<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001058867-17-000035.txt : 20171130
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20171130163930
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001058867-17-000035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171130
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171130

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:		171231648

	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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<DESCRIPTION>8-K FULL-SERVICE AUSTIN LOCATION
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<div><a name="sDB3378950EFE8BC7E51809DBD01F047B"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:200%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font 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style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">November 29, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:9px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 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style="line-height:173%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">201 South Jefferson Avenue</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Mount Pleasant, Texas 75455</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;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:173%;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:173%;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:173%;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:173%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;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:173%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#9744;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div 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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   </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#9746;</font></div><div style="line-height:163%;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.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#9746;</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:200%;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="sCE290153E556B67BE64D09DBD05230A4"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:173%;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:163%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.  Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:163%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On November 30, 2017, Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust, N.A. (the &#8220;Bank&#8221;), issued a press release announcing the Bank&#8217;s opening of a full-service banking location in Austin, Texas.</font></div><div style="line-height:163%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">A copy of the press release announcing the opening of the Bank's full-service Austin location is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:200%;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:144%;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:120%;padding-bottom:32px;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%;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="exhibit991-fullxserviceaus.htm"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Press Release dated November 30, 2017</font></a></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:200%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:17px;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:200%;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:173%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:173%;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:200%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:200%;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:200%;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:173%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Dated:  November 30, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;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:173%;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:173%;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:173%;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:173%;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:200%;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:173%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:173%;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:173%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;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%;padding-bottom:18px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;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="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:justify;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="exhibit991-fullxserviceaus.htm"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Press Release dated November 30, 2017</font></a></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:173%;padding-top:10px;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:200%;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="s42120C6030279001EA6809DDCA13D3E9"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:208%;text-align:right;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:150%;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:150%;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:208%;text-align:center;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;">Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust Opens</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Full-Service Location in Austin</font></div><div style="line-height:208%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, November 30, 2017 / GlobeNewswire/ -- Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ: GNTY), the parent company of Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust, N.A., today announced the opening of its twenty-seventh banking location at 7004 Bee Caves Road, Suite 315, in Austin. Initially opened as a loan production office in September, this location was approved on November 7 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for conversion into a full-service banking location. Guaranty has also secured a long-term lease on a facility in downtown Austin for its permanent site, which will be available in the second quarter of 2018. </font></div><div style="line-height:140%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Travis Brown, who has over 12 years of commercial banking experience in Austin, serves as President of Guaranty&#8217;s Austin market. With extensive knowledge of the area and expertise in corporate banking and commercial real estate, Brown has built strong customer relationships with local business owners and real estate investors.</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Ty Abston, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, said, &#8220;We are excited to be part of the growing Austin market. This move marks the beginning of Guaranty&#8217;s expansion strategy in the Austin area.  For 100 years, Guaranty has provided a strong community banking platform and built lasting relationships throughout Texas. This history is the foundation for our continuing and active engagement as a good corporate citizen in the communities we serve.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Brown added, &#8220;We are very excited to have approval for full-service banking in Austin and to obtain a downtown location. This is an excellent opportunity to offer the full slate of products and services Guaranty provides to the Austin market. We are a strong community bank that focuses on the success of our customers, building relationships that support the local community.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">An Austin native, Brown grew up in Westlake Hills. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from St. Edwards University in Austin and is scheduled to receive his Masters in Business Administration at the University of Texas in Austin in December. From 2004 &#8211; 2006, he served as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps. Brown is active in various community and charitable organizations in Austin. He currently serves in various capacities with the Real Estate Council of Austin, Austin Chamber of Commerce, and the Dell Children's Trust, as well as being an alumnus of Leadership Austin, the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce, and the Young Texan Society.</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">About Guaranty Bancshares</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company that conducts commercial banking activities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust, N.A. 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. Guaranty Bank &amp; Trust has 27 banking locations across 18 Texas communities located within the East Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth and Central Texas regions of the state. As of September 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:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">www.gnty.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;for more information.</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">###</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:173%;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:173%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact Information:</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Cappy Payne  <br>Senior Executive Vice President &amp; CFO    <br>Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.    <br>(888) 572-9881</font></div><div style="line-height:140%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Investors@gnty.com</font></div><div style="line-height:208%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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