---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-001936"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSB"
cik: "0000764038"
company_name: "SouthState Bank Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:07:22.823672+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SouthState appoints three new directors; expands board to 19 ahead of Atlantic Capital merger

## Summary
- Ronald M. Cofield, Sr., retired PwC audit partner, appointed to board and Audit Committee effective Feb 24, 2022.
- Shantella E. Cooper and Douglas J. Hertz appointed as directors effective upon completion of Atlantic Capital merger (expected March 1, 2022).
- Board size increased from 16 to 19 via bylaw amendment; composition set at 8 legacy South State, 8 legacy CenterState, and 3 non-legacy directors.
- Cooper serves on boards of Intercontinental Exchange and Veritiv; Hertz is former CEO of United Distributors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-001936
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSB
- cik: 0000764038
- company_name: SouthState Bank Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/0001558370-22-001936-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/ssb-20220224x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001936
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001936.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001936.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas J. Hertz was appointed as Director at SouthState Bank Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Company Board unanimously approved the appointment of Shantella E. Cooper and Douglas J. Hertz (together, the “ACBI Directors”) to the Company Board and the Bank Board effective as of the effective time of the merger
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/0001558370-22-001936-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shantella E. Cooper was appointed as Director at SouthState Bank Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Company Board unanimously approved the appointment of Shantella E. Cooper and Douglas J. Hertz (together, the “ACBI Directors”) to the Company Board and the Bank Board effective as of the effective time of the merger
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/0001558370-22-001936-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. was appointed as Director at SouthState Bank Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 24, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Company Board”) of SouthState Corporation (“SouthState” or the “Company”) unanimously appointed Ronald M. Cofield, Sr., as a director for the Company, effective as of February 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/0001558370-22-001936-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.