# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000705432
**File Stem:** 0000705432-25-000213
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 4727
**Document Hash:** c134d2c0b7bfb5b15f1aa2a61968e887
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000705432-25-000213.hdr.sgml**: 20251124

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000705432-25-000213

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251124

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251124

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000705432
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 751848732
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** TX
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42396
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251510353

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1201 S BECKHAM
- **CITY:** TYLER
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75701
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9035317111

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1201 S BECKHAM
- **CITY:** TYLER
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75701

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SOBANK INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-A**

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE**

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**

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| **SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES, INC.** |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |

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| **Texas** | **75-1848732** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| **1201 South Beckham Avenue, Tyler, Texas** | **75701** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |

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

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| Title of each class to be so registered | Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered |
| Common Stock, $1.25 par value per share | NYSE Texas, Inc. |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ⌧

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e) , check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: <u>Not applicable</u>

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

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| **None** |
| (Title of class) |

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Registration Statement on Form 8-A is being filed by Southside Bancshares, Inc. (the "<u>Company</u>") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") in connection with the dual listing of its common stock, $1.25 par value per share (the "<u>Common Stock</u>"), with NYSE Texas, Inc. (the "<u>NYSE Texas</u>") under the ticker symbol "<u>SBSI</u>". The Common Stock is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "<u>SBSI</u>".

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.**

The description of the Common Stock, as may be amended from time to time, contained in Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2025, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

We expect the listing and trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE Texas to commence on November 25, 2025 under the symbol "<u>SBSI</u>".

**Item 2. Exhibits.**

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Company are registered on the NYSE Texas, Inc., and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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| | | **Southside Bancshares, Inc.** |
| Date: November 24, 2025 | By: | /s/ Lee R. Gibson |
|  |  | Lee R. Gibson |
|  |  | Chief Executive Officer |

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