---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-22-002204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFST"
cik: "0001090009"
company_name: "SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:10:22.272814+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern First Bancshares appoints Cal Hurst as President, effective Aug 18, 2022

## Summary
- Cal Hurst promoted from Chief Banking Officer and EVP to President of the Company and the Bank.
- Hurst has been with Southern First since 2019, overseeing retail banking, deposits, and marketing.
- He brings over 16 years of banking experience and serves on Greenville Chamber, United Way, and other boards.
- CEO Art Seaver cited Hurst's charismatic leadership and commitment to impacting lives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-22-002204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFST
- cik: 0001090009
- company_name: SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677422002204/0001206774-22-002204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677422002204/sfb409854-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-22-002204
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-22-002204.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-22-002204.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Calvin C. Hurst was appointed as President of the Company and the Bank at SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President of the Company and the Bank
  source text: Effective August 18, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), holding company for Southern First Bank (the “Bank”), appointed Calvin C. Hurst to serve as President of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677422002204/0001206774-22-002204-index.htm

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