# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001689731
**File Stem:** 0001628280-23-001264
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 6238
**Document Hash:** 0837f0b3ef0f5f65e48cb80e9284d677
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-23-001264.hdr.sgml**: 20230119

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-23-001264

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230118

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230119

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230119

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Southern States Bancshares, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001689731
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 262518085
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** AL
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40727
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23537804

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 615 QUINTARD AVENUE
- **CITY:** ANNISTON
- **STATE:** AL
- **ZIP:** 36201
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 205-820-8065

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 615 QUINTARD AVENUE
- **CITY:** ANNISTON
- **STATE:** AL
- **ZIP:** 36201

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 8-K**

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)**

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2023**

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![ssbk-20230118_g1.jpg](ssbk-20230118_g1.jpg)

**Southern States Bancshares, Inc.**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Alabama** | **001-40727** | **26-2518085** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction <br>of Incorporation) | (Commission <br>File Number) | (IRS Employer<br> Identification No.) |
| **615 Quintard Ave.** |  |  |
| **Anniston, AL** |  | **36201** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (256) 241-1092**

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<u>Title of each class</u>** | **Trading** <br>**<u>Symbols(s)</u>** | **Name of exchange** <br>**<u>on which registered</u>** |
| **Common Stock, $5.00 par value** | **SSBK** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC** |

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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:

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 8.01 Other Events.** 

On January, 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share on the Company's common stock (the "Dividend"). The Dividend is payable on February 16, 2023 to shareholders of record as of February 3, 2023. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

**Item 9.01.**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)Exhibits

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| **Exhibit <br>No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press Release, dated January 19, 2023.](ssbkdividendannouncement_0.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURE**

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.

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| Dated: January 19, 2023 | **SOUTHERN STATES BANCSHARES, INC.** | **SOUTHERN STATES BANCSHARES, INC.** |
|  | By: | /s/ Lynn Joyce |
|  | Name: | Lynn Joyce |
|  | Title: | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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**Southern States Bancshares, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.09 per Share**

ANNISTON, Alabama, January 19, 2023 – Southern States Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSBK) ("Southern States"), the holding company for Southern States Bank, an Alabama state-chartered commercial bank (the "Bank"), today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.09 per share. The dividend is payable on February 16, 2023 to shareholders of record as of February 3, 2023.

**About Southern States Bancshares, Inc.**

Headquartered in Anniston, Alabama, Southern States Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company that operates primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern States Bank. The Bank is a full-service community banking institution, which offers an array of deposit, loan and other banking-related products and services to businesses and individuals in its communities. The Bank operates 13 branches in Alabama and Georgia and two loan production offices in Atlanta.

**Contact Information:** 

Lynn Joyce

(205) 820-8065

ljoyce@ssbank.bank

Kevin Dobbs

(310) 622-8245

ssbankir@finprofiles.com

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