secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST)
CIK:        0001090009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001206774-25-000126
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern First Bancshares CRO William M. Aiken III resigns effective March 31, 2025
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- William M. Aiken III, Chief Risk Officer since 2021, will resign on March 31, 2025.
- CEO Art Seaver expressed appreciation for Aiken's leadership; no successor named.
- Aiken cited a new opportunity; company states he leaves with mixed emotions.
- Aiken had also served as executive credit risk officer since 2020 and has 25+ years in banking.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677425000126/0001206774-25-000126-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677425000126/sfst4454491-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-25-000126

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