10-Q

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2026

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-12669

SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Florida		39-3424417
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



1101 First Street South, Suite 202
Winter Haven, Florida		33880
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(863) 293-4710

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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



Title of each class:	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $2.50 par value	SSB	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data file required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large Accelerated Filer ☒		Accelerated Filer ☐

Non-Accelerated Filer ☐		Smaller Reporting Company ☐

		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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:




Class		Outstanding as of October 29, 2026
Common Stock, $2.50 par value		96,680,744

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SouthState Bank Corporation and Subsidiaries

September 30, 2026 Form 10-Q

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025	3

	Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025	4

	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025	5

	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025	6

	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025	7

	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025	8

	Notes to consolidated Financial Statements	10

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	44

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	69

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	69

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	70

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	70

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	70

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	71

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	71

Item 5.	Other Information	71

Item 6.	Exhibits	72

	Signatures	73

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SouthState Bank Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except par value)


	September 30,			December 31,
	2026			2025
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and due from banks	$	527,622		$	583,375
Federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks		2,117,487			2,286,928
Deposits in other financial institutions (restricted cash)		329,509			302,180
Total cash and cash equivalents		2,974,618			3,172,483
Trading securities, at fair value		141,534			110,183
Investment securities:
Securities held to maturity (fair value of $1,519,276 and $1,732,850)		1,905,299			2,048,030
Securities available for sale, at fair value		6,393,309			6,313,756
Other investments		407,172			353,428
Total investment securities		8,705,780			8,715,214
Loans held for sale		296,835			345,343
Loans:
Acquired - non-purchased credit deteriorated loans		9,291,111			11,232,414
Acquired - purchased credit deteriorated loans		2,454,067			2,977,499
Non-acquired loans		40,307,915			34,388,614
Less allowance for credit losses		(588,918	)		(585,197	)
Loans, net		51,464,175			48,013,330
Goodwill		3,094,059			3,094,059
Premises and equipment, net		992,295			994,176
Bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”)		1,321,036			1,293,574
Deferred tax assets		166,421			112,578
Derivatives assets		119,731			222,886
Core deposit and other intangibles		322,589			386,326
Mortgage servicing rights		101,990			84,032
Other assets		738,601			653,228
Total assets	$	70,439,664		$	67,197,412
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing	$	13,445,715		$	13,375,697
Interest-bearing		44,192,566			41,770,100
Total deposits		57,638,281			55,145,797
Federal funds purchased		280,933			306,841
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		217,240			311,374
Corporate and subordinated debentures		696,855			696,536
Other borrowings		300,000			—
Reserve for unfunded commitments		82,299			69,619
Derivative liabilities		987,960			554,748
Other liabilities		1,188,763			1,053,389
Total liabilities		61,392,331			58,138,304
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock - $2.50 par value; authorized 160,000,000 shares;
96,757,601 and 99,138,204 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		241,894			247,845
Surplus		6,233,566			6,480,471
Retained earnings		3,111,483			2,614,173
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(539,610	)		(283,381	)
Total shareholders’ equity		9,047,333			9,059,108
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	70,439,664		$	67,197,412

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2026		2025		2026		2025
Interest income:
Loans, including fees	$	772,100	$	782,382	$	2,238,322	$	2,253,471
Investment securities:
Taxable		73,908		69,549		219,240		191,499
Tax-exempt		8,987		6,480		24,492		20,132
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell
and interest-bearing deposits with banks		9,861		23,271		37,890		65,650
Total interest income		864,856		881,682		2,519,944		2,530,752
Interest expense:
Deposits		256,051		257,271		738,789		744,820
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase		3,774		5,167		12,062		15,482
Corporate and subordinated debentures		12,564		19,547		37,587		47,610
Other borrowings		949		—		2,434		648
Total interest expense		273,338		281,985		790,872		808,560
Net interest income		591,518		599,697		1,729,072		1,722,192
Provision for credit losses		20,345		5,085		47,072		113,152
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		571,173		594,612		1,682,000		1,609,040
Noninterest income:
Fees on deposit accounts		42,811		42,572		123,078		116,374
Mortgage banking income		5,630		5,462		21,536		19,135
Trust and investment services income		15,838		14,157		45,473		43,508
Correspondent banking and capital markets income		14,564		21,204		56,802		44,516
Securities losses, net		—		—		—		(228,811	)
Gain on sale-leaseback, net of transaction costs		—		—		—		229,279
Bank owned life insurance income		9,929		10,597		29,047		29,949
Other income		5,139		5,094		14,799		18,041
Total noninterest income		93,911		99,086		290,735		271,991
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits		217,237		199,148		628,267		595,121
Information services expense		29,968		28,988		88,808		90,505
OREO and loan related expense		3,106		5,427		8,436		9,506
Occupancy expense		44,136		40,874		130,316		117,874
Merger, branch consolidation, severance-related, and other expense		—		20,889		—		113,274
FDIC assessment and other regulatory charges		10,911		8,374		31,921		31,101
Supplies, printing and postage expense		3,472		3,278		10,611		10,376
Amortization of intangibles		20,628		23,426		62,973		71,305
Professional fees		5,898		4,994		16,227		14,361
Advertising and marketing		4,178		2,980		11,339		8,280
Other expense		35,229		33,964		103,138		94,526
Total noninterest expense		374,763		372,342		1,092,036		1,156,229
Earnings:
Income before provision for income taxes		290,321		321,356		880,699		724,802
Provision for income taxes		66,523		74,715		201,059		173,857
Net income	$	223,798	$	246,641	$	679,640	$	550,945
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	2.31	$	2.44	$	6.96	$	5.43
Diluted	$	2.30	$	2.42	$	6.93	$	5.41
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		96,923		101,218		97,583		101,374
Diluted		97,429		101,735		98,002		101,807

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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SouthState Bank Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2026			2025			2026			2025
Net income	$	223,798		$	246,641		$	679,640		$	550,945
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized holding (losses) gains on available for sale securities:
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during period		(300,283	)		73,321			(335,717	)		154,297
Tax effect		70,808			(17,224	)		79,488			(37,056	)
Reclassification adjustment for net loss included in net income		—			—			—			228,811
Tax effect		—			—			—			(55,143	)
Net of tax amount		(229,475	)		56,097			(256,229	)		290,909
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax		(229,475	)		56,097			(256,229	)		290,909
Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(5,677	)	$	302,738		$	423,411		$	841,854

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025

(Dollars in thousands, except for share data)


	Common Stock									Retained			Accumulated Other Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Surplus			Earnings			Loss			Total
Balance, June 30, 2025		101,498,000		$	253,745		$	6,679,028		$	2,240,470		$	(372,109	)	$	8,801,134
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—			—			—			246,641			—			246,641
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effects		—			—			—			—			56,097			56,097
Total comprehensive income																	302,738
Cash dividends declared on common stock at $0.60 per share		—			—			—			(60,648	)		—			(60,648	)
Employee stock purchases		12,935			33			1,099			—			—			1,132
Stock options exercised		2,902			7			132			—			—			139
Stock issued pursuant to restricted stock units		16,276			41			(41	)		—			—			—
Stock issued in lieu of cash - directors fees		1,346			3			123			—			—			126
Common stock repurchased - buyback plan		(440,000	)		(1,100	)		(41,708	)		—			—			(42,808	)
Common stock repurchased - equity plans		(2,228	)		(6	)		(216	)		—			—			(222	)
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			9,535			—			—			9,535
Balance, September 30, 2025		101,089,231		$	252,723		$	6,647,952		$	2,426,463		$	(316,012	)	$	9,011,126

Balance, June 30, 2026		96,971,142		$	242,428		$	6,247,484		$	2,951,691		$	(310,135	)	$	9,131,468
Comprehensive loss:
Net income		—			—			—			223,798			—			223,798
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax effects		—			—			—			—			(229,475	)		(229,475	)
Total comprehensive loss																	(5,677	)
Cash dividends declared on common stock at $0.66 per share		—			—			—			(64,006	)		—			(64,006	)
Employee stock purchases		12,907			32			1,189			—			—			1,221
Stock options exercised		4,086			10			362			—			—			372
Stock issued pursuant to restricted stock units		20,486			51			(51	)		—			—			—
Stock issued in lieu of cash - directors fees		871			2			92			—			—			94
Common stock repurchased - buyback plan		(250,000	)		(625	)		(25,487	)		—			—			(26,112	)
Common stock repurchased - equity plans		(1,891	)		(4	)		(195	)		—			—			(199	)
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			10,395			—			—			10,395
Excise tax on repurchase of common stock		—			—			(223	)		—			—			(223	)
Balance, September 30, 2026		96,757,601		$	241,894		$	6,233,566		$	3,111,483		$	(539,610	)	$	9,047,333

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SouthState Bank Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025

(Dollars in thousands, except for share data)


	Common Stock									Retained			Accumulated Other Comprehensive
	Shares			Amount			Surplus			Earnings			Loss			Total
Balance, December 31, 2024		76,322,206		$	190,805		$	4,259,722		$	2,046,809		$	(606,921	)	$	5,890,415
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—			—			—			550,945			—			550,945
Other comprehensive income, net of tax effects		—			—			—			—			290,909			290,909
Total comprehensive income																	841,854
Cash dividends declared on common stock at $1.68 per share		—			—			—			(170,191	)		—			(170,191	)
Cash dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units		—			—			—			(1,100	)		—			(1,100	)
Employee stock purchases		25,550			64			2,180			—			—			2,244
Stock options exercised		9,949			25			447			—			—			472
Stock issued pursuant to restricted stock units		422,167			1,056			(1,056	)		—			—			—
Stock issued in lieu of cash - directors fees		3,653			9			335			—			—			344
Common stock repurchased - buyback plan		(440,000	)		(1,100	)		(41,708	)		—			—			(42,808	)
Common stock repurchased - equity plans		(113,025	)		(283	)		(11,212	)		—			—			(11,495	)
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			28,444			—			—			28,444
Common stock issued for Independent Bank Group, Inc. (“Independent”) acquisition		24,858,731			62,147			2,410,800			—			—			2,472,947
Balance, September 30,2025		101,089,231		$	252,723		$	6,647,952		$	2,426,463		$	(316,012	)	$	9,011,126

Balance, December 31, 2025		99,138,204		$	247,845		$	6,480,471		$	2,614,173		$	(283,381	)	$	9,059,108
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—			—			—			679,640			—			679,640
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax effects		—			—			—			—			(256,229	)		(256,229	)
Total comprehensive income																	423,411
Cash dividends declared on common stock at $1.86 per share		—			—			—			(181,224	)		—			(181,224	)
Cash dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units		—			—			—			(1,106	)		—			(1,106	)
Employee stock purchases		41,751			104			3,667			—			—			3,771
Stock options exercised		10,104			25			652			—			—			677
Stock issued pursuant to restricted stock units		408,581			1,021			(1,021	)		—			—			—
Stock issued in lieu of cash - directors fees		3,461			9			343			—			—			352
Common stock repurchased - buyback plan		(2,750,000	)		(6,875	)		(268,189	)		—			—			(275,064	)
Common stock repurchased - equity plans		(94,500	)		(235	)		(9,405	)		—			—			(9,640	)
Share-based compensation expense		—			—			29,440			—			—			29,440
Excise tax on repurchase of common stock		—			—			(2,392	)		—			—			(2,392	)
Balance, September 30,2026		96,757,601		$	241,894		$	6,233,566		$	3,111,483		$	(539,610	)	$	9,047,333

