AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · South State Bank (SSB)

SouthState Bank completes redomicile; assumes $175.9 million trust preferred securities

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 restructuring Written later

SouthState Bank Corp completed a merger that redomiciled the company into a new entity, New SSB, which assumed the existing bank's debt and obligations, including a senior revolving credit facility, trust preferred securities and subordinated notes. The officers and directors of the former company became the officers and directors of New SSB, and the new entity operates under new articles and bylaws. The filing reports no change in the financial results and no cash payment to shareholders.

Key points

  • New SSB assumed trust preferred securities with an aggregate principal amount of $175.887 million.
  • Subordinated notes assumed include $350 million due 2035, $130 million due 2030 and $175.0 million due August 15, 2034.
  • Merger agreement dated August 19, 2025; the filing is dated September 4, 2025.
  • Former officers and directors of the old company became officers and directors of New SSB.

The filing

CompanySouth State Bank (SSB)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 4, 2025, 4:41 PM ET
Accession number0001558370-25-011876

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed2.03 New Direct Financial Obligation5.02 Director / Officer Change5.03 Bylaw / Charter Amendment

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:56 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 04, 2025.

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