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~~to Section of13 ~~Report~~or 15(~~Date of earliest event reported~~d) of the

~~March~~Securities ~~22,~~Exchange ~~2022~~Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 1, 2022

Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	~~000~~0-23325 (Commission ~~File~~file ~~Number~~number)	43-1792717 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
2144 E. Republic Road, Suite F200 Springfield, Missouri 65804 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (833) 875-2492 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
2144 E Republic Road, Suite F200 Springfield, Missouri 65804 (Address of principal executive offices and zip code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (833) 875-2492 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 $0.10 per share	GFED	NASDAQ Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period of complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ¨

~~Item~~Introductory ~~7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.~~Note

InOn ~~connection~~April 1, ~~with~~2022 (the ~~events~~“Closing ~~discussed~~Date”), pursuant into ~~Item 8.01~~the ~~below~~terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 9, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “~~Guaranty~~Company”), ~~issued~~and QCR Holdings, Inc., a ~~press~~Delaware corporation ~~release~~(“QCR onHoldings”), ~~March~~the 23Company was merged with and into QCR Holdings (the “Merger”), ~~2022~~with QCR Holdings surviving the Merger. A copy of the ~~press~~Merger ~~release~~Agreement is attached ~~hereto~~ as Exhibit 99 2.1, ~~which~~to the isCompany’s ~~incorporated~~Current ~~herein~~Report byon ~~reference~~Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2021.

The ~~information~~events ~~furnished~~described ~~pursuant~~in to this ~~Item shall~~Current ~~not~~Report ~~be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange~~on ~~Act”),~~Form 8-K ortook ~~incorporated~~place ~~by reference~~ in ~~any~~connection ~~filing~~with ~~under~~ the ~~Securities~~completion ~~Act~~ of ~~1933, as amended, or~~ the ~~Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing~~Merger.

Item 82.01 ~~Other~~Completion ~~Events~~of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

AsThe ~~previously~~information ~~announced,~~set onforth ~~November~~in 9,the ~~2021,~~Introductory ~~Guaranty~~Note ~~entered into an Agreement~~ and ~~Plan~~Items ~~of Merger (the “Agreement”) with QCR Holdings~~3.01, ~~Inc~~3.,03 aand ~~Delaware corporation (“QCR Holdings”)~~5.01 ~~Pursuant to the terms~~ of ~~the~~this ~~Agreement,~~Current ~~Guaranty~~Report ~~will~~on ~~merge with and into QCR Holdings, with QCR Holdings as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). Guaranty Bank, Guaranty’s wholly~~Form 8-~~owned~~K ~~bank~~is ~~subsidiary~~incorporated ~~(“Guaranty~~herein ~~Bank”),~~by ~~will be~~reference.

~~merged~~At ~~with~~the ~~and~~effective ~~into~~time ~~Springfield~~of ~~First~~the ~~Community~~Merger ~~Bank~~(the “Effective Time”), each share of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Common Stock held by the Company or QCR Holdings’ and any shares of Common ~~bank~~Stock ~~subsidiary~~subject to validly exercised appraisal claims (collectively, ~~concurrently~~the ~~with~~“Excluded orShares”)), ~~shortly~~was ~~following~~automatically cancelled and converted into the ~~completion~~right ofto receive, at the ~~Merger~~election of each stockholder, and subject to proration: (i) $30.50 in cash, (ii) 0.58775 shares of QCR Holdings common stock, or (iii) mixed consideration of $6.10 in cash and 0.4702 shares of QCR Holdings common stock (the “~~Bank~~ Merger Consideration”). Upon consummation of the Merger, the Company’s separate existence ceased.

