Southern First Bancshares Inc
Southern First Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina,
is a bank holding company incorporated in March 1999 under the laws of South
Carolina that owns all of the capital stock of Southern First Bank (the “Bank”),
a South Carolina state bank, and all of the stock of Greenville First Statutory
Trust I and II (collectively, the “Trusts”). The Bank is a commercial
bank with nine retail offices located in Greenville, Columbia and Charleston,
South Carolina. The Bank is primarily engaged in the business of accepting demand
deposits and savings deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(the “FDIC”) and providing commercial, consumer and mortgage loans
to the general public. The Trusts are special purpose subsidiaries organized
for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities.