UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 21, 2015

 

South State Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

South Carolina

 

001-12669

 

57-0799315

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

520 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina

 

29201

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 277-2175

 

Not Applicable

Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On August 21-23, 2015, South State Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of South State Corporation (the “Company”), completed the previously announced acquisition of twelve South Carolina bank branch locations and one Georgia branch location from Bank of America, National Association.  The branches are located in Florence, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Sumter, Newberry, Batesburg-Leesville, Abbeville and Hartsville, South Carolina, as well as Hartwell, Georgia.  All opened as South State Bank branches on Monday, August 24, 2015.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SOUTH STATE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John C. Pollok

 

 

John C. Pollok

 

 

Senior Executive Vice President,

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and

 

 

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

Dated: August 25, 2015

 

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