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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-201035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001118004"
company_name: "BANCPLUS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:13:39.129458+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BancPlus shareholders approve board declassification, remove supermajority voting; declares $0.53 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Shareholders approved declassification amendment to phase out classified board by 2028; all directors elected annually thereafter.
- Supermajority voting requirement eliminated for certain articles; now subject to standard Mississippi corporate law.
- Six Class I directors elected: Eugene Webb Jr., Staci Tyler, Charles White, David Barksdale, Margaret Peaster, Scott Polakoff.
- Board declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.53/share, payable June 15, 2026 to shareholders of record May 15, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-201035
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001118004
- company_name: BANCPLUS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1118004/000119312526201035/0001193125-26-201035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1118004/000119312526201035/ck0001118004-20260428.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-201035.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1a370bef71a1c080d4b8a8c3bfcb5d9645163a8f
  claim: BANCPLUS CORP: Amended articles to phase out classified board over three years beginning 2026 (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on April 28, 2026, BancPlus Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to phase out the classified structure of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) over a three‐year period, beginning with the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and concluding at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time all directors will be elected annually (the “Declassification Amendment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1118004/000119312526201035/0001193125-26-201035-index.htm
- claim_id: 96043276ac497fec961cd3db7db7c4b6c33c6ae7
  claim: BANCPLUS CORP: Amended articles to eliminate supermajority voting requirement in Article Fourteenth (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: At the same meeting, the Company also approved an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting requirement set forth in Article Fourteenth thereof (the “Supermajority Amendment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1118004/000119312526201035/0001193125-26-201035-index.htm
- claim_id: dd5f0a1a1a16b1db92ea119a4733423936c10377
  claim: BANCPLUS CORP: Adopted Amended and Restated By-Laws effective April 28, 2026, covering principal office, shareholder meetings, board structure, and governance (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: In addition, effective as of April 28, 2026, the Board approved and adopted the Company’s Amended and Restated By‐Laws (the “Amended and Restated By‐Laws”), which implement the following changes: Principal Office • Clarified that the Company’s principal office is located in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and that the Company may establish additional offices or branches as determined by the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1118004/000119312526201035/0001193125-26-201035-index.htm

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