{"url_path":"/sec/msbip/8-k/2026-05-08/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 ****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466026/0001104659-26-057892-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-057892","cik":"0001466026","ticker":"MSBIP","issuer_name":"Midland States Bancorp, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466026/0001104659-26-057892-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001466026","primary_entity_name":"Midland States Bancorp, Inc."},"word_count":274,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07.****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nOn May 4, 2026, Midland\nStates Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders.\n\n \n\n**Proposal 1 – Election\nof Directors**. A proposal to elect the four nominees named in the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting, to serve\nas Class I directors, each for a term expiring at the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of shareholders, was presented to the shareholders.\nEach of the nominees was elected and the results of the shareholder vote were as follows:\n\n \n\nNominee \nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstentions  \nBroker\n\nNon-Votes \n\nJennifer L. DiMotta \n 9,306,307  \n 6,436,282  \n 339,514  \n 1,753,315 \n\nJeffrey G. Ludwig \n 15,088,544  \n 949,900  \n 43,659  \n 1,753,315 \n\nRichard T. Ramos \n 14,776,389  \n 1,115,917  \n 189,797  \n 1,753,315 \n\nJeffrey C. Smith \n 14,693,111  \n 1,199,888  \n 189,104  \n 1,753,315 \n\n \n\n**Proposal 2 – Say-on-Pay**.\nA proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of certain of the Company’s executive officers, was presented\nto the shareholders. The results of the shareholder vote on the proposal were as follows:\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstentions  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n 15,365,734  \n 534,594  \n 181,775  \n 1,753,315 \n\n \n\n**Proposal 3 – Auditor\nRatification**. A proposal to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm\nfor the year ending December 31, 2026 was presented to the shareholders. The results of the shareholder vote on the proposal were as follows:\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstentions  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n 17,464,725  \n 144,831  \n 225,862  \n — \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SignatureS**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto\nduly authorized.\n\n \n\nDate: May 8,\n2026MIDLAND STATES BANCORP, INC.\n\n   \n\nBy:/s/ Nathan Sturycz\n\n Name: Nathan Sturycz\n\n Title: General Counsel"}