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Southside Bancshares, Inc. Declares Fourth Quarter And Special Cash Dividends

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Southside Bancshares, Inc. (SBSI) announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 and a special cash dividend of $0.06 per common share, amounting to a total of $0.39 per share. This marks the 18th consecutive year of special cash dividends for shareholders. The dividends are scheduled for payment on December 9, 2021, to shareholders of record as of November 24, 2021. The total cash dividend for 2021 increased by 5.4% to $1.37 from $1.30 in 2020, highlighting the company’s strong capital position and performance.

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TYLER, Texas, Nov. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tyler, Texas (November 4, 2021) - The Board of Directors of Southside Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ:SBSI), parent company of Southside Bank, declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per common share. In a separate action, the Board declared a special cash dividend of $0.06 per common share. The combined cash dividend of $0.39 is scheduled for payment on December 9, 2021, to common stock shareholders of record on November 24, 2021.

“We are pleased to announce the special cash dividend of $0.06,” stated Lee R. Gibson, Chief Executive Officer of Southside Bancshares, Inc. “Our strong capital position and excellent performance this year allows us to reward our shareholders for the 18th consecutive year with a special cash dividend. The total cash dividend for 2021 increased by 5.4%, to $1.37 compared to $1.30 for 2020.

About Southside Bancshares, Inc.

Southside Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Tyler, Texas, with approximately $7.14 billion in assets as of September 30, 2021, that wholly-owns Southside Bank. Southside Bank currently operates 55 branches and a network of 73 ATMs/ITMs throughout East Texas, Southeast Texas and the greater Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas. Serving customers since 1960, Southside Bank is a community-focused financial institution that offers a full range of financial products and services to individuals and businesses. These products and services include consumer and commercial loans, mortgages, deposit accounts, safe deposit boxes, treasury management, wealth management, trust services, brokerage services and an array of online and mobile services.

To learn more about Southside Bancshares, Inc., please visit our investor relations website at https://investors.southside.com. Our investor relations site provides a detailed overview of our activities, financial information and historical stock price data. To receive e-mail notification of company news, events and stock activity, please register on the E-mail Notification portion of the website. Questions or comments may be directed to Lindsey Bailes at (903) 630-7965, or lindsey.bailes@southside.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements of other than historical fact that are contained in this press release and in other written materials, documents and oral statements issued by or on behalf of the Company may be considered to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of and subject to the safe harbor protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, nor should they be relied upon as representing management’s views as of any subsequent date.  These statements may include words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “anticipate,” “appear,” “believe,” “could,” “should,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “seek,” “intend,” “probability,” “risk,” “goal,” “target,” “objective,” “plans,” “potential,” and similar expressions.  Forward-looking statements are statements with respect to the Company’s beliefs, plans, expectations, objectives, goals, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions and future performance and are subject to significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.  For example, discussions of the effect of our expansion, benefits of the Share Repurchase Plan, trends in asset quality, capital, liquidity, the Company's ability to sell nonperforming assets, expense reductions, planned operational efficiencies and earnings from growth and certain market risk disclosures, including the impact of interest rates, tax reform, inflation and other economic factors are based upon information presently available to management and are dependent on choices about key model characteristics and assumptions and are subject to various limitations.  By their nature, certain of the market risk disclosures are only estimates and could be materially different from what actually occurs in the future.  Accordingly, our results could materially differ from those that have been estimated. The most recent factor that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated by our forward-looking statements include the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related variants on our business, financial position, operations and prospects, including our ability to continue our business activities in certain communities we serve, the duration of the pandemic and its continued effects on financial markets, a reduction in financial transactions and business activities resulting in decreased deposits and reduced loan originations, increases in unemployment rates impacting our borrowers’ ability to repay their loans, our ability to manage liquidity in a rapidly changing and unpredictable market, additional interest rate changes by the Federal Reserve and other government actions in response to the pandemic, including regulations or laws enacted to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy.

Additional information concerning the Company and its business, including additional factors that could materially affect the Company’s financial results, is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, under “Part I - Item 1. Forward Looking Information” and in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company disclaims any obligation to update any factors or to announce publicly the result of revisions to any of the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect future events or developments.

For further information:
Lindsey Bailes
(903) 630-7965


FAQ

What is the total dividend declared by Southside Bancshares, Inc. (SBSI) in November 2021?

The total dividend declared is $0.39 per common share, including a regular cash dividend of $0.33 and a special cash dividend of $0.06.

When will the dividends for Southside Bancshares, Inc. (SBSI) be paid?

The dividends will be paid on December 9, 2021.

What is the record date for the dividends declared by SBSI?

The record date for the dividends is November 24, 2021.

How does the 2021 cash dividend compare to 2020 for SBSI?

The total cash dividend increased by 5.4% from $1.30 in 2020 to $1.37 in 2021.

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