SouthState Bank Corp DEFA14A, filed Mar 23, 2022
SouthState Bank Corp (SSB)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SouthState Corporation
1101 First Street South
Winter Haven, Florida 33880
Supplement dated March 23, 2022
To the Proxy Statement dated March 11, 2022
For the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
To be held Wednesday, April 27, 2022
On March 11, 2022, SouthState Corporation (“SouthState”) filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 27, 2022. SouthState is providing this supplement to correct inadvertent typographical errors related solely to the previously disclosed 2021 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for one executive appearing in the table on page 46 of the Proxy Statement under the heading “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in 2021.” The corrected table, with footnotes provided for convenience, is below and replaces the original table in the Proxy Statement in its entirety:
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| | | | | | Executive | | | Registrant | | | Aggregate | | | withdrawals/ | | | balance at |
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| | | | | | contributions | | | contributions | | | earnings | | | distributions | | | December 31, |
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| in 2021 ($)(1) |
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| in 2021 ($) |
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| in 2021 ($) |
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| 2021 ($) |
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John C. Corbett | |
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Robert R. Hill, Jr. | |
| SouthState Deferred Income Plan | |
| — | | | — | | | 866,052 | | | — | | | 7,154,975 | |
William E. Matthews V | |
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Renee R. Brooks | |
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Stephen D. Young | |
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| (1) | Includes the total compensation to the above NEOs for which payment was deferred in 2021. These amounts also comprise part of the amounts disclosed in the “All other compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table. |
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