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): April 29, 2025

CENTRAL PLAINS BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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 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		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 ☒

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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 April 29, 2025, the Boards of Directors of Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Grand Island (the “Bank”) appointed Danny Garness as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective May 20, 2025.

Mr. Garness, age 53, has over 25 years’ banking experience, including serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Field & Main Bank, headquartered 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 party 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.

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

In connection with Mr. Garness’s appointment, Steven D. Kunzman will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer, but will remain as Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Bank.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

Not applicable

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.

		CENTRAL PLAINS BANCSHARES, INC.


DATE: May 5, 2025	By:	/s/ Steven D. Kunzman
		Steven D. Kunzman
		Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Central Plains Bancshares, Inc. 8-K