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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 29, 2025

 

 

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

Texas

0-07674

75-0944023

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission
File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

400 Pine Street, Abilene, Texas 79601

 

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

 

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number (325) 627-7155

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 203.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2 (b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13 e-4 (c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

FFIN

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 


 


ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

(a) On April 29, 2025, the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company was held in Abilene, Texas.

(b) The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the annual meeting:

(1) The following directors were elected at the annual meeting to hold office until the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, and the respective number of votes cast for and withheld are as follows:

 

Director

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

Vianei Lopez Braun

 

 

101,938,137

 

 

 

3,839,613

 

David L. Copeland

 

 

101,695,066

 

 

 

4,082,684

 

Sally Pope Davis

 

 

105,437,110

 

 

 

340,640

 

Michael B. Denny

 

 

105,526,297

 

 

 

251,453

 

F. Scott Dueser

 

 

103,322,638

 

 

 

2,455,112

 

Murray H. Edwards

 

 

99,928,185

 

 

 

5,849,565

 

Geoff Haney

 

 

105,626,875

 

 

 

150,875

 

Eli Jones, Ph.D.

 

 

105,442,410

 

 

 

335,340

 

I. Tim Lancaster

 

 

98,442,394

 

 

 

7,335,356

 

Kade L. Matthews

 

 

103,908,676

 

 

 

1,869,074

 

Robert C. Nickles

 

 

102,049,263

 

 

 

3,728,487

 

Blake Poutra

 

 

105,564,167

 

 

 

213,583

 

Johnny E. Trotter

 

 

101,416,959

 

 

 

4,360,791

 

 

There were 19,707,973 broker non-votes.

(2) The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 by a vote of 124,325,983 for, 1,065,995 against and 93,745 abstained. There were no broker non-votes.

(3) The shareholders approved the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the shareholders of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis compensation tables and narrative discussion,”

by a vote of 99,820,259 for, 5,454,002 against and 503,489 abstained. There were 19,707,973 broker non-votes.

 


 

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

 

Attached as exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K is the press release dated April 29, 2025 announcing items discussed and the results of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and the Company.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

99.1 Press Release dated April 29, 2025

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

DATE: April 29, 2025

By:

/s/ F. Scott Dueser

 

 

F. SCOTT DUESER

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer