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) March 27, 2025

SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Missouri	000-23406	43-1665523
(State or other	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)		Identification Number)


2991 Oak Grove Road, Poplar Bluff, Missouri		63901
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (573) 778-1800

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	SMBC	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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).

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(c) On March 31, 2025, the Board of Directors of Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the parent holding company for Southern Bank (the “Bank”), announced an update to its executive leadership team.

Justin G. Cox, age 44, currently serving as an Executive Vice President and Regional President of the Company and the Bank, is being promoted to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of the Company and the Bank. These changes will be effective May 1, 2025. Mr. Cox joined the Bank in 2010 as a lending officer and became Regional President of the Company and the Bank in January 2017.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Cox and any other person required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Cox has no family relationships required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K and has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on March 31, 2025, announcing the update to its executive leadership team is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit No.Exhibit

99.1

Press Release dated March 31, 2025

104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL documents).

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.


	SOUTHERN MISSOURI BANCORP, INC.

Date: March 31, 2025	By:	/s/ Matthew T. Funke
		Matthew T. Funke
		President and Chief Administrative Officer

Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits