{"url_path":"/sec/sfst/8-k/2026-05-20/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/0001206774-26-000289-index.html","accession_number":"0001206774-26-000289","cik":"0001090009","ticker":"SFST","issuer_name":"SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/0001206774-26-000289-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001090009","primary_entity_name":"SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC"},"word_count":311,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**ITEM 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nThe 2026 annual meeting of shareholders of Southern\nFirst Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), was held on May 19, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”). As of March 20, 2026,\nthe record date of the Annual Meeting, 8,247,710 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the\nAnnual Meeting. A total of 7,510,163 shares (91.05%) of Southern First’s common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in\nperson or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.\n\n \n\nThe Company’s shareholders voted on three\nproposals at the Annual Meeting:\n\n \n\n1.the election of 16 members to our board of directors to serve a one-year term;\n\n2.the non-binding resolution on our executive compensation policies and procedures; and\n\n3.the ratification of the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as our independent public accountant for the\nyear ending December 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nThe following is a summary of the voting results\nfor each matter presented to the shareholders:\n\n \n\n**1.** **Election of Directors**\n\n** **\n\n**Director’s Name**\n \n\n**Votes\nFor**\n\n \n**Votes\nWithheld**\n \n**Broker Non-\nVotes**\n\nAndrew B. Cajka\n \n6,525,002\n \n101,372\n \n883,789\n\nJennifer S. Cluverius\n \n6,612,256\n \n14,118\n \n883,789\n\nMark A. Cothran\n \n6,601,342\n \n25,032\n \n883,789\n\nLeighton M. Cubbage\n \n6,538,966\n \n87,408\n \n883,789\n\nAnne S. Ellefson\n \n6,533,250\n \n93,124\n \n883,789\n\nDavid G. Ellison\n \n6,601,342\n \n25,032\n \n883,789\n\nDarrin Goss, Sr.\n \n6,612,228\n \n14,146\n \n883,789\n\nTerry Grayson-Caprio\n \n6,466,009\n \n160,365\n \n883,789\n\nTecumseh Hooper, Jr.\n \n6,526,317\n \n100,057\n \n883,789\n\nRudolph G. Johnstone, III, M.D.\n \n6,537,101\n \n89,273\n \n883,789\n\nRay A. Lattimore\n \n5,771,553\n \n854,821\n \n883,789\n\nAnna T. Locke\n \n6,617,146\n \n9,228\n \n883,789\n\nWilliam A. Maner, IV\n \n6,612,206\n \n14,168\n \n883,789\n\nBilly McClatchey\n \n6,612,667\n \n13,707\n \n883,789\n\nJames B. Orders, III\n \n6,495,875\n \n130,499\n \n883,789\n\nR. Arthur Seaver, Jr.\n \n6,602,023\n \n24,351\n \n883,789\n\n** **\n\n**2.** **Approval of Compensation of Named Executive Officers**\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n \n**Votes Against**\n \n**Votes Abstained**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n6,504,371\n \n115,546\n \n6,457\n \n883,789\n\n** **\n\n**3.** **Ratification of the Appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC**\n\n** **\n\n**Votes For**\n \n**Votes Against**\n \n**Votes Abstained**\n\n7,438,028\n \n72,135\n \n-"}