Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 )

July 30, 2019 (July 24, 2019)

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.)

	100 Verdae Boulevard, Suite 100, 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)

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ITEM 5.02 (c),(e) Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Appointment of Chief Operating Officer

Effective July 24, 2019, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael D. Dowling to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Dowling will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The information called for by Item 401(b), (d) and (e) and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K with respect to Mr. Dowling, and information with respect to Mr. Dowling’s employment and compensatory agreements, is set forth in the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 8, 2019 and in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2019, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release announcing Mr. Dowling’s appointment as Chief Operating Officer of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. dated July 30, 2019.

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/ Michael D. Dowling
	Name:	Michael D. Dowling
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

July 30, 2019

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release announcing Mr. Dowling’s appointment as Chief Operating Officer of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. dated July 30, 2019.