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2026			2025
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	679,640		$	550,945
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		115,501			116,149
Provision for credit losses		47,072			113,152
Deferred income taxes		14,869			102,708
Losses on sale of securities, net		—			228,811
Share-based compensation expense		29,440			28,444
Accretion of discount related to acquired loans		(98,483	)		(208,281	)
Losses (gains) on disposal of premises and equipment		851			(112	)
Gains on sale of bank properties held for sale and repossessed real estate		(2,252	)		(234,212	)
Net amortization of premiums and discounts on investment securities		8,377			8,186
Bank properties held for sale and repossessed real estate write downs		6,406			5,343
Fair value adjustment for loans held for sale		2,317			1,043
Originations and purchases of loans held for sale		(1,725,352	)		(1,667,396	)
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale		747,952			913,311
Gains on sales of loans held for sale		(7,571	)		(16,663	)
Increase in cash surrender value of BOLI		(28,724	)		(26,708	)
Net change in:
Accrued interest receivable		(20,185	)		(11,797	)
Prepaid assets		(2,911	)		5,075
Operating leases		6,814			4,666
Bank owned life insurance		(335	)		(3,388	)
Trading securities		938,684			642,258
Derivative assets		103,155			(58,140	)
Miscellaneous other assets		(74,819	)		(26,584	)
Accrued interest payable		(11,477	)		(31,150	)
Accrued income taxes		25,427			(64,703	)
Derivative liabilities		433,212			(325,835	)
Miscellaneous other liabilities		145,405			23,669
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,333,013			68,791
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale		—			2,874,110
Proceeds from maturities and calls of investment securities held to maturity		139,707			154,860
Proceeds from maturities and calls of investment securities available for sale		2,993,409			2,254,244
Proceeds from redemption of other investment securities		49			—
Proceeds from sales and redemptions of other investment securities		16,192			45,306
Purchases of investment securities available for sale		(3,414,030	)		(5,126,458	)
Purchases of other investment securities		(28,517	)		(117,380	)
Net increase in loans		(3,438,760	)		(570,723	)
Net cash received from acquisitions		—			1,040,765
Net cash paid for acquisition of customer list		—			(279	)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off		13,230			13,108
Purchases of premises and equipment		(50,790	)		(53,653	)
Proceeds from redemption and payout of bank owned life insurance policies		1,596			9,774
Proceeds from sale of bank properties held for sale and repossessed real estate		29,162			555,500
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment		412			997
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(3,738,340	)		1,080,171
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase in deposits		2,492,131			806,658
Net (decrease) increase in federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase and other short-term borrowings		(120,043	)		79,180
Proceeds from borrowings		900,000			1,045,122
Repayment of borrowings		(600,000	)		(1,105,000	)
Common stock issuance		4,123			2,588
Common stock repurchases		(284,704	)		(54,303	)
Dividends paid		(182,330	)		(171,291	)
Excise tax paid on repurchases of common stock		(2,392	)		—
Stock options exercised		677			472
Net cash provided by financing activities		2,207,462			603,426
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(197,865	)		1,752,388
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		3,172,483			1,392,067
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	2,974,618		$	3,144,455

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2026		2025
Supplemental Disclosures:
Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	802,350	$	839,710
Income taxes	$	145,214	$	125,072
Recognition of operating lease assets in exchange for lease liabilities	$	43,042	$	399,965
Schedule of Noncash Operating Transactions:
Pooling of interest only strips into trading securities	$	33,352	$	—
Creation of interest only strips from pooling of SBA loans held for sale	$	94,479	$	—
Pooling of SBA loans held for sale into trading securities	$	936,683	$	646,846
Schedule of Noncash Investing Transactions:
Acquisitions:
Fair value of tangible assets acquired	$	—	$	16,553,467
Other intangible assets acquired		—		414,553
Liabilities assumed		—		15,665,912
Net identifiable assets acquired over liabilities assumed		—		1,170,953
Common stock issued in acquisition		—		2,472,947
Real estate transferred from premises and equipment to premises held for sale	$	6,836	$	230,143
Real estate acquired in full or in partial settlement of loans	$	38,776	$	27,382

The Accompanying Notes are an Integral Part of the Financial Statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, otherwise referred to as GAAP, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026.

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2025, has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The information contained in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2025 Form 10-K”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 20, 2026, should be referenced when reading these unaudited consolidated financial statements. Unless otherwise mentioned or unless the context requires otherwise, references herein to “SouthState,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” or similar references mean SouthState Bank Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to the “Bank” or “SouthState Bank” means SouthState Bank Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, SouthState Bank, National Association, a national banking association.

The significant accounting policies of the Company are described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2025 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to those policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.

Note 3 — Recent Accounting and Regulatory Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted

There were no accounting standards adopted during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 that had a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Issued But Not Yet Adopted Accounting Standards

Subsequent to the filing of the Company’s 2025 Form 10-K, no accounting standards were issued that are expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Note 4 — Investment Securities

Investment Securities

The following is the amortized cost and fair value of investment securities held to maturity:


(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
September 30, 2026:
U.S. Government agencies	$	132,891	$	—	$	(21,449	)	$	111,442
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,054,751		—		(219,481	)		835,270
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		355,715		—		(69,930	)		285,785
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		318,780		—		(65,771	)		253,009
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		43,162		—		(9,392	)		33,770
	$	1,905,299	$	—	$	(386,023	)	$	1,519,276
December 31, 2025:
U.S. Government agencies	$	132,913	$	—	$	(15,767	)	$	117,146
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,153,024		—		(177,101	)		975,923
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		379,107		—		(55,232	)		323,875
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		336,910		—		(58,332	)		278,578
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		46,076		—		(8,748	)		37,328
	$	2,048,030	$	—	$	(315,180	)	$	1,732,850

The following is the amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale:


(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
September 30, 2026:
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises	$	2,063,433	$	37	$	(227,466	)	$	1,836,004
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		2,064,461		—		(105,817	)		1,958,644
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,142,156		126		(113,763	)		1,028,519
State and municipal obligations		1,275,798		1		(240,763	)		1,035,036
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		542,998		159		(30,055	)		513,102
Corporate securities		23,000		—		(996	)		22,004
	$	7,111,846	$	323	$	(718,860	)	$	6,393,309
December 31, 2025:
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises	$	1,826,307	$	10,108	$	(138,307	)	$	1,698,108
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		2,208,710		23,979		(47,105	)		2,185,584
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		903,209		3,282		(74,042	)		832,449
State and municipal obligations		1,141,377		1,252		(135,217	)		1,007,412
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		593,973		548		(26,088	)		568,433
Corporate securities		23,000		—		(1,230	)		21,770
	$	6,696,576	$	39,169	$	(421,989	)	$	6,313,756

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The following is the amortized cost and carrying value of other investment securities:


(Dollars in thousands)	Carrying Value
September 30, 2026:
Federal Home Loan Bank stock	$	32,336
Federal Reserve Bank stock		234,374
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries		5,287
Other investment securities		135,175
	$	407,172
December 31, 2025:
Federal Home Loan Bank stock	$	18,086
Federal Reserve Bank stock		234,374
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries		5,287
Other investment securities		95,681
	$	353,428

The Company’s other investment securities consist of non-marketable equity and other securities that have no readily determinable market value. Accordingly, when evaluating these securities for impairment, management considers the ultimate recoverability of the par value rather than recognizing temporary declines in value. As of September 30, 2026, the Company has determined that there was no impairment on its other investment securities.

The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at September 30, 2026, by contractual maturity are detailed below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.


	Securities				Securities
	Held to Maturity				Available for Sale
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	35,395	$	34,270	$	33,882	$	33,340
Due after one year through five years		153,946		137,793		465,164		450,117
Due after five years through ten years		297,776		248,151		1,277,694		1,159,011
Due after ten years		1,418,182		1,099,062		5,335,106		4,750,841
	$	1,905,299	$	1,519,276	$	7,111,846	$	6,393,309

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, there were no sales of securities available for sale. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, there were no sales of securities available for sale. During the first quarter of 2025, the Company sold a portion of the available for sale investment securities acquired from Independent and recognized no gain or loss on these investment securities as each security was marked to fair value at the acquisition date. During the first quarter of 2025, in addition to the sale of the investment securities acquired from Independent, the Company executed an investment portfolio restructuring and sold $1.8 billion of available for sale investment securities from its existing investment securities portfolio.

The following table provides additional details of the available for sale investment securities sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2025:


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Sales of Securities Acquired from Independent		Investment Securities Sales			Total
Sale proceeds	$	1,279,717	$	1,594,393		$	2,874,110
Gross realized gains		—		8,892			8,892
Gross realized losses		—		(237,703	)		(237,703	)
Net realized losses	$	—	$	(228,811	)	$	(228,811	)

There were no sales of held to maturity securities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 or September 30, 2025.

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The Company had 1,273 securities with gross unrealized losses at September 30, 2026. Information pertaining to our securities with gross unrealized losses at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position is as follows:


	Less Than				12 Months
	12 Months				or More
(Dollars in thousands)	Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
September 30, 2026:
Securities Held to Maturity
U.S. Government agencies	$	—	$	—	$	21,449	$	111,441
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		—		—		219,481		835,270
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		—		—		69,930		285,786
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		—		—		65,771		253,009
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		—		—		9,392		33,770
	$	—	$	—	$	386,023	$	1,519,276
Securities Available for Sale
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises	$	48,240	$	1,149,122	$	179,226	$	685,215
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		48,097		1,720,299		57,720		238,313
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		24,057		584,234		89,707		379,753
State and municipal obligations		21,868		264,070		218,894		765,244
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		2,684		93,861		27,371		283,268
Corporate securities		101		9,899		895		12,105
	$	145,047	$	3,821,485	$	573,813	$	2,363,898
December 31, 2025:
Securities Held to Maturity
U.S. Government agencies	$	—	$	—	$	15,767	$	117,146
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		—		—		177,101		975,923
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		—		—		55,232		323,874
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		—		—		58,332		278,579
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		—		—		8,748		37,328
	$	—	$	—	$	315,180	$	1,732,850
Securities Available for Sale
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises	$	459	$	145,357	$	137,848	$	803,407
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		46		40,399		47,059		278,620
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		228		152,299		73,814		423,165
State and municipal obligations		572		43,620		134,645		903,784
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		680		284,036		25,408		202,322
Corporate securities		—		—		1,230		21,769
	$	1,985	$	665,711	$	420,004	$	2,633,067

The Company’s valuation methodology for securities impairment is disclosed in Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, under the “Investment Securities” section, of the 2025 Form 10-K. All debt securities in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2026, continue to perform as scheduled and management does not believe there is a provision for credit losses is necessary. Management does not currently intend to sell the securities within the portfolio, and it is not more-likely-than-not that the Company will be required to sell the debt securities.

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The Company follows its nonaccrual policy by reversing interest income in the income statement when the Company determines the interest for held to maturity securities is uncollectible. Therefore, management excludes the accrued interest receivable balance from the amortized cost basis in measuring expected credit losses on the investment securities and does not record an allowance for credit losses on accrued interest receivable. As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the accrued interest receivables for all investment securities recorded in Other Assets were $45.8 million and $38.9 million, respectively.

At September 30, 2026, investment securities with a market value of $4.8 billion and a carrying value of $5.2 billion were pledged to secure public funds deposits and for other purposes required and permitted by law (excluding securities pledged to secure repurchase agreement disclosed in Note 19 — Short-Term Borrowings, under the “Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase (“Repurchase agreements”)” section). Of the $5.2 billion carrying value of investment securities pledged, $5.1 billion were pledged to secure public funds deposits, $22.4 million were pledged to secure FHLB advances, and $73.8 million were pledged to secure interest rate swap positions with correspondent banks. At December 31, 2025, investment securities with a market value of $5.2 billion and a carrying value of $5.5 billion were pledged to secure public funds deposits and for other purposes required and permitted by law. Of the $5.5 billion carrying value of investment securities pledged, $5.2 billion were pledged to secure public funds deposits, $182.2 million were pledged to secure FHLB advances and $83.3 million were pledged to secure interest rate swap positions with correspondent banks.

