Independent Director · SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST)

Chair, Compensation Committee

Anne S. Ellefson director compensation at Southern (FY2025): $63.6K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Anne S. Ellefson at SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES Director Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$46,100$17,494$0$0$63,594
FY2024$51,400$0$0$0—
FY2023$47,500———$47,500
FY2022$49,500$0$0$0—
FY2021$45,700————

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0001206774-26-000194, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC filed document, accession 0001206774-26-000194. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 6, 2026.

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$63,594 Anne S. Ellefson, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of April 6, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES pays directors a $18,000 cash retainer and $17,494 in RSUs.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Compensation (Chair)

The rest of the SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Andrew B. Cajka JrIndependent Director$70,794
Anna T. LockeIndependent Director$59,994
Darrin Goss SrIndependent Director$38,394
David G. EllisonIndependent Director$58,094
James B. Orders IIIChair of the Board$69,694
Jennifer S. CluveriusIndependent Director$35,794
Leighton M. CubbageIndependent Director$57,494
Mark A. CothranIndependent Director$57,394
R. Arthur Seaver JrDirector—
Ray A. LattimoreIndependent Director$57,394
Rudolph G. Johnstone IIIIndependent Director$59,994
Tecumseh Hooper JrIndependent Director$58,694
Terry Grayson-CaprioIndependent Director$63,594
William A. Maner IVIndependent Director$59,994
William M. McClatchey JrIndependent Director$35,794

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