---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-017302"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKSH"
cik: "0000796534"
company_name: "NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:12:24.395238+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# National Bankshares announces annual meeting voting results: directors elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Stockholders elected five Class 1 directors (Ball, Dye, Miller, Ramsey, Reynolds) each with over 3.1M votes for.
- Lutheria H. Smith elected as Class 3 director for two-year term with 3,132,260 votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 3,041,016 for (94.1% of votes cast).
- Ratification of Yount, Hyde & Barbour as auditor approved with 4,527,738 for (99.2% of votes cast).
- Quorum of 77.44% of outstanding shares represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-017302
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKSH
- cik: 0000796534
- company_name: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924017302/0001437749-24-017302-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924017302/nksh20240515c_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-017302.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 31bec63a78b2a2e553bc9ba3c3c50cd12d95f274
  claim: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of five Class 1 directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The stockholders elected five Class 1 directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924017302/0001437749-24-017302-index.htm
- claim_id: 7ef0deb949f200ac80afcb057a616f94f1340883
  claim: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The stockholders voted to ratify the Company’s Board of Directors’ appointment of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. to serve as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924017302/0001437749-24-017302-index.htm
- claim_id: a6ec79582fd9d823846850b2761bd2ae294921ec
  claim: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of one Class 3 director at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The stockholders elected one Class 3 director to serve a two year term expiring at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924017302/0001437749-24-017302-index.htm
- claim_id: b80c0b06e35315ad3676d7333343730ffa467044
  claim: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC shareholders approved Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The stockholders approved a (non-binding) advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924017302/0001437749-24-017302-index.htm

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