---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-022482"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKSH"
cik: "0000796534"
company_name: "NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:21:41.431638+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director William A. Peery retires; board size reduced from 14 to 13

## Summary
- William A. Peery retired from the Boards of National Bankshares and its subsidiary Bank effective July 8, 2024.
- Retirement is for personal reasons and not related to any disagreement with company operations or policies.
- Board of Directors amended Bylaws to decrease number of directors from 14 to 13, effective July 10, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-022482
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKSH
- cik: 0000796534
- company_name: NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924022482/0001437749-24-022482-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924022482/nksh20240709_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022482
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022482.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022482.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William A. Peery retired as Director at NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 8, 2024, William A. Peery, a director of National Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and The National Bank of Blacksburg (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, notified the Company and the Bank that he is retiring from the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank effective as of July 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796534/000143774924022482/0001437749-24-022482-index.htm

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