form 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)     March 8, 2011           

 

                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

                                29606                   

(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):

 

 

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Item 5.02.  APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

 

(c) On March 8, 2011, Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), announced that Michael D. Dowling, 39, has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Southern First Bank, N.A. (the "Bank").  

 

Mr. Dowling was previously employed with KPMG LLP where he served most recently as an audit partner.  He has been with KPMG since 1994 where he was a member of their Financial Services practice.  Mr. Dowling has extensive experience working with public companies and financial institutions and was admitted to the KPMG partnership as an audit partner in 2005.  Mr. Dowling is a 1993 graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Accounting and is a certified public accountant in North Carolina, and South Carolina. 

 

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

            (d)        Exhibits

 

            Exhibit No.      Exhibit

            99.1                 Press Release announcing the appointment of Michael D. Dowling as chief financial officer.

 

 

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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/ R. Arthur Seaver, Jr.                       

                                                                                                                        Name:  R. Arthur Seaver, Jr.

                                                                                                                        Title:    Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: March 8, 2011

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number   Description
 

99.1        Press Release announcing the appointment of Michael D. Dowling as chief financial officer.

 

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