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

Effective August 24, 2022, the Boards of Directors of Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") and Great Southern Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Bank"), appointed Steven D. Edwards as a director of the Company and the Bank, with his service to commence September 1, 2022. Mr. Edwards also was named to the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees of the Company's Board. Mr. Edwards will serve in the class of the Company's directors whose terms will expire at the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.

Mr. Edwards will generally be entitled to the same compensation arrangement as is provided to the other non-employee directors of the Company and the Bank. This arrangement is described under the heading "Directors' Compensation" in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022 , which description is incorporated herein by reference.

Mr. Edwards recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of CoxHealth, a community-based, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, and currently serves as a consultant to CoxHealth. Since January 1, 2021, the Bank has made charitable donations to CoxHealth totaling $219,172, including a $100,000 donation to help establish CoxHealth's COVID-19 vaccine call-in line for senior citizens.

A copy of a press release issued by the Company on August 25, 2022, announcing the appointments of Mr. Edwards is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits



   99.1     Press release dated August 25, 2022
 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)




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