---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-005035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001689731"
company_name: "Southern States Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:55:35.329582+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Jonathan Hinton to retire from Southern States Bancshares board at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- Jonathan W. Hinton notified the board he will not stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- His current term will expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- Retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-005035
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001689731
- company_name: Southern States Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689731/000162828025005035/0001628280-25-005035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689731/000162828025005035/ssbk-20250206.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-005035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-005035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-005035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan W. Hinton departed as Director at Southern States Bancshares, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 6, 2025, Jonathan W. Hinton, a member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Southern States Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") notified the Board that he does not intend to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board following the expiration of his current term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689731/000162828025005035/0001628280-25-005035-index.htm

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