Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 5, 2021, American National Bankshares Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that H. Gregg Strader, the Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of the Company and the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, American National Bank and Trust Company (the "Bank"), will retire effective December 31, 2021. Mr. Strader's decision to retire is not the result of any disagreement with the Company or the Bank regarding their respective operations, policies or practices.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 5, 2021, in the same press release issued with respect to H. Gregg Strader's retirement noted in Item 5.02 above, the Company also announced that in connection with such retirement Rhonda P. Joyce has been promoted to serve as the Bank's Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Banking - Commercial and Alex Jung will join the Bank on November 15, 2021 as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Banking - Consumer and Financial Services.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



   Exhibit No.    Description
      99.1          Press release, dated October 5, 2021.
       104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline
                  XBRL document).



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