# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001297107
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-177286
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 5921
**Document Hash:** 791964462331d3abe168095fa24f9f6c
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-177286.hdr.sgml**: 20260424

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-177286

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 9

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260423

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260424

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260424

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001297107
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 571184730
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42730
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26894162

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 400 GALLERIA PKWY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1900
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30339
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 678-396-4605

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 400 GALLERIA PKWY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1900
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30339

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Coastal South Bancshares Inc
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20040713

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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## FORM 8-K

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**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 23, 2026<br>

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COASTALSOUTH BANCSHARES, INC.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Georgia | 001-42730 | 57-1184730 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 400 Galleria Parkway<br>Suite 1900 |  |  |
| Atlanta**,** Georgia |  | 30339 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (678) 396-4605<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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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 230.425)

☐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 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share | COSO | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

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## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 23, 2026, CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). Of the 11,853,258 shares of voting common stock of the Company outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, 8,894,030 shares, or 75.79% of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The final voting results of each of the proposals voted on by the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting are described below:

***Proposal 1 – Election of Directors:*** To elect eleven directors each to serve a one-year term ending at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2027.

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| **Director** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| James S. MacLeod | 7586229 | 265450 | 1132351 |
| John G. Aldridge, Jr. | 6521195 | 1330484 | 1132351 |
| L. Scott Askins | 7371220 | 480459 | 1132351 |
| Ernst W. Bruderer | 7229851 | 621828 | 1132351 |
| J. Simon Fraser | 7228319 | 623360 | 1132351 |
| Patrick M. Frawley | 7842100 | 9579 | 1132351 |
| Mark A. Griffith | 7582615 | 269064 | 1132351 |
| Michael B. High | 5927906 | 1923773 | 1132351 |
| James N. Richardson, Jr. | 7255976 | 595703 | 1132351 |
| Stephen R. Stone | 7832217 | 19462 | 1132351 |
| Joseph V. Topper, Jr. | 7846482 | 5197 | 1132351 |

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***Proposal 2 – Ratification of Auditors:*** To ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

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| **Accounting Firm** | **Votes For** | **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Votes Against** | **Abstain** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Elliott Davis, LLC |  | 8,979,430 |  | 4,600 |  | - |  | - |

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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.

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|  |  |  | **CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.** |
| Date: | April 24, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Stephen R. Stone |
|  |  |  | Stephen R. Stone<br>President and Chief Executive Officer |

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