---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-25-003876"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLND"
cik: "0001883814"
company_name: "Southland Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T22:47:04.934842+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southland Holdings director Kyle Burtnett resigns; Texas Senator Tan Parker appointed to board

## Summary
- Kyle Burtnett resigned as director on May 15, 2025 to pursue other opportunities, no disagreement with management.
- Board appointed Tan Parker as Class I director on May 19, 2025, filling the vacant seat and restoring board to seven members.
- Tan Parker is a Texas State Senator, chairs Senate Republican Caucus, and has private equity and venture capital experience.
- Mr. Parker was not appointed to any committees; will participate in standard non-employee director compensation plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-25-003876
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLND
- cik: 0001883814
- company_name: Southland Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883814/000182912625003876/0001829126-25-003876-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883814/000182912625003876/southland_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-25-003876.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kyle Burtnett resigned as Director at Southland Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 15, 2025, Kyle Burtnett gave the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Southland Holdings, Inc. (“Southland” or the “Company”) notice of his resignation as a Director of Southland.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883814/000182912625003876/0001829126-25-003876-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tan Parker was appointed as Class I director at Southland Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On May 19, 2025, the Board appointed Tan Parker as a Class I director to fill Mr. Burtnett’s vacant seat, thereby bringing the number of directors on the board back to seven, effective as of May 19, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883814/000182912625003876/0001829126-25-003876-index.htm

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