Trading Securities

At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, trading securities, at estimated fair value, were as follows:


	September 30,		December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026		2025
U.S. Government agencies	$	11,923	$	1,872
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		11,266		9,799
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		7,412		1,419
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		11,988		5,966
State and municipal obligations		45,985		24,816
Small Business Administration asset-backed securities		50,522		66,173
Other debt securities		2,438		138
	$	141,534	$	110,183

Net (losses) gains on trading securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025, were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025			2026			2025
Net gains on sales transaction	$	204		$	1,517		$	1,605		$	1,461
Net unrealized (losses) gains		(1,572	)		(1	)		(2,059	)		410
Net (losses) gains on trading securities	$	(1,368	)	$	1,516		$	(454	)	$	1,871

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Note 5 — Loans

The following is a summary of total loans:


(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026			December 31, 2025
Loans:
Construction and land development (1)	$	2,917,132		$	2,548,360
Commercial non-owner-occupied		17,896,525			16,651,760
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		7,951,811			7,576,991
Consumer owner-occupied (2)		9,370,164			8,618,434
Home equity loans		1,973,241			1,831,789
Commercial and industrial		9,804,607			9,181,408
Other income producing property		1,183,334			1,232,153
Consumer		949,640			955,266
Other loans		6,639			2,366
Total loans		52,053,093			48,598,527
Less: allowance for credit losses		(588,918	)		(585,197	)
Loans, net	$	51,464,175		$	48,013,330

(1)

Construction and land development includes loans for both commercial construction and development, as well as loans for 1-4 family residential construction and lot loans.

(2)

Consumer owner-occupied real estate includes loans on both 1-4 family owner-occupied property, as well as loans collateralized by 1-4 family owner-occupied properties with a business intent.

The above table reflects the loan portfolio at the amortized cost basis for the periods September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, to include net deferred costs of $104.1 million and $97.0 million, respectively, and unamortized discount related to loans acquired of $159.3 million and $259.5 million, respectively. Accrued interest receivables of $198.7 million and $186.5 million, respectively, are accounted for separately and reported in other assets for the periods September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.

For a description of the Company’s loan risk grading system, including the definitions of Pass, Special Mention, Substandard, and Doubtful, refer to Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2025 Form 10‑K.

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The following table presents the credit risk profile by risk grade of commercial loans by origination year as of and for the period ending September 30, 2026:


(Dollars in thousands)	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of September 30, 2026	2026		2025		2024		2023		2022		Prior		Revolving		Total
Construction and land development
Risk rating:
Pass	$	789,902	$	948,798	$	327,113	$	50,535	$	67,893	$	56,452	$	155,970	$	2,396,663
Special mention		3,427		1,643		11,750		25,038		—		526		39,635		82,019
Substandard		5,205		11,767		4,998		30,673		8,227		5,520		1,543		67,933
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total Construction and land development	$	798,534	$	962,208	$	343,861	$	106,246	$	76,120	$	62,498	$	197,148	$	2,546,615
Construction and land development
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	222	$	—	$	222

Commercial non-owner-occupied
Risk rating:
Pass	$	4,061,388	$	2,553,648	$	1,054,602	$	1,018,106	$	3,220,673	$	3,953,541	$	277,832	$	16,139,790
Special mention		83,497		30,977		16,170		29,776		190,161		84,872		1,070		436,523
Substandard		64,504		107,259		37,841		187,665		674,207		248,055		677		1,320,208
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		4		—		4
Total Commercial non-owner-occupied	$	4,209,389	$	2,691,884	$	1,108,613	$	1,235,547	$	4,085,041	$	4,286,472	$	279,579	$	17,896,525
Commercial non-owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	969	$	5,173	$	149	$	—	$	6,291

Commercial Owner-Occupied
Risk rating:
Pass	$	1,327,245	$	1,241,310	$	674,706	$	563,621	$	1,026,814	$	2,652,289	$	114,217	$	7,600,202
Special mention		416		4,038		3,591		16,151		10,557		17,327		373		52,453
Substandard		9,429		22,790		28,865		39,455		79,069		118,311		1,221		299,140
Doubtful		—		8		4		—		—		4		—		16
Total commercial owner-occupied	$	1,337,090	$	1,268,146	$	707,166	$	619,227	$	1,116,440	$	2,787,931	$	115,811	$	7,951,811
Commercial owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	11	$	134	$	188	$	365	$	—	$	698

Commercial and industrial
Risk rating:
Pass	$	2,564,156	$	1,665,982	$	783,717	$	432,559	$	636,818	$	897,714	$	2,404,651	$	9,385,597
Special mention		5,959		19,034		3,450		7,953		2,928		2,553		14,431		56,308
Substandard		35,881		39,081		66,501		42,768		35,339		50,667		92,203		362,440
Doubtful		4		29		40		65		70		24		30		262
Total commercial and industrial	$	2,606,000	$	1,724,126	$	853,708	$	483,345	$	675,155	$	950,958	$	2,511,315	$	9,804,607
Commercial and industrial
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	1,569	$	6,753	$	7,585	$	4,293	$	1,590	$	1,721	$	2,030	$	25,541

Other income producing property
Risk rating:
Pass	$	196,916	$	134,165	$	98,726	$	58,900	$	228,389	$	261,111	$	62,757	$	1,040,964
Special mention		777		1,498		256		44		2,346		1,727		428		7,076
Substandard		2,569		831		307		1,532		10,543		21,028		228		37,038
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total other income producing property	$	200,262	$	136,494	$	99,289	$	60,476	$	241,278	$	283,866	$	63,413	$	1,085,078
Other income producing property
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Consumer owner-occupied
Risk rating:
Pass	$	9,043	$	14,741	$	1,692	$	17,435	$	10,158	$	29,422	$	50,396	$	132,887
Special mention		—		99		—		126		—		75		95		395
Substandard		439		1,236		—		365		—		—		646		2,686
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total Consumer owner-occupied	$	9,482	$	16,076	$	1,692	$	17,926	$	10,158	$	29,497	$	51,137	$	135,968
Consumer owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Other loans
Risk rating:
Pass	$	6,639	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,639
Special mention		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Substandard		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total other loans	$	6,639	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,639
Other loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Total Commercial Loans
Risk rating:
Pass	$	8,955,289	$	6,558,644	$	2,940,556	$	2,141,156	$	5,190,745	$	7,850,529	$	3,065,823	$	36,702,742
Special mention		94,076		57,289		35,217		79,088		205,992		107,080		56,032		634,774
Substandard		118,027		182,964		138,512		302,458		807,385		443,581		96,518		2,089,445
Doubtful		4		37		44		65		70		32		30		282
Total Commercial Loans	$	9,167,396	$	6,798,934	$	3,114,329	$	2,522,767	$	6,204,192	$	8,401,222	$	3,218,403	$	39,427,243
Commercial Loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	1,569	$	6,753	$	7,596	$	5,396	$	6,951	$	2,457	$	2,030	$	32,752

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The following table presents the credit risk profile by risk grade of commercial loans by origination year as of and for the period ending December 31, 2025:


(Dollars in thousands)	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of December 31, 2025	2025		2024		2023		2022		2021		Prior		Revolving		Total
Construction and land development
Risk rating:
Pass	$	862,035	$	575,253	$	264,370	$	175,486	$	57,814	$	40,977	$	147,911	$	2,123,846
Special mention		706		137		1,815		20,580		335		510		—		24,083
Substandard		5,292		7,512		32,431		5,898		892		5,564		—		57,589
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total Construction and land development	$	868,033	$	582,902	$	298,616	$	201,964	$	59,041	$	47,051	$	147,911	$	2,205,518
Construction and land development
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	16	$	—	$	—	$	16

Commercial non-owner-occupied
Risk rating:
Pass	$	2,564,868	$	1,161,720	$	1,304,297	$	3,828,512	$	2,440,726	$	2,996,445	$	185,751	$	14,482,319
Special mention		51,864		17,084		100,316		383,957		27,680		96,579		10,484		687,964
Substandard		169,713		28,225		100,542		598,777		357,340		226,461		415		1,481,473
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		1		3		—		4
Total Commercial non-owner-occupied	$	2,786,445	$	1,207,029	$	1,505,155	$	4,811,246	$	2,825,747	$	3,319,488	$	196,650	$	16,651,760
Commercial non-owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	4,565	$	1,237	$	18,033	$	9,800	$	—	$	33,635

Commercial Owner-Occupied
Risk rating:
Pass	$	1,210,501	$	777,109	$	634,593	$	1,105,730	$	1,110,749	$	2,218,753	$	102,835	$	7,160,270
Special mention		4,609		1,075		12,204		10,424		5,539		17,866		438		52,155
Substandard		19,657		38,394		52,341		115,676		33,813		102,965		1,703		364,549
Doubtful		9		4		—		—		—		4		—		17
Total commercial owner-occupied	$	1,234,776	$	816,582	$	699,138	$	1,231,830	$	1,150,101	$	2,339,588	$	104,976	$	7,576,991
Commercial owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	1,095	$	—	$	874	$	1,628	$	184	$	1,317	$	50	$	5,148

Commercial and industrial
Risk rating:
Pass	$	2,644,081	$	1,056,432	$	613,536	$	876,480	$	410,578	$	771,994	$	2,396,981	$	8,770,082
Special mention		5,089		2,283		20,226		6,023		2,955		2,208		14,387		53,171
Substandard		10,054		50,362		52,210		52,356		37,921		31,469		123,611		357,983
Doubtful		—		3		43		68		50		2		6		172
Total commercial and industrial	$	2,659,224	$	1,109,080	$	686,015	$	934,927	$	451,504	$	805,673	$	2,534,985	$	9,181,408
Commercial and industrial
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	23,240	$	2,947	$	4,351	$	9,157	$	12,680	$	11,844	$	10,007	$	74,226

Other income producing property
Risk rating:
Pass	$	157,404	$	114,264	$	88,883	$	272,672	$	173,188	$	210,459	$	55,663	$	1,072,533
Special mention		2,020		463		145		269		542		2,897		602		6,938
Substandard		1,936		420		1,918		15,540		2,294		17,247		548		39,903
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total other income producing property	$	161,360	$	115,147	$	90,946	$	288,481	$	176,024	$	230,603	$	56,813	$	1,119,374
Other income producing property
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Consumer owner-occupied
Risk rating:
Pass	$	15,587	$	3,687	$	20,410	$	10,949	$	11,145	$	25,248	$	31,042	$	118,068
Special mention		118		745		131		—		—		—		—		994
Substandard		1,376		209		—		—		—		158		588		2,331
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		1		—		1
Total Consumer owner-occupied	$	17,081	$	4,641	$	20,541	$	10,949	$	11,145	$	25,407	$	31,630	$	121,394
Consumer owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Other loans
Risk rating:
Pass	$	2,366	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	2,366
Special mention		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Substandard		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total other loans	$	2,366	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	2,366
Other loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Total Commercial Loans
Risk rating:
Pass	$	7,456,842	$	3,688,465	$	2,926,089	$	6,269,829	$	4,204,200	$	6,263,876	$	2,920,183	$	33,729,484
Special mention		64,406		21,787		134,837		421,253		37,051		120,060		25,911		825,305
Substandard		208,028		125,122		239,442		788,247		432,260		383,864		126,865		2,303,828
Doubtful		9		7		43		68		51		10		6		194
Total Commercial Loans	$	7,729,285	$	3,835,381	$	3,300,411	$	7,479,397	$	4,673,562	$	6,767,810	$	3,072,965	$	36,858,811
Commercial Loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	24,335	$	2,947	$	9,790	$	12,022	$	30,913	$	22,961	$	10,057	$	113,025

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For the consumer segment, delinquency of a loan is determined by past due status. Consumer loans are automatically placed on nonaccrual status once the loan is 90 days past due. Construction and land development loans are on 1-4 family residential properties and lots.

The following table presents the credit risk profile by past due status of consumer loans by origination year as of and for the period ending September 30, 2026:


(Dollars in thousands)	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of September 30, 2026	2026		2025		2024		2023		2022		Prior		Revolving		Total
Consumer owner-occupied
Days past due:
Current	$	1,421,708	$	1,171,378	$	573,569	$	863,864	$	2,221,827	$	2,905,421	$	—	$	9,157,767
30 days past due		302		5,841		5,307		4,352		4,129		5,477		—		25,408
60 days past due		—		1,702		960		2,484		900		1,829		—		7,875
90 days past due		155		5,382		10,206		12,482		4,130		10,791		—		43,146
Total Consumer owner-occupied	$	1,422,165	$	1,184,303	$	590,042	$	883,182	$	2,230,986	$	2,923,518	$	—	$	9,234,196
Consumer owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	43	$	839	$	1,559	$	1,304	$	324	$	44	$	—	$	4,113

Home equity loans
Days past due:
Current	$	810	$	1,720	$	2,105	$	1,502	$	2,541	$	14,089	$	1,939,461	$	1,962,228
30 days past due		—		—		277		50		—		630		3,760		4,717
60 days past due		—		—		218		—		—		416		2,242		2,876
90 days past due		—		51		666		643		393		742		925		3,420
Total Home equity loans	$	810	$	1,771	$	3,266	$	2,195	$	2,934	$	15,877	$	1,946,388	$	1,973,241
Home equity loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	117	$	10	$	—	$	106	$	35	$	268

Consumer
Days past due:
Current	$	198,153	$	140,944	$	97,014	$	121,514	$	118,030	$	174,064	$	93,768	$	943,487
30 days past due		210		324		307		405		576		707		31		2,560
60 days past due		34		173		324		87		98		321		211		1,248
90 days past due		3		74		253		253		414		1,308		40		2,345
Total consumer	$	198,400	$	141,515	$	97,898	$	122,259	$	119,118	$	176,400	$	94,050	$	949,640
Consumer
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	58	$	611	$	540	$	751	$	200	$	186	$	4,422	$	6,768

Construction and land development
Days past due:
Current	$	132,569	$	118,774	$	34,864	$	18,096	$	33,317	$	32,604	$	—	$	370,224
30 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
60 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
90 days past due		—		—		—		293		—		—		—		293
Total Construction and land development	$	132,569	$	118,774	$	34,864	$	18,389	$	33,317	$	32,604	$	—	$	370,517
Construction and land development
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Other income producing property
Days past due:
Current	$	1,269	$	3,918	$	1,182	$	7,198	$	46,793	$	37,399	$	97	$	97,856
30 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		122		—		122
60 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
90 days past due		—		—		3		—		258		17		—		278
Total other income producing property	$	1,269	$	3,918	$	1,185	$	7,198	$	47,051	$	37,538	$	97	$	98,256
Other income producing property
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Total Consumer Loans
Days past due:
Current	$	1,754,509	$	1,436,734	$	708,734	$	1,012,174	$	2,422,508	$	3,163,577	$	2,033,326	$	12,531,562
30 days past due		512		6,165		5,891		4,807		4,705		6,936		3,791		32,807
60 days past due		34		1,875		1,502		2,571		998		2,566		2,453		11,999
90 days past due		158		5,507		11,128		13,671		5,195		12,858		965		49,482
Total Consumer Loans	$	1,755,213	$	1,450,281	$	727,255	$	1,033,223	$	2,433,406	$	3,185,937	$	2,040,535	$	12,625,850
Consumer Loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	101	$	1,450	$	2,216	$	2,065	$	524	$	336	$	4,457	$	11,149

The following table presents the credit risk profile by past due status of total loans by origination year as of and for the period ending September 30, 2026:


(Dollars in thousands)	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of September 30, 2026	2026		2025		2024		2023		2022		Prior		Revolving		Total
Total Loans	$	10,922,609	$	8,249,215	$	3,841,584	$	3,555,990	$	8,637,598	$	11,587,159	$	5,258,938	$	52,053,093

Current-period gross charge-offs	$	1,670	$	8,203	$	9,812	$	7,461	$	7,475	$	2,793	$	6,487	$	43,901

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The following table presents the credit risk profile by past due status of consumer loans by origination year as of and for the period ending December 31, 2025:


(Dollars in thousands)	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of December 31, 2025	2025		2024		2023		2022		2021		Prior		Revolving		Total
Consumer owner-occupied
Days past due:
Current	$	1,182,075	$	647,315	$	1,014,555	$	2,407,217	$	1,639,720	$	1,543,231	$	—	$	8,434,113
30 days past due		2,060		3,805		5,472		3,232		3,926		3,369		—		21,864
60 days past due		685		2,557		2,670		620		559		1,626		—		8,717
90 days past due		1,156		9,661		8,967		6,584		1,524		4,454		—		32,346
Total Consumer owner-occupied	$	1,185,976	$	663,338	$	1,031,664	$	2,417,653	$	1,645,729	$	1,552,680	$	—	$	8,497,040
Consumer owner-occupied
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	122	$	926	$	981	$	458	$	53	$	107	$	—	$	2,647

Home equity loans
Days past due:
Current	$	1,627	$	5,549	$	2,618	$	3,463	$	1,308	$	13,961	$	1,794,239	$	1,822,765
30 days past due		50		26		160		199		—		502		2,752		3,689
60 days past due		—		50		212		74		—		108		1,615		2,059
90 days past due		—		218		577		886		138		610		847		3,276
Total Home equity loans	$	1,677	$	5,843	$	3,567	$	4,622	$	1,446	$	15,181	$	1,799,453	$	1,831,789
Home equity loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	66	$	—	$	70	$	—	$	415	$	—	$	551

Consumer
Days past due:
Current	$	193,165	$	134,608	$	156,266	$	154,801	$	62,652	$	156,314	$	91,731	$	949,537
30 days past due		55		117		304		271		205		1,295		75		2,322
60 days past due		41		70		427		50		—		268		65		921
90 days past due		67		177		532		365		47		1,288		10		2,486
Total consumer	$	193,328	$	134,972	$	157,529	$	155,487	$	62,904	$	159,165	$	91,881	$	955,266
Consumer
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	390	$	912	$	910	$	776	$	114	$	2,655	$	6,007	$	11,764

Construction and land development
Days past due:
Current	$	129,749	$	80,514	$	27,590	$	53,698	$	26,284	$	24,390	$	—	$	342,225
30 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
60 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
90 days past due		—		—		154		463		—		—		—		617
Total Construction and land development	$	129,749	$	80,514	$	27,744	$	54,161	$	26,284	$	24,390	$	—	$	342,842
Construction and land development
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Other income producing property
Days past due:
Current	$	3,638	$	2,037	$	7,756	$	50,859	$	16,477	$	31,521	$	86	$	112,374
30 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
60 days past due		—		—		—		—		—		16		—		16
90 days past due		—		3		—		258		—		128		—		389
Total other income producing property	$	3,638	$	2,040	$	7,756	$	51,117	$	16,477	$	31,665	$	86	$	112,779
Other income producing property
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Total Consumer Loans
Days past due:
Current	$	1,510,254	$	870,023	$	1,208,785	$	2,670,038	$	1,746,441	$	1,769,417	$	1,886,056	$	11,661,014
30 days past due		2,165		3,948		5,936		3,702		4,131		5,166		2,827		27,875
60 days past due		726		2,677		3,309		744		559		2,018		1,680		11,713
90 days past due		1,223		10,059		10,230		8,556		1,709		6,480		857		39,114
Total Consumer Loans	$	1,514,368	$	886,707	$	1,228,260	$	2,683,040	$	1,752,840	$	1,783,081	$	1,891,420	$	11,739,716
Consumer Loans
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	512	$	1,904	$	1,891	$	1,304	$	167	$	3,177	$	6,007	$	14,962

The following table presents the credit risk profile by past due status of total loans by origination year as of and for the period ending December 31, 2025:


(Dollars in thousands)	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of December 31, 2025	2025		2024		2023		2022		2021		Prior		Revolving		Total
Total Loans	$	9,243,653	$	4,722,088	$	4,528,671	$	10,162,437	$	6,426,402	$	8,550,891	$	4,964,385	$	48,598,527

Current-period gross charge-offs	$	24,847	$	4,851	$	11,681	$	13,326	$	31,080	$	26,138	$	16,064	$	127,987

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The following table presents an aging analysis of past due accruing loans, segregated by class, as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:


(Dollars in thousands)	30 - 59 Days Past Due		60 - 89 Days Past Due		90+ Days Past Due		Total Past Due		Current		Non-Accruing		Total Loans
September 30, 2026
Construction and land development	$	3,498	$	17	$	—	$	3,515	$	2,908,666	$	4,951	$	2,917,132
Commercial non-owner-occupied		3,243		14,553		2		17,798		17,821,892		56,835		17,896,525
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		10,860		4,270		1,346		16,476		7,899,811		35,524		7,951,811
Consumer owner-occupied		16,558		553		409		17,520		9,267,581		85,063		9,370,164
Home equity loans		4,155		1,756	—			5,911		1,958,660		8,670		1,973,241
Commercial and industrial		45,714		7,635		8,532		61,881		9,654,895		87,831		9,804,607
Other income producing property		1,043		211		340		1,594		1,179,958		1,782		1,183,334
Consumer		2,409		1,018	—			3,427		942,534		3,679		949,640
Other loans	—		—		—		—			6,639	—			6,639
	$	87,480	$	30,013	$	10,629	$	128,122	$	51,640,636	$	284,335	$	52,053,093
December 31, 2025
Construction and land development	$	3,018	$	472	$	139	$	3,629	$	2,537,171	$	7,560	$	2,548,360
Commercial non-owner-occupied		8,457		304		408		9,169		16,575,180		67,411		16,651,760
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		14,821		4,651		865		20,337		7,516,697		39,957		7,576,991
Consumer owner-occupied		16,301		901		—		17,202		8,527,681		73,551		8,618,434
Home equity loans		2,739		1,226		1		3,966		1,819,479		8,344		1,831,789
Commercial and industrial		24,890		5,860		2,913		33,663		9,052,979		94,766		9,181,408
Other income producing property		1,582		827		615		3,024		1,227,020		2,109		1,232,153
Consumer		2,002		793		—		2,795		949,014		3,457		955,266
Other loans		—		—		—		—		2,366		—		2,366
	$	73,810	$	15,034	$	4,941	$	93,785	$	48,207,587	$	297,155	$	48,598,527

The following table is a summary of information pertaining to nonaccrual loans by class, including loans modified for borrowers with financial difficulty as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025:


(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026		Greater than 90 days past due and accruing(1)		Non-accrual with no allowance(1)		December 31, 2025
Construction and land development	$	4,951	$	—	$	3,739	$	7,560
Commercial non-owner-occupied		56,835		2		55,642		67,411
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		35,524		1,346		7,330		39,957
Consumer owner-occupied		85,063		409		1,484		73,551
Home equity loans		8,670	—		—			8,344
Commercial and industrial		87,831		8,532		5,121		94,766
Other income producing property		1,782		340	—			2,109
Consumer		3,679	—		—			3,457
Total loans on nonaccrual status	$	284,335	$	10,629	$	73,316	$	297,155

(1)

Greater than 90 days accruing and non-accrual with no allowance loans at September 30, 2026.

