National Bank Holdings Corp 8-K, filed Jul 22, 2021
National Bank Holdings Corp (NBHC)
About this 8-K
National Bank Holdings Corp filed this 8-K on July 22, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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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.
On July 22, 2021, the Board of Directors of National Bank Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Patrick Sobers as a director of the Company, effective as of August 1, 2021. Mr. Sobers will not serve on any committee of the Board at this time.
From November 2016 until his retirement in June 2021, Mr. Sobers served as Executive Vice President, Head of Business and Consumer Banking of NBH Bank, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Bank”) and as President of Community Banks of Colorado, a division of the Bank. Mr. Sobers was previously the Executive Vice President, Head of Small Business and Consumer Banking for the Bank’s Community Banks of Colorado and Hillcrest Bank divisions since 2012 and 2015, respectively. Mr. Sobers has also served as a member of the Bank’s board of directors since 2017. Mr. Sobers has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining the Bank in 2012, he held several leadership positions at Bank of America, including: the Southeast Region’s Consumer Banking Executive; Customer Service and Solutions Executive; Premier Banking and Investments Regional Executive for Florida and Georgia (now Merrill Lynch Wealth Management); and as Tampa Market President. Mr. Sobers has been very active in the communities where he has resided, serving on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations. He is currently a member of the Foundation Board of the Moffitt Cancer Center, and he is the Treasurer for Third Way Center, as well as a member of its Board.
Mr. Sobers will participate in the Company’s standard director compensation program, which will be prorated in his first partial service year. The program generally in effect for this year is described in “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2021.
The Company expects Mr. Sobers to enter into the standard director indemnification agreement that the Company has with its directors. A copy of a substantially similar form of the indemnification agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration Statement No. 333-177971), filed on September 10, 2012.
The press release issued by the Company is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
99.1 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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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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| Name: Angela N. Petrucci Title: Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel |
Date: July 22, 2021 | |
Exhibit 99.1

National Bank Holdings Corporation Appoints New Board Director
Company Release – July 22, 2021
DENVER. - (Globe Newswire) - National Bank Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NBHC) announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Patrick Sobers as a director of the Company, effective August 1, 2021.
Mr. Sobers previously served as the EVP, Head of Business and Consumer Banking for NBH Bank. He has also been a member of NBH Bank’s board of directors since 2017. Mr. Sobers has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining NBH Bank in 2012, he held several leadership positions at Bank of America, including: the Southeast Region’s Consumer Banking Executive; Customer Service and Solutions Executive; Premier Banking and Investments Regional Executive for Florida and Georgia (now Merrill Lynch Wealth Management); and as Tampa Market President. Mr. Sobers has been very active in the communities where he has resided, serving on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations. He is currently a member of the Foundation Board of the Moffitt Cancer Center, and he is the Treasurer for Third Way Center, as well as a member of its Board.
Tim Laney, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are excited to have Patrick join our Board and continue his active engagement with our organization. His strong banking experience and commitment to community building will be an asset for our organization.”
“I am honored to have the opportunity to continue with NBH in a new role as a director of the holding company,” Mr. Sobers said. “I look forward to furthering NBH’s commitment to investing in its clients, communities and associates with the goal of making meaningful and lasting impact.”

About National Bank Holdings Corporation
National Bank Holdings Corporation is a bank holding company created to build a leading community bank franchise delivering high quality client service and committed to stakeholder results. Through its bank subsidiary, NBH Bank, National Bank Holdings Corporation operates a network of 82 banking centers, serving
individual consumers, small, medium and large businesses, and government and non-profit entities. Its banking centers are located in its core footprint of Colorado, the greater Kansas City region, Texas, Utah and New Mexico. Its comprehensive residential mortgage banking group primarily serves the bank's core footprint. NBH Bank operates under the following brand names: Community Banks of Colorado and Community Banks Mortgage, a division of NBH Bank, in Colorado, Bank Midwest and Bank Midwest Mortgage in Kansas and Missouri, and Hillcrest Bank and Hillcrest Bank Mortgage in Texas, Utah and New Mexico. Additional information about National Bank Holdings Corporation can be found at www.nationalbankholdings.com.
For more information visit: cobnks.com, bankmw.com, hillcrestbank.com or nbhbank.com. Or, follow us on any of our social media sites:
Community Banks of Colorado: facebook.com/cobnks, twitter.com/cobnks, instagram.com/cobnks;
Bank Midwest: facebook.com/bankmw, twitter.com/bank_mw, instagram.com/bankmw;
Hillcrest Bank: facebook.com/hillcrestbank, twitter.com/hillcrest_bank;
NBH Bank: twitter.com/nbhbank;
or connect with any of our brands on LinkedIn.
Contact:
Analysts/Institutional Investors: Media:
Aldis Birkans, 720-554-6640 Jody Soper, 303-784-5925
Chief Financial Officer Chief Marketing Officer
ir@nationalbankholdings.com Jody.Soper@nbhbank.com
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