---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-011927"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFBX"
cik: "0000770460"
company_name: "PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/"
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T05:39:25.465962+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Financial shareholders elect all six board nominees, defeat dissident candidate

## Summary
- Each of the six management director nominees received ~2.5-2.6M For votes; opposition nominee Rodney H. Blackwell received 1.57M For.
- Dissident Blackwell's For votes were far below needed threshold; all company nominees elected to one-year terms.
- Ratification of auditor Postlethwaite and Netterville passed with 3,649,053 For (88.4% of votes cast).
- Voter turnout: 4,134,020 shares represented out of 4,678,186 outstanding (88.4% quorum).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-011927
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFBX
- cik: 0000770460
- company_name: PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/770460/000143774923011927/0001437749-23-011927-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/770460/000143774923011927/pfbx20230501_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS According to the tabulation of voting results, the following is a record of votes cast with respect to the election of Ronald G. Barnes, Padrick D. Dennis, Jeffrey H. O’Keefe, Paige Reed Riley, George J. Sliman, III and Chevis C. Swetman, each for a one-year term: For Withheld Board of Directors' Nominees: Ronald G. Barnes 2,606,985 1,514,962 Padrick D. Dennis 2,614,973 1,514,778 Jeffrey H. O'Keefe 2,572,943 1,556,964 Paige Reed Riley 2,615,988 1,513,898 George J. Sliman, III 2,618,496 1,511,390 Chevis C. Swetman 2,530,201 1,599,746 Opposition Nominee: Rodney H. Blackwell 1,573,284 2,425,338
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/770460/000143774923011927/0001437749-23-011927-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Postlethwaite and Netterville as Independent Registered Public Accountants at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF POSTLETHWAITE AND NETTERVILLE According to the tabulation of voting results, the shareholders ratified the appointment of Postlethwaite and Netterville as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstain 3,649,053 480,924 4,043
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/770460/000143774923011927/0001437749-23-011927-index.htm

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