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
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