---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFBS"
cik: "0001430723"
company_name: "ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T16:10:17.240267+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ServisFirst Bancshares appoints Kirk Pressley as EVP of Strategic Planning

## Summary
- Kirk Pressley, former CFO of BBVA USA (2015-2021), named EVP of Strategic Planning at ServisFirst Bank.
- Base salary set at $361,000 with a guaranteed cash bonus of 30% of base due in February 2024.
- Received 10,000 restricted stock units vesting over five years.
- Entered a Change in Control Agreement providing severance of 2x base salary plus average bonus if terminated within two years after a change in control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFBS
- cik: 0001430723
- company_name: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001043/0001157523-23-001043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001043/a53435125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001043
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kirk Pressley was appointed as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning at ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning
  source text: On Monday, June 26, 2023, ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), announced the appointment of Mr. Kirk Pressley, 57, as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning at ServisFirst Bank (the “Bank”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323001043/0001157523-23-001043-index.htm

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