Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFST) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On November 20, 2018, the joint Board of Directors of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), and Southern First Bank (the “Bank”), voted to approve the appointment of a new director, Ms. Anna T. Locke, effective on December 3, 2018. Ms. Locke will serve as a director of the Company and the Bank and will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee of the Boards.

Ms. Locke serves as President and Founder of A.T. Locke, a full-service accounting management company, of Greenville, South Carolina. She has significant experience in financial and accounting services from bookkeeping to business strategy.

About Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFST)

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company that owns the capital stock of Southern First Bank (the Bank), a South Carolina state bank, and all of the stock of Greenville First Statutory Trust I and II (the Trusts). The Bank is a commercial bank with approximately nine retail offices located in Greenville, Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. The Bank is primarily engaged in the business of accepting demand deposits and savings deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) and providing commercial, consumer and mortgage loans to the public. In addition to deposit and loan services, the Company offers other bank services, such as Internet banking, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, direct deposit and automatic drafts for various accounts. The Bank offers a range of lending services, including real estate, commercial, and equity-line consumer loans to individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses, and professional firms.