Great Southern VP exercises share options

Great Southern Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: GSBC) Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer Steven Mitchem this week exercised options to buy and sell thousands of the company’s shares, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange filing.

Through two days of sales, Mitchem earned over $181,000.

On Aug. 5, he sold 7,822 shares at $41.91 apiece, or $327,846. That day, in four transactions, he also executed his option to purchase:
    •    4,200 shares at $25.48 apiece, or $107,016;
    •    2,100 shares at $19.53 apiece, or $41,013;
    •    1,050 shares at $24.82 apiece, or $26,061; and
    •    472 shares at $30.66 apiece, or $14,472.

Mitchem on Aug. 4 sold 3,728 shares at $41.97 apiece, or $156,470, and acquired 3,728 shares at $30.66 apiece, or $114,300, according to the SEC filing.

Last week, Great Southern President and CEO Joe Turner, and his father, Chairman William Turner, exercised options to buy and sell tens of thousands of shares. The elder Turner earned $136,864, while his son collected $114,460, according to Springfield Business Journal archives.