Greenville First Reports Record



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)     October 31, 2014           

 

 

                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):

 

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 




Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On October 31, 2014, Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock through Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.  The Company intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase from the Company up to an additional 180,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.   The shares will be issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement filed as part of an existing shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3.


A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the commencement of the offering is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.



ITEM 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits


(d)  Exhibits.



 Exhibit

 Number    Description


 99.1      Press Release dated October 31, 2014.





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


October 31, 2014