# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001058867
**File Stem:** 0000950170-23-003800
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 7367
**Document Hash:** dd2f7579b167ab2ffec07a3878663d94
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-23-003800.hdr.sgml**: 20230222

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-23-003800

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230222

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230222

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230222

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GUARANTY BANCSHARES INC /TX/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001058867
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 751656431
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** TX
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38087
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23654078

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 201 SOUTH JEFFERSON AVENUE
- **CITY:** MOUNT PLEASANT
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75455
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9035729881

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 201 SOUTH JEFFERSON AVENUE
- **CITY:** MOUNT PLEASANT
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75455

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**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)

February 22, 2023

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GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| Texas | 001-38087 | 75-1656431 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 16475 Dallas Parkway**,** Suite 600<br>Addison**,** Texas |  | 75001 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | (Zip Code) |

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**(**888**)** 572-9881

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

**Not Applicable**

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

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ 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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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Title of each class** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Trading symbol** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share  | &nbsp;&nbsp;GNTY | &nbsp;&nbsp;NASDAQ Global Select Market  |

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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 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing**

**(d) Transfer of Listing**

On February 21, 2023, Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") provided written notice to the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the "Nasdaq") that it intends to voluntarily delist its common stock ("Common Stock"), par value of $1.00 per share, from the Nasdaq promptly following the close of trading on March 6, 2023 and intends to transfer the listing of its Common Stock to the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") effective upon the opening of trading on March 7, 2023.

Until the close of trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE on March 6, 2023, the Company's Common Stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol GNTY.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits**

**(d) Exhibits.**

The following is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

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| **Exhibit**<br>**Number** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| [<u>99.1</u>](gnty-ex99_1.htm) | [<u>Press release dated February 22, 2023, reporting the transfer of GNTY to NYSE</u>](gnty-ex99_1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |

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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.

Dated: February 22, 2023

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|  | GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Tyson T. Abston |
| Name: | Tyson T. Abston |
| Title: | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |

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## Ex-99

Press Release

For Immediate Release

**Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.**

**Announces Transfer of Listing of Common Stock Shares**

**To the New York Stock Exchange**

<br> Addison, Texas – February 22, 2023 / Business Wire / – Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNTY; the "Company"), the parent company of Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A. (the "Bank"), announced today that it is transferring the listing of its voting common stock to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) and will continue to be traded under the ticker symbol 'GNTY'. Guaranty Bancshares voting common stock is expected to begin trading on the NYSE on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The Company expects its voting common stock to continue to trade on Nasdaq until the close of market on March 6, 2023.

Ty Abston, Chairman and CEO of Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. stated, "we are excited to join the NYSE alongside many of the world's most prestigious and well regarded companies as well as many of our Texas-based public company peers. We believe that the NYSE is the right partner for Guaranty and will allow us to leverage the highly visible NYSE platform and market model as we continue to build long-term value for all of our stakeholders."

"We're thrilled to welcome Guaranty Bancshares to the New York Stock Exchange," said John Tuttle, Vice Chair, NYSE Group. "A Texas-based community bank that emphasizes customer relationships, Guaranty will feel right at home in our community of the world's greatest companies."

**About Guaranty Bancshares**

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company for Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A. Guaranty Bank & Trust has 32 banking locations across 26 Texas communities located within the East Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Central Texas regions of the state. As of December 31, 2022, Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. had total assets of $3.4 billion, total loans of $2.4 billion and total deposits of $2.7 billion. Visit www.gnty.com for more information.

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**Contact Information:**

Cappy Payne<br>Senior Executive Vice President & Company CFO <br>Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. <br>(888) 572-9881

investors@gnty.com

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