Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On January 13, 2020, Jeffrey A. Powell, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), passed away. Mr. Powell had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Company, and of its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Spirit of Texas Bank, SSB (the "Bank"), since July 2017.

Following Mr. Powell's unexpected death, the Company's Board of Directors, on January 14, 2020, appointed Allison Johnson to serve as the Company's interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Johnson, age 35, has served as the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank since 2016. Ms. Johnson began her career in the financial services industry as an auditor at Price Waterhouse Coopers and has spent the last decade focused on financial reporting in the banking industry, most recently at Florida Community Bank, N.A., where she served as the SEC Reporting Manager from 2012 to 2016. Ms. Johnson is a certified public accountant and has a Masters of Accountancy from Florida State University. In addition to serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Ms. Johnson will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Bank and will also continue to serve as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Johnson and any other person or persons pursuant to which Ms. Johnson was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer, and there is no family relationship between Ms. Johnson and any other director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. There are no transactions between the Company and Ms. Johnson that are reportable pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on January 14, 2020 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K 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, dated January 14, 2020, issued by Spirit of Texas
                 Bancshares, Inc.

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

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