# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001174850
**File Stem:** 0001174850-26-000118
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 5661
**Document Hash:** 61e6815e703e7c44f75f0c5b4b663b1d
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001174850-26-000118.hdr.sgml**: 20260518

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001174850-26-000118

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260518

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

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260518

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260518

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NICOLET BANKSHARES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001174850
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** WI
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-37700
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26993668

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 111 N WASHINGTON ST
- **CITY:** GREEN BAY
- **STATE:** WI
- **ZIP:** 54301
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 920 430 1400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 111 N WASHINGTON ST
- **CITY:** GREEN BAY
- **STATE:** WI
- **ZIP:** 54301

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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): May 18, 2026** 

**NICOLET BANKSHARES, INC.**

*(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)*

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| **Wisconsin** | **001-37700** | **47-0871001** |
| *(State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation)* | *(Commission<br>File Number)* | *(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)* |

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**111 North Washington Street**

**Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301**

*(Address of principal executive offices)*

**(920) 430-1400**

*(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:

 ☐ 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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| <u>Title of each class</u> | <u>Trading Symbol(s)</u> | <u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u> |
| **Common stock, par value $0.01 per share** | **NIC** | **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.** |

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At the annual meeting of the shareholders of Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. ("Nicolet"), held on May 18, 2026 (the "Annual Meeting"), Nicolet's shareholders voted on the following proposals:

***Proposal 1:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Election of Directors.***

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>Name</u>** | **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Withheld</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| Michael E. Daniels | 14214456 | 892103 | 1823255 |
| Robert B. Atwell | 14869264 | 237296 | 1823254 |
| Carl J. Chaney | 14261504 | 842907 | 1825403 |
| John N. Dykema | 13750490 | 1353920 | 1825404 |
| Janet E. Godwin | 14302512 | 801899 | 1825403 |
| Matthew J. Hayek | 14311522 | 792889 | 1825403 |
| Donald J. Long, Jr. | 13765700 | 1338712 | 1825402 |
| Tracy S. McCormick | 14265913 | 838498 | 1825403 |
| Susan L. Merkatoris | 14051025 | 1053384 | 1825405 |
| Oliver Pierce Smith | 14267807 | 836604 | 1825403 |
| Glen E. Tellock | 14910311 | 194103 | 1825400 |
| Robert J. Weyers | 14042163 | 1062247 | 1825404 |

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***Proposal 2:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ratification of the selection of Forvis Mazars, LLP as Nicolet's independent registered public accounting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.***

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Against</u>** | **<u>Abstain</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| 16,862,884 | 31,390 | 35,540 | N/A |

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***Proposal 3:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Approval, on a non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to Nicolet's named executive officers.***

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>For</u>** | **<u>Against</u>** | **<u>Abstain</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| 10,078,861 | 4,938,131 | 87,770 | 1,825,052 |

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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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| Date: | May 18, 2026 | NICOLET BANKSHARES, INC. | NICOLET BANKSHARES, INC. |
|  |  | By: | /s/ H. Phillip Moore, Jr. |
|  |  |  | H. Phillip Moore, Jr. |
|  |  |  | Chief Financial Officer |

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