---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-002774"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSB"
cik: "0000764038"
company_name: "SouthState Bank Corp"
filed_at: "2023-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T13:50:23.623147+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SouthState eliminates Executive Chairman role; Hill to depart April 26, 2023; Hertz named independent Chair

## Summary
- Robert R. Hill, Jr. to separate as Executive Chairman effective April 26, 2023, under severance terms.
- Role eliminated to enhance board independence; Hill had been with company since 1995.
- Doug Hertz appointed independent Chair for one-year term until 2024 annual meeting.
- Hertz previously served as lead independent director of the Company and the Bank.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-002774
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSB
- cik: 0000764038
- company_name: SouthState Bank Corp
- filed_at: 2023-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837023002774/0001558370-23-002774-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837023002774/ssb-20230302x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-002774
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-002774.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-002774.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Doug Hertz was appointed as independent Chair of the Board at SouthState Bank Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent Chair of the Board
  source text: the Board appointed Doug Hertz as independent Chair of the Board, effective at the end of Mr. Hill’s term as Executive Chair, for a one-year term until the 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting or until his successor is named.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837023002774/0001558370-23-002774-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert R. Hill, Jr. departed as Executive Chairman at SouthState Bank Corp.
  - Action: separating
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On March 2, 2023, SouthState Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a separation and transition agreement with Robert R. Hill, Jr., the Company’s Executive Chairman, pursuant to which Mr. Hill will be separating from his employment effective as of April 26, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837023002774/0001558370-23-002774-index.htm

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