{"url_path":"/sec/sfst/8-k/2026-05-20/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.**","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":210,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n \n\n \n\n** **\n\n**ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.**\n\n \n\nOn May 19, 2026, the Company\nmade available the presentation (“Presentation”) prepared for the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ meeting. Attached\nhereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 99.1 is the text of that Presentation.\n\n \n\nThe information contained\nin this Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including the information set forth in the Presentation filed as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated\nin, this Current Report, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of\nthe Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration\nstatement or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference\nin such filing.\n\n \n\n**EXHIBIT INDEX**\n\n \n\nExhibit No.\nDescription\n\n \n \n\n[99.1](sfst4641091-ex991.htm)\n[Presentation for Southern First Bancshares, Inc. Annual Shareholders’ Meeting](sfst4641091-ex991.htm)\n\n104\nCover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n** **\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,\nthe Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.**\n\n \n \n \n\n \nBy:\n/s/ Christian J. Zych\n\n \nName:  \nChristian J. Zych\n\n \nTitle:\nChief Financial Officer\n\n \n\nMay 20, 2026"}