UNITED ~~STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549~~STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant~~PURSUANT toTO ~~Section~~SECTION 13 orOR 15(dD) ~~of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~OF

~~Date~~THE ofSECURITIES ~~Report~~EXCHANGE ~~(Date~~ACT ofOF ~~earliest event reported): November 26, 2024~~1934

~~Central~~Date ~~Plains~~of ~~Bancshares~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, ~~Inc.~~2025

~~(Exact~~CENTRAL ~~name~~PLAINS ofBANCSHARES, ~~Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)~~INC.

Maryland	001-41844	93-2239246
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
221 South Locust Street
Locust, Nebraska		68801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 308 382-4000

Maryland	001-41844	93-2239246
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

221 South Locust Street, Grand Island, Nebraska	68801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (308) 382-4000

Not Applicable

(Former ~~Name~~name or ~~Former~~former ~~Address~~address, if ~~Changed~~changed ~~Since~~since ~~Last~~last ~~Report~~report)

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: (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Title of each class TradingSymbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock CPBI The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		CPBI		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).

Emerging growth company ☒

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. ☐

Item 5.0702 ~~Submission~~Departure of ~~Matters~~Directors toor aCertain ~~Vote~~Officers; Election of ~~Security~~Directors; ~~Holders.~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On ~~November~~April 2629, ~~2024~~2025, the Boards of Directors of Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. ~~held~~(the “Company”) and its ~~Annual~~wholly ~~Meeting~~owned subsidiary, Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of ~~Stockholders. The~~Grand ~~results~~Island (the “Bank”) appointed Danny Garness as President and Chief Executive Officer of the ~~voting~~Company ~~are~~and ~~set~~the ~~forth~~Bank, ~~below~~effective May 20, 2025.

~~The~~Mr. ~~election~~Garness, age 53, has over 25 years’ banking experience, including serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Field ~~Directors~~& Main Bank, ~~each~~headquartered ~~for~~in Henderson, Kentucky, where he started working in 2016, and Senior Vice President/Commercial Lending Officer of First Security Bank, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, beginning in 2010. Mr. Garness is not a ~~three-year~~party ~~term~~to any transaction with the Company or the Bank that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.

	For	Withhold	Broker Non-Votes
Russell R. Rerucha	2,238,377	188,438	702,060
Steven G. Schnieder	2,214,618	212,197	702,060
Joseph P. Stump	2,242,985	183,830	702,060

Mr. Garness will be granted stock options and stock awards, and will be offered an employment agreement.

~~2. The~~In ~~ratification~~connection ofwith ~~the~~Mr. Garness’s appointment, ofSteven ~~Plante~~D. &Kunzman ~~Moran,~~will ~~PLLC~~retire as ~~independent~~President ~~registered~~and ~~public~~Chief ~~accounting~~Executive ~~firm~~Officer, ~~for~~but will remain as Chairman of the ~~year~~Board ~~ending~~of ~~June~~the ~~30,~~Company ~~2025~~and the Bank.

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
2,931,680	195,095	2,100	-

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~3. The~~Not ~~approval of the Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan.~~applicable

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
2,154,926	225,711	46,178	702,060

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Exhibit

10.1 Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2024 (File No. 001-41844))

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

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~registrant~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

		CENTRAL PLAINS BANCSHARES, INC.	~~CENTRAL PLAINS BANCSHARES, INC.~~
Date:	December 2, 2024	By:	/s/ Steven D. Kunzman
DATE: May 5, 2025	By:	/s/ Steven D. Kunzman
		Steven D. Kunzman	~~Steven D. Kunzman~~
		Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer	~~Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer~~

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