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Issuer:     SouthState Bank Corp (SSB)
CIK:        0000764038
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-102138
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SouthState Bank Corp appoints former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse to board of directors
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- Board expanded from 14 to 15 members; Sasse fills the new seat effective Oct. 21, 2025.
- Sasse, 53, served as U.S. Senator for Nebraska (2015-2023) and president of the University of Florida.
- Sasse deemed independent under NYSE rules; no family relationships or reportable transactions.
- He also serves on the board of Strategic Education Inc. (SEI) since April 2024.
- Compensation will be consistent with other non-employee directors; committee assignments pending.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000110465925102138/0001104659-25-102138-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-102138

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