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SFST The article is a Form 8-K filing announcing the appointment of a new director, Bryan Kennedy. It details his background and experience, which is seen as beneficial to the company. No financial performance or market outlook is discussed. CTO The article mentions The Cato Corporation as an NYSE-traded company where the newly appointed director, Bryan Kennedy, also serves as Lead Independent Director. This is a factual mention without any sentiment attached to CTO itself.

8-K — SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC

Accession: 0001206774-26-000308

Filed: 2026-06-02

Period: 2026-06-01

CIK: 0001090009

SIC: 6021 (NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS)

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,

DC 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)     June 1, 2026

Southern First Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

South Carolina

(State

or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-27719

58-2459561

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS

Employer Identification No.)

6

Verdae Boulevard, Greenville, SC

29607

(Address

of principal executive offices)

(Zip

Code)

(864) 679-9000

(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 (17CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement

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

Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

Stock

SFST

The

Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by

check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of

this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☐

If an emerging

growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any

new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers

Effective June

1, 2026, the Boards of Directors of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and Southern First Bank (the “Bank”)

approved the appointment of Mr. Bryan Kennedy as a director. Mr. Kennedy will serve as a director of the Company and the Bank as well

as on the Risk Committee of the Boards. Mr. Kennedy will participate in the current director compensation arrangements generally applicable

to the Company’s non-employee directors as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed in connection with its 2026 Annual

Meeting of Shareholders. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Kennedy and other persons pursuant to which he was selected

as director. In addition, Mr. Kennedy has not engaged in any transaction with the Company or the Bank that would be reportable as a related

party transaction under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Kennedy

recently retired from a 43-year career in commercial banking, most recently serving SouthState Bank as Northern Banking Group President

over North Carolina and Virginia. His experience includes leadership positions at various financial institutions such as First Charlotte

Bank, Park Meridian Bank and Regions Bank. In 2006, Mr. Kennedy founded Park Sterling Bank, the largest capitalized start-up in North

Carolina history, which was sold to SouthState Bank in 2017. Mr. Kennedy also serves as the Lead Independent Director of the Cato Corporation,

an NYSE-traded women’s specialty apparel retailer, where he has served as director since 2009. He received his undergraduate degree

from the University of Virginia and his MBA from the University of North Carolina. The Boards believe Mr. Kennedy’s ties to

the Charlotte community, a key market for the Bank, and his extensive commercial banking and public company board experience will enhance

his ability to serve as a director of the Company and the Bank.

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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.

SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.

By:

/s/ Christian J. Zych

Name:

Christian J. Zych

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

June 2, 2026

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