There is no interest income recognized during the period on nonaccrual loans. The Company follows its nonaccrual policy by reversing contractual interest income in the income statement when the Company places a loan on nonaccrual status. Loans on nonaccrual status in which there is no allowance assigned are individually evaluated loans that do not carry a specific reserve. See Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the 2025 Form 10-K for further detailed descriptions on individually evaluated loans.

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The following is a summary of collateral dependent loans, by type of collateral, and the extent to which they are collateralized during the period:


(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026		Collateral Coverage		%			December 31, 2025		Collateral Coverage		%
Construction and land development
Other	$	3,739	$	8,175		219	%	$	5,778	$	7,725		134	%
Commercial owner-occupied real estate
Church		3,219		5,288		164	%		3,315		6,075		183	%
Other		4,111		12,213		297	%		6,157		9,549		155	%
Commercial non-owner-occupied real estate
Retail		4,361		4,549		104	%		3,451		5,251		152	%
Other		1,160		1,458		126	%		1,250		1,512		121	%
Office	—		—			—	%		12,250		22,015		180	%
Multifamily		50,121		58,109		116	%		44,860		50,894		113	%
Commercial and industrial
Other		39,477		40,537		103	%		49,491		46,539		94	%
Other income producing property
1-4 family investment property	—		—			—	%		717		545		76	%
Consumer owner-occupied
1st Mtg Residential		1,484		2,250		152	%		1,484		2,250		152	%
Total collateral dependent loans	$	107,672	$	132,579				$	128,753	$	152,355

The Bank designates individually evaluated loans on non-accrual with a net book balance exceeding the designated threshold as collateral dependent loans. Collateral dependent loans are loans for which the repayment is expected to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the collateral and the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty. These loans do not share common risk characteristics and are not included within the collectively evaluated loans for determining the ACL. The Bank has adopted the collateral maintenance practical expedient to measure the ACL based on the fair value of collateral. The ACL is calculated on an individual loan basis based on the shortfall between the fair value of the loan's collateral, which is adjusted for selling costs, and amortized cost. If the fair value of the collateral exceeds the amortized cost, no allowance is required. The Bank’s threshold for individually evaluated loans is $1.0 million. The changes above in collateral percentage are generally due to appraisal value updates or changes in the number of loans within the asset class and collateral type. Overall collateral dependent loans decreased $21.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.

Loans on nonaccrual status at the date of modification are initially classified as nonaccrual. Loans on accruing status at the date of modification are initially classified as accruing if the note is reasonably assured of repayment and performance is expected in accordance with its modified terms. Such loans may be designated as nonaccrual loans subsequent to the modification date if reasonable doubt exists as to the collection of interest or principal under the modification agreement. Nonaccrual loans are returned to accruing status when there is economic substance to the modification, there is documented credit evaluation of the borrower’s financial condition, the remaining balance is reasonably assured of repayment in accordance with its modified terms, and the borrower has demonstrated sustained repayment performance in accordance with the modified terms for a reasonable period of time (generally a minimum of six months). See Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the 2025 Form 10-K for how such modifications are factored into the determination of the ACL for the periods presented above.

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The following tables present loans designated as modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025, respectively. The loans are segregated by type of modification and asset class, indicating the financial effect of the modifications. There were no interest rate reduction modifications for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025. There were no combination interest rate reduction and payment delay modifications for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026. There were no combination term extension and payment delay modifications modifications for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026								2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate			Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate
Interest rate reduction
Construction and land development	$	1,812		0.06	%		1.75	%	$	—		—			—
Commercial non-owner occupied		1,091		0.01	%		0.81	%		14,981		0.09	%		1.12	%
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		310		0.00	%		1.00	%		325		0.00	%		1.55	%
Commercial and industrial		488		0.00	%		1.10	%		367		0.00	%		1.75	%
Total interest rate reductions	$	3,701							$	15,673


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2026							2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan		Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan
Term extension
Construction and land development	$	—		—			—	$	309		0.01	%	4 months
Commercial non-owner occupied		72,973		0.41	%	4 months			30,697		0.19	%	6 months
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		—		—			—		7,563		0.10	%	21 months
Consumer owner-occupied		566		0.01	%	7 months			2,679		0.03	%	4 months
Commercial and industrial		24,336		0.25	%	8 months			6,768		0.08	%	3 months
Other income producing property		2,231		0.19	%	5 months			—		—			—
Total term extensions	$	100,106						$	48,016


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026							2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan		Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan
Term extension
Construction and land development	$	—		—			—	$	592		0.02	%	6 months
Commercial non-owner-occupied		85,065		0.48	%	5 months			30,697		0.19	%	6 months
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		3,196		0.04	%	7 months			7,563		0.10	%	21 months
Consumer owner-occupied		4,146		0.04	%	5 months			3,962		0.05	%	6 months
Commercial and industrial		32,538		0.33	%	7 months			9,086		0.11	%	3 months
Other income producing property		2,897		0.24	%	5 months			—		—			—
Total term extensions	$	127,842						$	51,900


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2026							2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Weighted Average of Months Payments Were Deferred		Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Weighted Average of Months Payments Were Deferred
Other-than-insignificant payment delay
Construction and land development	$	—		—			—	$	26,218		0.98	%	6 months
Commercial non-owner occupied		52,990		0.30	%	9 months			22,833		0.14	%	8 months
Total payment delays	$	52,990						$	49,051

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	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026							2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Weighted Average of Months Payments Were Deferred		Amortized Cost		% of Total Asset Class			Weighted Average of Months Payments Were Deferred
Other-than-insignificant payment delay
Construction and land development	$	—		—			—	$	26,218		0.98	%	6 months
Commercial non-owner-occupied		118,357		0.66	%	9 months			22,833		0.14	%	8 months
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		3,268		0.04	%	6 months			5,704		0.08	%	7 months
Commercial and industrial		7,125		0.07	%	9 months			1,610		0.02	%	6 months
Other income producing property		264		0.02	%	60 months			—		—			—
Total payment delays	$	129,014						$	56,365


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2026						2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan	Amortized Cost		Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan
Combination - Term Extension and Interest Rate Reduction
Consumer owner-occupied	$	464		0.75	%	16 months	$	917		1.83	%	3 months
Total term extension and interest rate reduction combinations	$	464					$	917


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026						2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan	Amortized Cost		Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate			Increase in Weighted Average Life of Loan
Combination - Term Extension and Interest Rate Reduction
Commercial non-owner occupied	$	22,714		0.50	%	37 months	$	—		—			—
Consumer owner-occupied		1,671		0.60	%	31 months		1,769		2.40	%	6 months
Total term extension and interest rate reduction combinations	$	24,385					$	1,769


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2026						2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate		Increase in Weighted Average Amortization Term		Amortized Cost		Reduction in Average Contractual Interest Rate			Increase in Weighted Average Amortization Term
Combination - Interest Rate Reduction and Payment Delay
Commercial non-owner occupied	$	—		—		—	$	29,802		0.25	%	8 months
Total interest rate reduction and payment delay combinations	$	—					$	29,802


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026						2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Reduction in Weighted Average Contractual Interest Rate		Increase in Weighted Average Amortization Term		Amortized Cost		Reduction in Average Contractual Interest Rate			Increase in Weighted Average Amortization Term
Combination - Interest Rate Reduction and Payment Delay
Commercial non-owner occupied	$	—		—		—	$	29,802		0.25	%	8 months
Commercial and industrial		—		—		—		1,172		0.75	%	12 months
Total interest rate reduction and payment delay combinations	$	—					$	30,974

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The Bank on occasion will enter into modification agreements which extend the maturity payoff on a loan or reduce the interest rate for borrowers willing to continue to pay, to minimize losses for the Bank. At September 30, 2026, the Company had $7.1 million in remaining commitments to lend additional funds on loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty and modified during the current reporting period.

The following table presents the changes in status of loans modified within the previous twelve months to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty, as of September 30, 2026 and 2025, by type of modification. The subsequent defaults were all due to past due status greater than 60 days.


	September 30,
	2026						2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Paying Under Restructured Terms Amortized Cost		Converted to Nonaccrual Amortized Cost		Foreclosures and Defaults Amortized Cost		Paying Under Restructured Terms Amortized Cost		Converted to Nonaccrual Amortized Cost		Foreclosures and Defaults Amortized Cost
Interest rate reduction
Construction and land development	$	1,812	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Commercial non-owner-occupied		1,770		—		—		14,981		—		—
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		712		—		—		325		—		—
Commercial and industrial		488		—		—		367		—		—
Consumer owner-occupied		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total interest rate reductions	$	4,782	$	—	$	—	$	15,673	$	—	$	—

Term extension
Construction and land development	$	3,739	$	—	$	—	$	310	$	—	$	282
Commercial non-owner-occupied		112,408		—		—		30,697		—		—
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		3,995		—		—		7,563		—		—
Commercial and industrial		28,917		5,974		1,100		8,801		—		285
Other income producing property		2,686		—		211		—		—		—
Consumer owner-occupied		4,698		—		2,050		6,021		—		935
Total term extensions	$	156,443	$	5,974	$	3,361	$	53,392	$	—	$	1,502

Other-than-insignificant payment delay
Construction and land development	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	26,218	$	—	$	—
Commercial non-owner occupied		135,585		—		—		22,833		—		—
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		3,268		—		—		6,072		—		—
Commercial and industrial		7,125		—		—		1,610		—		—
Other income producing property		264		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer owner-occupied		373		—		—		—		—		—
Total payment delays	$	146,615	$	—	$	—	$	56,733	$	—	$	—

Term Extension and Interest Rate Reduction
Commercial non-owner occupied	$	22,714	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Consumer owner-occupied		1,914		—		—		1,799		—		337
Total term extension and interest rate combinations	$	24,628	$	—	$	—	$	1,799	$	—	$	337

Term Extension and Payment Delay
Commercial and industrial	$	222	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Total term extension and payment delay combinations	$	222	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

Interest Rate Reduction and Payment Delay
Commercial non-owner occupied	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	29,802	$	—	$	—
Commercial and industrial		—		—		—		1,172		—		—
Total interest rate reduction and payment delay combinations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	30,974	$	—	$	—
	$	332,690	$	5,974	$	3,361	$	158,571	$	—	$	1,839

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The following table depicts the performance of loans modified within the previous twelve months to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty, as of September 30, 2026 and 2025:


	September 30, 2026						September 30, 2025
	Payment Status (Amortized Cost Basis)						Payment Status (Amortized Cost Basis)
(Dollars in thousands)	Current		30-89 Days Past Due		90+ Days Past Due		Current		30-89 Days Past Due		90+ Days Past Due
Construction and land development	$	5,551	$	—	$	—	$	26,528	$	282	$	—
Commercial non-owner-occupied		272,477		—		—		98,313		—		—
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		5,722		2,253		—		13,593		368		—
Commercial and industrial		36,752		5,974		1,100		11,949		285		—
Other income producing property		2,950		211		—		—		—		—
Consumer owner-occupied		6,985		791		1,259		7,820		919		353
Total	$	330,437	$	9,229	$	2,359	$	158,203	$	1,854	$	353

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Note 6 — Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL)

The following tables present a disaggregated analysis of activity in the allowance for credit losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:


