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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-016390"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSB"
cik: "0000764038"
company_name: "SouthState Bank Corp"
filed_at: "2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T01:51:28.072994+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SouthState appoints three IBTX directors to board effective at merger close

## Summary
- David R. Brooks (IBTX Chairman/CEO), G. Stacy Smith (IBTX Lead Independent Director), Janet Froetscher appointed.
- Board expanded from 12 to 15 members; appointments effective at merger close around Jan 1, 2025.
- Brooks and Smith appointments were a condition of the Merger Agreement signed May 17, 2024.
- Appointees will serve until 2025 annual meeting; shareholders will vote on one-year terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-016390
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSB
- cik: 0000764038
- company_name: SouthState Bank Corp
- filed_at: 2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837024016390/0001558370-24-016390-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764038/000155837024016390/ssb-20241219x8k.htm

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