~~QCR~~The ~~Holdings~~foregoing ~~has~~summary ~~received approval~~is ofnot ~~the~~complete ~~Merger~~and ~~from~~is ~~the~~qualified in ~~Board~~its ofentirety ~~Governors~~by ofreference to the ~~Federal~~full ~~Reserve~~text ~~System and approval~~ of the ~~Bank~~ Merger ~~from~~Agreement, ~~the~~a ~~Missouri~~copy ~~Division~~ of ~~Finance.~~which ~~The~~is ~~approval~~attached ofas ~~the~~Exhibit 2.1 ~~Board~~to ~~of Governors of~~ the ~~Federal~~Company’s ~~Reserve~~Current ~~System~~Report ~~was contingent~~ on ~~QCR~~Form 8-K ~~Holdings~~filed ~~receiving~~on ~~all~~November 9, ~~other~~2021 ~~regulatory approvals,~~and ~~which~~is ~~have~~incorporated ~~now~~herein ~~been~~by ~~received~~reference.

~~The Merger is anticipated~~Item to3.01 beNotice ~~effective~~of asDelisting ofor ~~April~~Failure 1,to ~~2022,~~Satisfy ~~and~~a ~~remains~~Continued ~~subject~~Listing toRule or ~~the~~Standard; ~~satisfaction~~Transfer of ~~customary closing conditions~~Listing.

~~Item~~The 9information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01, ~~Financial~~3.03 ~~Statements~~ and ~~Exhibits~~5.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

On March 28, 2022, the Company notified the Nasdaq Global Market (d“Nasdaq”) ~~Exhibits~~that the anticipated closing of the Merger would occur at 12:01 a.m. Central Time on April 1, 2022 and requested that trading in the Common Stock be suspended as of the close of trading on March 31, 2022, and requested that Nasdaq file a delisting application of Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to report the delisting of the Common Stock from Nasdaq and to deregister the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Common Stock ceased trading on Nasdaq at the close of trading on March 31, 2022. By operation of law, the delisting will be effective 10 days following the filing of the Form 25.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release of Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. dated March 23, 2022
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

QCR Holdings, as successor to the Company by operation of law, intends to file with the SEC a certification and notice of termination on Form 15 with respect to the Common Stock, requesting that the Common Stock be deregistered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and that the Company’s reporting obligations with respect to the Common Stock under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act be suspended.

2Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

~~SIGNATURES~~The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01, 3.01 and 5.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

~~Pursuant~~At to the ~~requirements~~Effective Time, all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than any Excluded Shares) were automatically cancelled and converted into the ~~Securities~~right to receive the Merger ~~Exchange~~Consideration. ~~Act~~Accordingly, ofat ~~1934~~the Effective Time, the ~~registrant~~Company’s ~~has~~stockholders ~~duly~~immediately ~~caused~~prior ~~this~~to ~~report~~the Effective Time ceased to have beany ~~signed~~rights onin ~~its~~the ~~behalf~~Company byas stockholders, other than the ~~undersigned~~right ~~hereunto~~to ~~duly~~receive ~~authorized~~the Merger Consideration or exercise any appraisal rights.

~~Guaranty~~Item ~~Federal Bancshares, Inc~~5.01 ~~By:~~Changes ~~/s/~~in ~~Shaun~~Control A.of ~~Burke Shaun A~~Registrant. ~~Burke President and Chief Executive Officer~~

~~Date:~~The ~~March~~information 23set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01, ~~2022~~3.01 and 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

3As a result of the Merger, the Company merged with and into QCR and the Company’s separate existence ceased.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 1, 2022, effective upon the consummation of the Merger, all of the Company’s directors and executive officers ceased serving in such capacities. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, John Griesemer, a former director of the Company, was appointed by the board of directors of QCR Holdings to serve as a member of the board of directors of QCR Holdings, effective as of the Effective Time.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.

On April 1, 2022, effective upon the consummation of the Merger, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Bylaws, as amended, of the Company ceased to be in effect.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 1, 2022, QCR Holdings issued a press release announcing the closing of the Merger. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release of QCR Holdings, Inc. dated April 1, 2022
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

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

		Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc.

		By:	/s/ Shaun A. Burke

		Shaun A. Burke
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: April 1, 2022

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