand for re-election at the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 21, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325670/000110465926067031/0001104659-26-067031-index.htm
- claim_id: 88eb76b507
  claim: Scott R. Gamble was appointed as Director at Primis Financial Corp..
  evidence_excerpt: the Board appointed Scott R. Gamble to the Company and Bank boards
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325670/000110465926067031/0001104659-26-067031-index.htm
- claim_id: 93348b8327
  claim: Charles A. Kabbash departed as Director at Primis Financial Corp..
  evidence_excerpt: directors Robert Y. Clagett and Charles A. Kabbash did not stand for re-election at the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 21, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325670/000110465926067031/0001104659-26-067031-index.htm

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