Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 21, 2020, South State Corporation ("South State") held a special meeting of shareholders (the "special meeting") to consider certain proposals related to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25, 2020 (the "merger agreement"), by and between CenterState Bank Corporation ("CenterState") and South State, which provides, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, that CenterState will merge with and into South State (the "merger"), with South State as the surviving corporation.

As of April 14, 2020, the record date for the special meeting, there were 33,464,420 shares of common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of South State ("Common Stock") outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote for each proposal at the special meeting. At the special meeting, a total of 26,383,056 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 78.84% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote, were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum to conduct business.

At the special meeting, the following proposals were considered:

1. a proposal to approve the merger agreement (the "South State merger


    proposal");

2. a proposal to approve an amendment to South State's articles of incorporation


    to increase the number of authorized shares of South State common stock from
    80,000,000 shares to 160,000,000 shares (such amendment, the "South State
    articles amendment" and such proposal, the "South State authorized share count
    proposal");

3. a proposal to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the merger-related


    named executive officer compensation that will or may be paid to South State's
    named executive officers in connection with the merger (the "South State
    compensation proposal"); and

4. a proposal to adjourn or postpone the special meeting, if necessary or


    appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if, immediately prior to such
    adjournment or postponement, there are not sufficient votes to approve the
    South State merger proposal or the South State authorized share count proposal
    or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the joint proxy
    statement/prospectus is timely provided to holders of South State common stock
    (the "South State adjournment proposal").

Each of the four proposals was approved by the requisite vote of South State's shareholders. The final voting results for each proposal are described below. For more information on each of these proposals, see the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus filed by South State with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2020.





  1. South State merger proposal:




   For           Against       Abstain     Broker Non-Votes

26,117,680       189,172       76,204            N/A




  2. South State authorized share count proposal:




   For           Against       Abstain     Broker Non-Votes

26,057,306       243,774       81,976            N/A




  3. South State compensation proposal:




   For            Against        Abstain     Broker Non-Votes

17,281,550       8,984,835       116,671           N/A








  4. South State adjournment proposal:




   For            Against        Abstain     Broker Non-Votes

22,985,983       3,268,782       128,291           N/A

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d)  Exhibits



Exhibit No.                                   Description

104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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