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Issuer:     SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST)
CIK:        0001090009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001206774-23-000699
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.07, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern First Bancshares shareholders approve board declassification at annual meeting
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- Approved amendment to phase out classified board structure (6,495,350 for, 4,371 against, 6,722 abstain).
- Elected five directors: Cajka, Ellefson, Hooper, Lattimore, Maner (each with >5.4M votes for).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed (4,312,380 for, 2,091,829 against).
- Ratified Elliott Davis as independent auditor (7,193,840 for, 15,034 against, 4,681 abstain).
- Presentation made available at annual meeting; no financial results or guidance disclosed in filing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677423000699/0001206774-23-000699-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677423000699/sfst4201261-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-23-000699

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