<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001058867-17-000014.txt : 20170810
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001058867-17-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170809
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170810
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170809

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:		171019096

	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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style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(903) 572 - 9881</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Not Applicable</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">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:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#9744; Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#9744; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#9744; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#9744; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).    Emerging growth company   &#9746; &#160;&#160; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">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.  &#9746; </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:right;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sE294745FEE71C71BD250C29355B23AFD"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On August 9, 2017, the Board of Directors of Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) voted to increase the size of the Board by one and appointed Molly Curl to fill the new directorship.  She will serve as a Class III director, with her initial term expiring at the 2018 meeting of the shareholders.  Ms. Curl has more than 40 years of experience in the areas of organization, compliance, loan review, loan servicing, policy development, budgeting and capital strategic planning in the financial services industry.  She currently serves as a consultant in the financial services industry following her retirement in July 2017 from Grant Thornton LLP, an independent audit, tax and advisory firm, where she had served as a partner in the Bank Advisory and Regulatory Consulting group since 2010.  Ms. Curl began her career as a bank examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 1975, where she served for approximately nine years, before then joining Grant Thornton LLP in the financial services group in 1985.  She left Grant Thornton LLP in 1994 to take a senior management position at a Dallas-based financial institution, where she oversaw loan review, regulatory compliance and internal audit for 16 years, before rejoining Grant Thornton LLP in 2010.  Ms. Curl currently serves on the Finance Commission of Texas, a position to which she was appointed in 2016 for a six year term.  The Finance Commission oversees the Texas Department of Banking, the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, and the Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner, and is the primary point of accountability for ensuring that state depository and lending institutions function as a system.  Ms. Curl is a graduate of John Carroll University, B.S.B.A. Finance, 1975.  She is also licensed by the State of Texas as a certified public accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In addition to serving as a member of the Board, Ms. Curl will serve on the Company&#8217;s Audit Committee.  She will receive fees for her service as a director consistent with those fees received by the existing directors for service as a director of the Company.  Ms. Curl was appointed to the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors at the volition of the directors and not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other person.  A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Curl&#8217;s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(d)  Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The following is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:86%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Description of Exhibit</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Press Release dated August 9, 2017 announcing appointment of Molly Curl to Board of Directors of the Company</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">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, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Dated:  August 9, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">By:  </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Tyson T. Abston&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;text-indent:352px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Tyson T. Abston</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;text-indent:352px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Chairman of the Board and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:312px;text-indent:352px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:86%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Description of Exhibit</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Press Release dated August 9, 2017 announcing appointment of Molly Curl to Board of Directors of the Company</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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<div><a name="sE3A786B78B71167A149EC29CA9350135"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Press Release</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">For Immediate Release</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:15pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:15pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. Adds</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Molly Curl to Board of Directors </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, August 9, 2017 / GlobeNewswire/ -- Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ: GNTY) (&#8220;Company&#8221;), the parent company of Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust, N.A., today announced the appointment of Molly Curl to the Board of Directors of the Company.  Ms. Curl will also serve on the Company&#8217;s Audit Committee.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Ms. Curl brings a wealth of banking experience to the Board.  She has worked for more than 40 years in the areas of organization, compliance, loan review, loan servicing, policy development, budgeting, and capital strategic planning.  Most recently she has served as a Financial Services Advisory Partner with Grant Thornton LLP, a preeminent independent audit, tax, and advisory firm.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Ms. Curl began her career as a national bank examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for nine years. In 1985, she joined Grant Thornton for a nearly 10-year stint before leaving for a position in senior management with a $10-billion financial institution where, for 16 years, she oversaw regulatory relations, loan review, compliance and internal audit.   Ms. Curl returned to Grant Thornton in 2010 as partner in the Bank Advisory and Regulatory Consulting group bringing with her a wealth of expertise in banking regulatory and compliance issues.  In July 2017, she officially retired as a partner of Grant Thornton.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Ty Abston, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer stated &#8220;We are very pleased to have Molly join our board and know she will bring valuable skills and insight to our Company.    Having known Molly for over 20 years we are excited to have her join our team.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In 2016, Ms. Curl was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve on the Finance Commission of Texas for a six year term.  The Finance Commission oversees the Texas Department of Banking, the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, and the Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner.  It is the primary point of accountability for ensuring that state depository and lending institutions function as a system.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Ms. Curl commented &#8220;I look forward to working alongside the management team, the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of such a dynamic company whose culture of being passionate about their job and caring about the customer aligns with mine.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Ms. Curl is a graduate of John Carroll University with a B.S.B.A. degree in Finance and is a Texas licensed Certified Public Accountant.  She and her husband, Ralph, live in Dallas.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">About Guaranty Bancshares</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;background-color:#fefefe;">Guaranty is a bank holding company that conducts banking activities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust, N.A.  As one of the oldest regional community banks in Texas, Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust provides its customers with a full array of relationship-driven commercial and consumer banking products and services, as well as mortgage, trust, and wealth management products and services that are tailored to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust has 26 banking locations across 18 Texas communities located within the East Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and Bryan/College Station markets of Texas.  As of June 30, 2017, Guaranty had total assets of $1.9 billion, total loans of $1.3 billion and total deposits of $1.6 billion.  Visit </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;background-color:#fefefe;text-decoration:underline;">www.gnty.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;background-color:#fefefe;">&#32;for more information. </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">###</font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact Information:</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Cappy Payne <br>Senior Executive Vice President &amp; CFO <br>Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. <br>(888) 572-9881 </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Investors@gnty.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div>	</body>
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