ssb_Current_Folio_8K

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):  April 21, 2016

 

C:\Users\ElizWrig\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\2TX6XZIZ\South State Corp - Stacked 2.jpg

 

SOUTH STATE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

South Carolina

001-12669

57-0799315

(State or other jurisdiction of

(Commission File

(IRS Employer

incorporation)

Number)

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

520 Gervais Street

 

 

Columbia, South Carolina

 

29201

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(800) 277-2175

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 21, 2016, South State Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Columbia, South Carolina.  At the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 20,756,912 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing 85.84% of the total outstanding eligible votes.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders were asked to vote to (1) elect seven members of the Board of Directors, and (2) ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.  The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

 

1) Approval of a proposal to elect the following individuals as directors of the Company for three-year terms:

 

          Broker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominees for Director

    

Votes For

    

Votes Withheld

    

Non Votes

 

Jimmy E. Addison

 

17,359,204 

 

104,024 

 

3,293,684 

 

Robert H. Demere, Jr.

 

17,362,879 

 

100,349 

 

3,293,684 

 

Robert R. Horger

 

17,289,323 

 

173,905 

 

3,293,684 

 

Jamew W. Roquemore

 

17,315,571 

 

147,657 

 

3,293,684 

 

Richard W. Salmons, Jr.

 

17,323,593 

 

139,635 

 

3,293,684 

 

B. Ed Shelley, Jr.

 

17,324,354 

 

138,874 

 

3,293,684 

 

John W. Williamson, III

 

17,320,996 

 

142,232 

 

3,293,684 

 

 

Each elected director received at least 99.0% of the voted shares in favor of their election (excludes Broker Non Votes).

 

The following individuals continue to serve as directors until our Annual Meeting in the year indicated:

 

Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2019

 

Jimmy E. Addison

Robert H. Demere, Jr.

Robert R. Horger

James W. Roquemore

Richard W. Salmons, Jr.

B. Ed Shelley, Jr.

John W. Williamson, III

 

Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2018

 

Herbert G. Gray

Cynthia A. Hartley

John C. Pollok

Thomas E. Suggs

Kevin P. Walker

 

Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2017

 

Luther J. Battiste, III

Paula Harper Bethea

M. Oswald Fogle

Robert R. Hill, Jr.

Thomas J. Johnson

Ralph W. Norman, Jr.

Alton C. Phillips

 

2

 


 

2) Approval to ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

% of Shares

    

% of Shares

 

 

 

Votes

 

Outstanding

 

Voted

 

Voting For

 

20,583,069 

 

85.12 

%  

99.16 

%

Voting Against

 

155,016 

 

0.64 

%  

0.75 

%

Abstain From Voting

 

12,965 

 

0.05 

%  

0.06 

%

Uncast

 

5,862 

 

0.02 

%  

0.03 

%

Total

 

20,756,912 

 

85.84 

%  

100.00 

%

 

3

 


 

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

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: 

April 25, 2016

/s/ John C. Pollok

 

John C. Pollok

 

Senior Executive Vice President,

 

Chief Financial Officer and

 

Chief Operating Officer

 

4