Southern First Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. Through its banking subsidiary, it is 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, ATM processing, and other banking products and services to the general public. The group operates through various retail offices located in the Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston markets of South Carolina, three retail offices in the Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte markets of North Carolina, and one retail office in Atlanta, Georgia.
| Form 4 transaction type | Transactions | Shares | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale | 12 | 26,568 | $1.68M |
| Grant or award | 16 | 4,960 | |
| Option exercise | 11 | 25,358 |
Dollar totals are shown for open-market purchases and sales only. Grants, option exercises, gifts and tax withholding are reported by share count because they are not trades at a market price.
61 Form 4 filings on record, the earliest from Oct 22, 2024, newest first. Filing history page 2 of 3.
| Date | Insider | Transaction | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin C. Hurst - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 4,500 | $0.00 | - | |
| Calvin C. Hurst - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 1,109 | $54.94 | $61K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 875 | $0.00 | - | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 135 | $54.94 | $7K | |
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 1,800 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 242 | $54.94 | $13K | ||
| R. Arthur Seaver Jr. - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 10,000 | $35.65 | $357K | |
| R. Arthur Seaver Jr. - Officer | Open-market sale | Common Stock | 10,000 | $55.14 | $551K | |
| R. Arthur Seaver Jr. - Officer | Option exercise | Stock Options (Right to Buy) | 10,000 | $0.00 | - | |
| James B. Orders III - Director | Other | Common Stock | 83 | $0.00 | - | |
| James B. Orders III - Director | Other | Common Stock | 83 | $0.00 | - | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Open-market sale | Common Stock | 1,258 | $50.00 | $63K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 1,500 | $23.00 | $35K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Option exercise | Stock Options (Right to Buy) | 1,500 | $0.00 | - | |
| David G. Ellison - Director | Open-market purchase | Common Stock | 200 | $43.50 | $9K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 77 | $44.11 | $3K | |
| Anna T. Locke - Director | Open-market purchase | Common Stock | 225 | $44.05 | $10K | |
| David G. Ellison - Director | Open-market purchase | Common Stock | 100 | $44.00 | $4K | |
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 35 | $45.12 | $2K | ||
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 1,083 | $35.72 | $39K | ||
| Anne S. Ellefson - Director | Open-market sale | Common Stock | 500 | $35.01 | $18K | |
| Christian J. Zych - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 180 | $35.74 | $6K | |
| Terry Grayson-Caprio - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Mark A. Cothran - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Rudolph G. Johnstone III - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrew B. Cajka Jr. - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Anne S. Ellefson - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| David G. Ellison - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Anna T. Locke - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| James B. Orders III - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Tecumseh Hooper Jr. - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| William Maner IV - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ray Lattimore - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | |
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 485 | $0.00 | - | ||
| R. Arthur Seaver Jr. - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 10,000 | $23.00 | $230K | |
| R. Arthur Seaver Jr. - Officer | Option exercise | Stock Options (right to buy) | 10,000 | $23.00 | $230K | |
| William Maner IV - Director | Open-market purchase | Common Stock | 700 | $36.15 | $25K | |
| Terry Grayson-Caprio - Director | Open-market purchase | Common stock | 160 | $42.47 | $7K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 1,500 | $16.78 | $25K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Open-market sale | Common Stock | 1,000 | $45.23 | $45K | |
| Julie Ann Fairchild - Officer | Option exercise | Stock Options (right to buy) | 1,500 | $16.78 | $25K |
A Form 144 is notice of an INTENDED sale, not a completed one. It often precedes the Form 4 that reports the trade actually happening.
| Filed | Filer | Relationship | Shares | Market value | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | Officer | 21,000 | $1.33M | View on EDGAR | |
| Fairchild Julie Ann | Officer | 1,500 | $95K | View on EDGAR |
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST) had 23 insider filings in the last 90 days, with the most recent on 2026-08-27. The full record for SFST runs to 61 Form 4 filings, the earliest from 2024-10-22. InsiderAlpha tracks every Form 4, Form 144, and 8-K filing in real time.
No insider purchases of SFST were filed in the last 90 days. 6 purchases are on record for this company.
12 insider sales of SFST were filed in the last 90 days, totaling $1.68M.
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