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Issuer:     SouthState Bank Corp (SSB)
CIK:        0000764038
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-001936
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/0001558370-22-001936-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837022001936/ssb-20220224x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-001936

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