(Dollars in thousands)	Residential Mortgage Sr.			Residential Mortgage Jr.			HELOC			Residential Construction			Comm Constr. & Dev.			Consumer			Multifamily			Municipal			CRE Owner- Occupied			Non-Owner- Occupied CRE			C & I			Total
Three months ended September 30, 2026
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance at end of period June 30, 2026	$	65,629		$	1,133		$	14,085		$	9,353		$	55,076		$	16,616		$	59,324		$	1,819		$	72,196		$	178,804		$	112,629		$	586,664
Charge-offs		(1,472	)		—			(69	)		—			(56	)		(2,464	)		—			—			(327	)		(5,322	)		(8,015	)		(17,725	)
Recoveries		186			55			156			—			35			350			848			—			1,907			242			1,629			5,408
Net (charge-offs) recoveries		(1,286	)		55			87			—			(21	)		(2,114	)		848			—			1,580			(5,080	)		(6,386	)		(12,317	)
Provision (recovery) (1)		72			95			652			(349	)		(4,947	)		889			(513	)		21			(3,898	)		11,317			11,232			14,571
Balance at end of period September 30, 2026	$	64,415		$	1,283		$	14,824		$	9,004		$	50,108		$	15,391		$	59,659		$	1,840		$	69,878		$	185,041		$	117,475		$	588,918

Three months ended September 30, 2025
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance at end of period June 30, 2025	$	54,204		$	868		$	13,884		$	7,150		$	76,297		$	18,685		$	51,088		$	2,279		$	88,223		$	165,193		$	143,175		$	621,046
Charge-offs		(698	)		—			(66	)		—			—			(2,969	)		—			—			(655	)		—			(33,174	)		(37,562	)
Recoveries		122			190			110			—			108			764			—			—			50			2,048			2,016			5,408
Net (charge-offs) recoveries		(576	)		190			44			—			108			(2,205	)		—			—			(605	)		2,048			(31,158	)		(32,154	)
Provision (recovery) (1)		108			(54	)		872			2,190			(18,512	)		2,201			13,825			(168	)		(14,023	)		10,022			4,780			1,241
Balance at end of period September 30, 2025	$	53,736		$	1,004		$	14,800		$	9,340		$	57,893		$	18,681		$	64,913		$	2,111		$	73,595		$	177,263		$	116,797		$	590,133

(1)

The Day 1 loan charge-offs for Independent loans were recorded to conform with the Company’s charge-off policies and practices.

(2)

A provision for credit losses for unfunded commitments of $5.8 million in the third quarter of 2026, compared to a provision for credit losses of $3.8 million recorded during the third quarter of 2025 for the allowance for credit losses for unfunded commitments that is not included in the above table.


(Dollars in thousands)	Residential Mortgage Sr.			Residential Mortgage Jr.			HELOC			Residential Construction			Comm Constr. & Dev.			Consumer			Multifamily			Municipal			CRE Owner- Occupied			Non-Owner- Occupied CRE			C & I			Total
Nine months ended September 30, 2026
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance at end of period December 31, 2025	$	55,947		$	1,356		$	14,150		$	8,732		$	53,494		$	19,280		$	58,678		$	1,799		$	73,871		$	174,797		$	123,093		$	585,197
Charge-offs		(4,113	)		—			(268	)		—			(222	)		(6,768	)		—			—			(698	)		(6,291	)		(25,541	)		(43,901	)
Recoveries		314			152			585			—			403			2,065			1,010			—			2,162			298			6,241			13,230
Net (charge-offs) recoveries		(3,799	)		152			317			—			181			(4,703	)		1,010			—			1,464			(5,993	)		(19,300	)		(30,671	)
Provision (recovery) (2)		12,267			(225	)		357			272			(3,567	)		814			(29	)		41			(5,457	)		16,237			13,682			34,392
Balance at end of period September 30, 2026	$	64,415		$	1,283		$	14,824		$	9,004		$	50,108		$	15,391		$	59,659		$	1,840		$	69,878		$	185,041		$	117,475		$	588,918

Nine months ended September 30, 2025
Allowance for credit losses:
Balance at end of period December 31, 2024	$	42,687		$	432		$	14,845		$	9,298		$	65,553		$	17,484		$	22,279		$	1,197		$	78,753		$	111,538		$	101,214		$	465,280
Allowance Adjustment - FMV for Independent merger		1,852			—			—			—			6,448			114			20,359			—			8,075			93,820			4,773			135,441
Initial Allowance for Non-PCD loans acquired during period		8,910			85			91			4,700			11,751			254			3,805			1,947			3,186			31,557			13,685			79,971
Independent Day 1 Loan Net Charge-offs PCD (1)		(61	)		—			—			—			—			(2,323	)		(18,065	)		—			(1,016	)		(13,036	)		(22,187	)		(56,688	)
Charge-offs		(1,590	)		(14	)		(295	)		—			(16	)		(6,958	)		—			—			(1,631	)		—			(46,445	)		(56,949	)
Recoveries		516			279			615			—			521			2,123			—			—			167			2,391			6,496			13,108
Net recoveries (charge-offs)		(1,135	)		265			320			—			505			(7,158	)		(18,065	)		—			(2,480	)		(10,645	)		(62,136	)		(100,529	)
Provision (recovery) (2)		1,422			222			(456	)		(4,658	)		(26,364	)		7,987			36,535			(1,033	)		(13,939	)		(49,007	)		59,261			9,970
Balance at end of period September 30, 2025	$	53,736		$	1,004		$	14,800		$	9,340		$	57,893		$	18,681		$	64,913		$	2,111		$	73,595		$	177,263		$	116,797		$	590,133

(1)

The Day 1 loan charge-offs for Independent, inclusive of measurement period adjustments, recorded to conform with the Company’s charge-off policies and practices.

(2)

A provision for credit losses of $12.7 million was recorded during the first nine months of 2026. This compares to a provision for credit losses of $23.2 million during the first nine months of 2025, including $12.1 million for the initial provision for credit losses recorded for unfunded commitments acquired from Independent during the first quarter of 2025, that is not included in the above table.

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Note 7 — Leases

As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, we had operating right-of-use (“ROU”) assets of $501.8 million and $507.1 million, respectively, and operating lease liabilities of $526.7 million and $525.3 million, respectively. We maintain operating leases on land and buildings for some of our operating centers, branch facilities and ATM locations. Most leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms extending up to 20 years. The exercise of renewal options is based on the sole judgment of management and what we consider to be reasonably certain given the environment today. Factors in determining whether an option is reasonably certain of exercise include, but are not limited to, the value of leasehold improvements, the value of renewal rate compared to market rates, and the presence of factors that would cause a significant economic penalty to us if the option is not exercised. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet and instead are recognized in lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025			2026			2025
Lease Cost Components:
Amortization of ROU assets – finance leases	$	117		$	117		$	348		$	348
Interest on lease liabilities – finance leases		4			6			14			20
Operating lease cost (cost resulting from lease payments)		17,118			15,708			51,183			40,991
Short-term lease cost		174			528			572			1,308
Variable lease cost (cost excluded from lease payments)		1,071			898			3,414			3,213
Total lease cost	$	18,484		$	17,257		$	55,531		$	45,880
Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information Related to Leases:
Finance lease – operating cash flows	$	4		$	6		$	13		$	20
Finance lease – financing cash flows		124			122			370			363
Operating lease – operating cash flows (fixed payments)		12,394			13,938			41,373			36,802
Operating lease – operating cash flows (net change asset/liability)		(6,085	)		(6,330	)		(18,716	)		(17,752	)
New ROU assets – operating leases		4,722			2,646			43,042			399,965
Weighted – average remaining lease term (years) – finance leases		1.75			2.71			1.75			2.71
Weighted – average remaining lease term (years) – operating leases		12.29			12.49			12.29			12.49
Weighted – average discount rate - finance leases		1.8	%		1.8	%		1.8	%		1.8	%
Weighted – average discount rate - operating leases		6.4	%		6.4	%		6.4	%		6.4	%

Operating lease payments due:
2026 (excluding 9 months ended September 30,2026)							$	14,587
2027								60,678
2028								62,637
2029								62,269
2030								60,570
Thereafter								525,173
Total undiscounted cash flows								785,914
Discount on cash flows								(259,191	)
Total operating lease liabilities							$	526,723

Terms and conditions are similar to those real estate operating leases described above. Lease classifications from the acquired institutions were retained. At September 30, 2026, we did not maintain any leases with related parties and determined that the number and dollar amount of our equipment leases was immaterial. As of September 30, 2026, we had two operating leases that had not yet commenced for approximately $1.9 million.

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Equipment Lessor

SouthState has an Equipment Finance Group which does business directly with customers and primarily focuses on serving the construction and utility segments. The following table summarizes lease receivables and investment in operating leases and their corresponding balance sheet location at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025:


	September 30,			December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025
Direct financing leases:
Lease receivables	$	224,960		$	92,927
Guaranteed residual values		5,870			4,212
Unguaranteed residual values		17,692			11,335
Initial direct costs		7,251			3,502
Less: Unearned income		(37,255	)		(17,690	)
Total net investment in direct financing leases	$	218,518		$	94,286

The following table summarizes direct financing lease income recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and remaining lease payment receivable for each of the next five years:


	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025		2026		2025
Direct financing lease income
Interest income	$	3,700		$	1,100	$	8,609	$	2,619
Remaining lease payments receivable:
2026 (excluding 9 months ended September 30,2026)	$	16,010
2027		53,773
2028		46,423
2029		47,356
2030		34,768
Thereafter		32,500
Total undiscounted lease receivable		230,830
Less: unearned interest income		(37,255	)
Net lease receivables	$	193,575

See Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, under the “Leases” section, of the 2025 Form 10-K, on accounting for leases.

Note 8 — Deposits

Our total deposits as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, are comprised of the following:


	September 30,		December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026		2025
Noninterest-bearing checking	$	13,445,715	$	13,375,697
Interest-bearing checking		14,323,722		13,838,558
Savings		2,775,607		2,820,621
Money market		18,741,198		17,751,688
Time deposits		8,352,039		7,359,233
Total deposits	$	57,638,281	$	55,145,797

At September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, we had $2.1 billion in certificates of deposits greater than $250,000.

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Note 9 — Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding during each period, excluding non-vested restricted shares. Our diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding during each period plus the maximum dilutive effect of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock units. Stock options and unvested restricted stock units are considered common stock equivalents and are only included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common share when their effect is dilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars and shares in thousands, except for per share amounts)	2026		2025		2026		2025
Basic earnings per common share:
Net income	$	223,798	$	246,641	$	679,640	$	550,945
Weighted-average basic common shares		96,923		101,218		97,583		101,374
Basic earnings per common share	$	2.31	$	2.44	$	6.96	$	5.43
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net income	$	223,798	$	246,641	$	679,640	$	550,945
Weighted-average basic common shares		96,923		101,218		97,583		101,374
Effect of dilutive securities		506		517		419		433
Weighted-average dilutive shares		97,429		101,735		98,002		101,807
Diluted earnings per common share	$	2.30	$	2.42	$	6.93	$	5.41

Note 10 — Share-Based Compensation

For a description of the Company’s share‑based compensation plans, including equity plan structure and Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) program mechanics, refer to Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2025 Form 10‑K.

