---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-016868"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKSH"
cik: "0000796534"
company_name: "NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T23:53:21.824838+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Bankshares increases board size from 12 to 13 directors

## Summary
- Board adopted amendment to Article II, Section 2.2 of Bylaws effective May 14, 2024.
- Director count increased from 12 to 13 members.
- No other changes to Bylaws; amendment is a standard governance update.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-016868
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKSH
- cik: 0000796534
- company_name: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924016868/0001437749-24-016868-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924016868/nksh20240513_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-016868
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-016868.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC: Increased the number of directors from 12 to 13 (effective 2024-05-14).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-05-14
  source text: On May 14, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted amendments to Article II, Section 2.2 of the Company’s Bylaws, effective immediately, to (i) increase the number of directors of the Company from 12 to 13.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924016868/0001437749-24-016868-index.htm

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