secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST)
CIK:        0001090009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001206774-24-000579
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.07, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Shareholders elect directors, approve share increase, equity plan extension, and auditor ratification
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- Elected directors Cothran (5.9M for), Johnstone (4.7M), Seaver (6.2M), Locke (6.2M); each had 823,055 broker non-votes.
- Amendment to increase authorized common shares to 20M passed: 5.44M for, 968K against, 2.7K abstain.
- Equity Incentive Plan extension by three years approved: 6.09M for, 317K against, 2.6K abstain.
- Say-on-pay resolution approved: 4.73M for, 1.68M against, 6.5K abstain.
- Ratification of Elliott Davis as auditor: 7.20M for, 30.2K against, 4.1K abstain.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677424000579/0001206774-24-000579-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677424000579/sfst4337681_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-24-000579

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