Stock Options

Activity in the Company’s stock option plans is summarized in the following table:


	Shares			Weighted Average Price		Weighted Average Remaining (Yrs.)		Aggregate Intrinsic (000’s)
Outstanding at January 1, 2026		28,815		$	61.00
Exercised		(10,104	)		67.04
Expired		(307	)		43.97
Outstanding at September 30,2026		18,404			57.97		0.72	$	765
Exercisable at September 30,2026		18,404			57.97		0.72	$	765

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

Outstanding RSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, are summarized in the following table:


Restricted Stock Units	Shares			Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2026		820,878		$	86.43
Granted		454,530			93.90
Vested		(408,581	)		80.28
Forfeited		(13,012	)		91.58
Outstanding at September 30,2026		853,815		$	93.27

If maximum performance is achieved pursuant to the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Long Term Incentive performance-based RSU grants, an additional 133,514 shares in total may be issued by the Company at the end of the three-year performance periods.

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As of September 30, 2026, there was$40.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost at target related to nonvested RSUs granted under the plan. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.25years as of September 30, 2026. The total fair value of RSUs vested and released during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, was $41.8 million.

Note 11 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

In the normal course of business, we make various commitments and incur certain contingent liabilities, which are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The commitments and contingent liabilities include guarantees, commitments to extend credit, and standby letters of credit. At September 30, 2026, commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit totaled $15.2 billion. As of September 30, 2026, the liability recorded for expected credit losses on unfunded commitments, excluding unconditionally cancellable exposures and letters of credit, was $82.3 million and recorded on the Balance Sheet. See Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2025 Form 10-K for discussion of liability recorded for expected credit losses on unfunded commitments.

For a description of the Company’s commitments and contingencies, including litigation risks arising from our normal business activities and whole bank acquisitions, as well as background related to the previously disclosed cyber incident, refer to Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2025 Form 10-K. Although the amount of any ultimate liability with respect to such matters cannot be determined, in the opinion of management, as of September 30, 2026, any such liability is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Cyber Incident Litigation. On April 3, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against the Bank in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (the “Original Suit”). The plaintiff, who purported to represent the class of individuals harmed by alleged actions and/or omissions by the Bank in connection with the cybersecurity incident that was detected on February 6, 2024 (the “Cyber Incident”, as previously reported in the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2024), asserted a variety of common law and statutory claims seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief and other related relief related to the potential unauthorized access by third parties to personal identifiable information. While the Original Suit was voluntarily dismissed, the same plaintiffs as well as additional plaintiffs initiated litigation that named the Bank as a defendant. These cases were consolidated into one putative class action against the Bank in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida (the “Cyber Incident Suit”).

During the first quarter of 2026, the parties agreed to settle the Cyber Incident Suit, subject to court approval, pursuant to which the Company agreed to fund documented losses and pay attorneys’ fees, administration costs, and credit monitoring fees. On June 24, 2026, the court entered an order granting final approval to the settlement (the “Final Order”). The settlement was paid from the Company’s cyber insurance coverage in the third quarter of 2026 in accordance with the Final Order, and the matter has been dismissed.

Other commitments and contingencies were not materially different from those disclosed in the2025Form 10-K.

Note 12 — Fair Value

GAAP defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring and disclosing fair value. Fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions. For a detailed description of the Company’s fair value measurement framework, including valuation methodologies and the classification of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy, refer to Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the2025Form 10‑K.

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The tables below present the Company’s fair value measurements as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025. There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during the periods presented.

Assets and Liabilities Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The table below presents the recorded amount of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:


(Dollars in thousands)	Fair Value		Quoted Prices In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
September 30,2026:
Assets
Derivative financial instruments	$	119,731	$	—	$	119,731	$	—
Mortgage loans held for sale		49,313		—		49,313		—
Trading securities		141,534		—		141,534		—
Securities available for sale:
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,836,004		—		1,836,004		—
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,958,644		—		1,958,644		—
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,028,519		—		1,028,519		—
State and municipal obligations		1,035,036		—		1,035,036		—
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		513,102		—		513,102		—
Corporate securities		22,004		—		22,004		—
Total securities available for sale		6,393,309		—		6,393,309		—
Mortgage servicing rights		101,990		—		—		101,990
SBA servicing asset		4,748		—		—		4,748
	$	6,810,625	$	—	$	6,703,887	$	106,738
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments	$	987,960	$	—	$	987,960	$	—

December 31, 2025:
Assets
Derivative financial instruments	$	222,886	$	—	$	222,886	$	—
Mortgage loans held for sale		61,400		—		61,400		—
Trading securities		110,183		—		110,183		—
Securities available for sale:
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,698,108		—		1,698,108		—
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		2,185,584		—		2,185,584		—
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		832,449		—		832,449		—
State and municipal obligations		1,007,412		—		1,007,412		—
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		568,433		—		568,433		—
Corporate securities		21,770		—		21,770		—
Total securities available for sale		6,313,756		—		6,313,756		—
Mortgage servicing rights		84,032		—		—		84,032
SBA servicing asset		5,512		—		—		5,512
	$	6,797,769	$	—	$	6,708,225	$	89,544
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments	$	554,748	$	—	$	554,748	$	—

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Fair Value Option

The Company has elected the fair value option for mortgage loans held for sale primarily to ease the operational burden required to maintain hedge accounting for these loans. The Company also has opted for the fair value option for the SBA servicing asset, as it is the industry-preferred method for valuing such assets.

The following table summarizes the difference between the fair value and the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans held for sale and the changes in fair value of these loans:


	September 30,		December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026		2025
Fair value	$	49,313	$	61,400
Unpaid principal balance		49,287		59,371
Fair value less aggregated unpaid principal balance	$	26	$	2,029

Changes in Level 1, 2 and 3 Fair Value Measurements

There were no changes in hierarchy classifications of Level 3 assets or liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2026. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the MSRs recorded at fair value on a recurring basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, is as follows. The changes in fair value of the MSRs are recorded in Mortgage Banking Income on the Consolidated Statements of Income.


(Dollars in thousands)	MSRs
Fair value, January 1, 2026	$	84,032
Servicing assets that resulted from transfers of financial assets		5,716
Changes in fair value due to valuation inputs or assumptions		20,569
Changes in fair value due to decay		(8,327	)
Fair value, September 30,2026	$	101,990

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the SBA servicing asset, a Level 3 asset recorded at fair value on a recurring basis for the period ending September 30, 2026, is as follows. The changes in fair value of the SBA servicing asset are recorded in in SBA Income on the Consolidated Statements of Income.


(Dollars in thousands)	SBA Servicing Asset
Fair value, January 1, 2026	$	5,512
Servicing assets that resulted from transfers of financial assets		409
Changes in fair value due to decay		(1,243	)
Changes in fair value due to valuation inputs or assumptions		70
Fair value, September 30,2026	$	4,748

There were no unrealized losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income related to Level 3 financial assets and liabilities at September 30, 2026.

See Note 17 — Mortgage Loan Servicing, Origination, and Mortgage Loans Held for Sale for information about recurring Level 3 fair value measurements of mortgage servicing rights.

Assets and Liabilities Recorded at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

The tables below present the recorded amount of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:


(Dollars in thousands)	Fair Value		Quoted Prices In Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
September 30,2026:
OREO	$	15,220	$	—	$	—	$	15,220
Bank properties held for sale		6,836	—		—			6,836
Individually evaluated loans		223,975	—		—			223,975
December 31, 2025:
OREO	$	8,771	$	—	$	—	$	8,771
Individually evaluated loans		328,452	—		—			328,452

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For an individually evaluated loan, the fair value of collateral is measured based on appraisal or third-party valuation when the loan is placed on nonaccrual. For OREO and bank properties held for sale, the fair value is initially recorded based on external appraisals at the time of transfer. These assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are updated on at least an annual basis.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurement


			Weighted Average Discount
			September 30,			December 31,
	Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	2026			2025
Nonrecurring measurements:
Individually evaluated loans	Discounted appraisals and discounted cash flows	Collateral discounts		23	%		19	%
OREO and Bank properties held for sale	Discounted appraisals	Collateral discounts and estimated costs to sell		4	%		2	%

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The estimated fair value, and related carrying amount, of our financial instruments are as follows:


	Carrying		Fair
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
September 30,2026
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,974,618	$	2,974,618	$	2,974,618	$	—		$	—
Trading securities		141,534		141,534		—		141,534			—
Investment securities		8,705,780		8,319,757		287,005		7,912,585			120,167
Loans held for sale		296,835		297,162		—		297,162			—
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses		51,464,175		50,926,865		—		—			50,926,865
Accrued interest receivable		253,452		253,452		—		35,312			218,140
Mortgage servicing rights		101,990		101,990		—		—			101,990
SBA servicing asset		4,748		4,748		—		—			4,748
Interest rate swap – non-designated hedge		117,921		117,921		—		117,921			—
Other derivative financial instruments (mortgage banking related)		1,810		1,810		—		1,810			—
Financial liabilities:
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing		13,445,715		13,445,715		—		13,445,715			—
Interest-bearing other than time deposits		35,840,527		35,840,527		—		35,840,527			—
Time deposits		8,352,039		8,323,116		—		8,323,116			—
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase		498,173		498,173		—		498,173			—
Corporate and subordinated debentures		696,855		678,415		—		678,415			—
Other borrowings		300,000		299,994		—		299,994			—
Accrued interest payable		37,494		37,494		—		37,494			—
Interest rate swap – non-designated hedge		982,452		982,452		—		982,452			—
Other derivative financial instruments (mortgage banking related)		5,508		5,508	—			5,508		—
December 31, 2025
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,172,483	$	3,172,483	$	3,172,483	$	—		$	—
Trading securities		110,183		110,183		—		110,183			—
Investment securities		8,715,214		8,400,034		274,730		8,046,606			78,698
Loans held for sale		345,343		348,381		—		348,381			—
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses		48,013,330		47,378,022		—		—			47,378,022
Accrued interest receivable		233,265		233,265		—		35,302			197,963
Mortgage servicing rights		84,032		84,032		—		—			84,032
SBA servicing asset		5,512		5,512		—		—			5,512
Interest rate swap – non-designated hedge		221,835		221,835		—		221,835			—
Other derivative financial instruments (mortgage banking related)		1,051		1,051		—		1,051			—
Financial liabilities:
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing		13,375,697		13,375,697		—		13,375,697			—
Interest-bearing other than time deposits		34,410,867		34,410,867		—		34,410,867			—
Time deposits		7,359,233		7,347,648		—		7,347,648			—
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase		618,215		618,215		—		618,215			—
Corporate and subordinated debentures		696,536		683,772		—		683,772			—
Accrued interest payable		48,972		48,972		—		48,972			—
Interest rate swap – non-designated hedge		554,433		554,433		—		554,433			—
Other derivative financial instruments (mortgage banking related)		315		315		—		315			—

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Note 13 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (losses), net of tax, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, were as follows:


(Dollars in thousands)	Benefit Plans		Unrealized Losses on Securities Available for Sale			Total
Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
Balance at June 30, 2026	$	565	$	(310,700	)	$	(310,135	)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications		—		(229,475	)		(229,475	)
Net comprehensive loss		—		(229,475	)		(229,475	)
Balance at September 30, 2026	$	565	$	(540,175	)	$	(539,610	)

Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
Balance at June 30, 2025	$	578	$	(372,687	)	$	(372,109	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		—		56,097			56,097
Net comprehensive income		—		56,097			56,097
Balance at September 30, 2025	$	578	$	(316,590	)	$	(316,012	)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
Balance at December 31, 2025	$	565	$	(283,946	)	$	(283,381	)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications		—		(256,229	)		(256,229	)
Net comprehensive loss		—		(256,229	)		(256,229	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026	$	565	$	(540,175	)	$	(539,610	)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
Balance at December 31, 2024	$	578	$	(607,499	)	$	(606,921	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		—		117,241			117,241
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss		—		173,668			173,668
Net comprehensive income		—		290,909			290,909
Balance at September 30, 2025	$	578	$	(316,590	)	$	(316,012	)

The table below presents the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:


	Amount Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)				Amount Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Dollars in thousands)	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Component	2026		2025		2026		2025			Income Statement Line Item Affected
Loss on sale of available for sale securities:
	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	228,811		Securities losses, net
		—		—		—		(55,143	)	Provision for income taxes
		—		—		—		173,668		Net income
Total reclassifications for the period	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	173,668

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Note 14 — Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company uses certain derivative instruments to meet the needs of customers as well as to manage the interest rate risk associated with certain transactions. Additional information regarding our Company’s derivative strategy and related programs are described in Note 26 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the2025Form 10-K.

