{"url_path":"/sec/stel/8-k/2026-07-01/item-5-03","section_key":"item-5-03","section_title":"Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473844/0001193125-26-291511-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-291511","cik":"0001473844","ticker":"STEL","issuer_name":"Stellar Bancorp, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473844/0001193125-26-291511-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001473844","primary_entity_name":"Stellar Bancorp, Inc."},"word_count":112,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.03.\n\nAmendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.\n\nAt the Effective Time, the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of Stellar ceased to be in effect by operation of law. As a result of the Merger, Prosperity’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, copies of which are included as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 hereto, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein, continued in effect as the governing documents of the Surviving Corporation.\n\nThe information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03."}