The following table summarizes the derivative financial instruments used by the Company as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025:


				September 30, 2026							December 31, 2025
				Estimated Fair Value							Estimated Fair Value
(Dollars in thousands)	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Gain			Loss		Notional Amount		Gain		Loss
Fair value hedge of interest rate risk:
Pay fixed rate swap with counterparty	Other Assets	$	2,615	$	112		$	—	$	2,615	$	44	$	—
Not designated hedges of interest rate risk:
Customer related interest rate contracts:
Matched interest rate swaps with borrowers	Other Assets and Other Liabilities		16,117,992		9,495			982,452		14,912,622		143,879		554,433
Matched interest rate swaps with counterparty (1)	Other Assets		15,611,962		108,448			—		14,719,305		77,799		—
Economic hedges of interest rate risk:
Pay floating rate swap with counterparty	Other Assets		4,433,000		(134	)		—		2,519,000		113		—
Not designated hedges of interest rate risk – mortgage banking activities:
Contracts used to hedge mortgage servicing rights	Other Assets and Other Liabilities		224,000		—			5,243		192,000		69		—
Contracts used to hedge mortgage pipeline	Other Assets and Other Liabilities		84,500		1,810			265		81,000		982		315
Total derivatives		$	36,474,069	$	119,731		$	987,960	$	32,426,542	$	222,886	$	554,748

(1)

The fair value of the interest rate swap derivative assets was reduced by $868.1 million and $333.7 million at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, in variation margin payments applicable to swaps centrally cleared through LCH and CME.

The following table summarizes the derivative assets and derivative liabilities related to the counterparties on our interest rate swaps subject to master netting agreements where the Company has elected to net the fair values. The Company has elected to not offset cash collateral against the netted derivative assets and liabilities subject to master netting agreements.


				September 30, 2026								December 31, 2025
				Estimated Fair Value								Estimated Fair Value
(Dollars in thousands)	Notional Amount			Gain			Loss			Notional Amount		Gain			Loss
Interest rate contracts subject to master netting agreements included in table above
Total gross derivative instruments, before netting		$	1,609,325	$	124,550		$	19		$	1,844,842	$	81,240		$	3,781
Less: Netting adjustment			19,723		(19	)		(19	)		221,941		(3,781	)		(3,781	)
Total gross derivative instruments, after netting			1,609,325	$	124,531		$	—			1,844,842	$	77,459		$	—

* As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, counterparties provided $46.6 million and $25.9 million, respectively, of cash collateral to the Company to secure swap asset positions that were not centrally cleared, which is included in Interest-bearing Deposits within Total Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Counterparties also pledged $24.3 million and $28.1 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025 in investment securities to secure swap asset positions that were not centrally cleared. The Company provided $2.4 million and $1.7 million, respectively, to counterparties to secure swap positions that were not centrally cleared as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.

Balance Sheet Fair Value Hedge

As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the Company maintained loan swaps, with an aggregate notional amount of $2.6 million accounted for as fair value hedges. The amortized cost basis of the loans being hedged were $2.6 million as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.

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Non-designated Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

Customer Swap

The Company offers interest rate swaps to certain customers to enable them to convert variable-rate loan payments to fixed-rate and simultaneously enters into an offsetting swap with a third-party counterparty. As these interest rate swaps do not meet hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer swaps and the offsetting swaps are recognized directly in earnings. As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the interest rate swaps had an aggregate notional amount of approximately $31.7 billion and $29.6 billion, respectively. At September 30, 2026, the fair value of the interest rate swap derivatives is recorded in Other Assets at $117.9 million and in Other Liabilities at $982.5 million. The fair value of derivative assets at September 30, 2026, was reduced by $868.1 million in variation margin payments applicable to swaps centrally cleared through LCH and CME. At December 31, 2025, the fair value of the interest rate swap derivatives was recorded in Other Assets at $221.7 million and Other Liabilities at $554.4 million. The fair value of derivative assets at December 31, 2025, was reduced by $333.7 million in variation margin payments applicable to swaps centrally cleared through LCH and CME. All changes in fair value are recorded through earnings within Correspondent and Capital Markets Income, a component of Noninterest Income on the Consolidated Statements of Income. There were net gains of $1.2 million and $2.4 million recorded on these derivatives for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, respectively. There was a net gain of $81,000 and a net loss of $150,000 recorded on these derivatives for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. As of September 30, 2026, we provided $329.0 million of cash collateral on the customer swaps, which is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as Deposits in Other Financial Institutions (Restricted Cash). We also provided $64.3 million in investment securities at market value as collateral on the customer swaps which is included in Investment Securities – available for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Counterparties provided $46.6 million of cash collateral to the Company to secure swap asset positions that were not centrally cleared, which is included in Interest-bearing Deposits within Total Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Balance Sheet Economic Hedge

As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company maintained an aggregate notional amount of $4.4 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively, in short-term interest rate hedges that were accounted for as economic hedges. These derivatives protect the Company from interest rate risk caused by changes in the term and daily SOFR accrual mismatches. The fair value of these hedges is recorded in either Other Assets or in Other Liabilities depending on the position of the hedge with the offset recorded in Correspondent Banking and Capital Market Income, a component of Noninterest Income on the Consolidated Statements of Income. There were no material net income impacts for these derivatives for three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 or 2025.

Mortgage Banking

The Company uses certain derivatives in connection with its mortgage banking activities, primarily to manage exposure related to mortgage servicing rights and the mortgage loan pipeline. The Company does not designate these instruments as accounting hedges.

Mortgage Servicing Rights (“MSRs”)

On September 30, 2026, we had derivative financial instruments outstanding with notional amounts totaling $224.0 million related to MSRs, compared to $192.0 million on December 31, 2025. The estimated net fair value of the open contracts related to the MSRs was a loss of $5.2 million at September 30, 2026,compared to a gain of $69,000 at December 31, 2025.

Mortgage Pipeline

The following table presents our notional value of forward sale commitments and the fair value of those obligations along with the fair value of the mortgage pipeline related to the held for sale portfolio:


(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026			December 31, 2025
Mortgage loan pipeline	$	80,255		$	55,318
Expected closures		73,661			48,106
Fair value of mortgage loan pipeline commitments		(265	)		982
Forward sales commitments		84,500			81,000
Fair value of forward commitments		1,810			(315	)

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Note 15 — Capital Ratios

The following table presents actual and required capital ratios as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025 for the Company and the Bank under the current capital rules.


	Actual					Minimum Capital Required – Basel III						Required to be Considered Well Capitalized
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Capital Amount		Ratio				Capital Amount		Ratio
September 30,2026:
Common equity Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated	$	6,258,075		11.15	%	$	3,929,888		7.00	%		N/A		N/A
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		6,791,930		12.11	%		3,927,367		7.00	%	$		3,646,841		6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		6,258,075		11.15	%		4,772,007		8.50	%	$		3,368,475		6.00	%
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		6,791,930		12.11	%		4,768,946		8.50	%	$		4,488,419		8.00	%
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		7,565,823		13.48	%		5,894,832		10.50	%	$		5,614,126		10.00	%
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		7,404,078		13.20	%		5,891,050		10.50	%	$		5,610,524		10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to average assets (leverage ratio):
Consolidated		6,258,075		9.49	%		2,637,909		4.00	%		N/A		N/A
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		6,791,930		10.32	%		2,633,147		4.00	%	$		3,291,434		5.00	%
December 31, 2025:
Common equity Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated	$	5,885,568		11.36	%	$	3,625,944		7.00	%		N/A		N/A
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		6,496,379		12.54	%		3,625,076		7.00	%	$		3,366,142		6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		5,885,568		11.36	%		4,402,932		8.50	%	$		4,143,936		6.00	%
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		6,496,379		12.54	%		4,401,878		8.50	%	$		4,142,944		8.00	%
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		7,166,829		13.84	%		5,438,915		10.50	%	$		5,179,920		10.00	%
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		7,082,039		13.68	%		5,437,614		10.50	%	$		5,178,680		10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to average assets (leverage ratio):
Consolidated		5,885,568		9.26	%		2,543,294		4.00	%		N/A		N/A
SouthState Bank (the Bank)		6,496,379		10.22	%		2,542,489		4.00	%	$		3,178,111		5.00	%

As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the capital ratios of the Company and the Bank were in excess of the minimum regulatory requirements and exceeded the thresholds for the “well capitalized” regulatory classification. For a description of the Company’s regulatory capital framework, refer to Note 24 and Item 1, “Business,” in the2025Form 10-K.

Note 16 — Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The carrying amount of goodwill was $3.1 billion, at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025. The Company’s other intangible assets, consisting of core deposit intangibles and client list intangibles are included on the face of the balance sheet.

The Company last completed its annual valuation of the carrying value of its goodwill as of October 31, 2025 and determined it was more likely than not there was no impairment of the Company’s goodwill. Management continues to monitor the impact of market conditions on the Company’s business, operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition.

The following is a summary of gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of other intangible assets:


	September 30,			December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025
Gross carrying amount	$	688,655		$	689,419
Accumulated amortization		(366,066	)		(303,093	)
	$	322,589		$	386,326

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Amortization expense totaled $20.6 million and $63.0 million, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, respectively, compared to $23.4 million and $71.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. Other intangibles, except for SBA servicing assets which are carried at fair value, are amortized using either the straight-line method or an accelerated basis over their estimated useful lives, with lives generally between two and 15 years. The SBA servicing assets are carried at fair value and along with goodwill, are not amortized.

Estimated amortization expense for other intangibles for each of the next five quarters is as follows:


(Dollars in thousands)
Quarter ending:
December 31, 2026	$	20,628
March 31, 2027		18,517
June 30, 2027		18,188
September 30, 2027		17,777
December 31, 2027		17,777
Thereafter		224,954
	$	317,841

Note 17 — Mortgage Loan Servicing, Origination, and Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

The portfolio of residential mortgages serviced for others, which is not included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $6.5 billion and $6.6 billion, respectively, as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025. Servicing loans for others generally consists of collecting mortgage payments, maintaining escrow accounts and disbursing payments to investors. The amounts of contractually specified servicing fees we earned during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025, were $4.1 million, $12.4 million, $4.2 million, $12.7 million, respectively. Servicing fees are recorded in Mortgage Banking Income in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

At September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, MSRs were $102.0 million and $84.0 million on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. MSRs are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded as a component of Mortgage Banking Income in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The market value adjustments related to MSRs recorded in Mortgage Banking Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025, were gains of $11.2 million and losses of $20.6 million compared with losses of $412,000 and $5.2 million, respectively. The Company has used various free standing derivative instruments to mitigate the income statement effect of changes in fair value resulting from changes in market values, in addition to changes in valuation inputs and assumptions related to MSRs.

See Note 12 — Fair Value for the changes in fair value of MSRs. The following table presents the changes in the fair value of the MSR and offsetting hedge.


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026			September 30, 2025			September 30, 2026			September 30, 2025
Increase/(decrease) in fair value of MSRs	$	11,250		$	(412	)	$	20,568		$	(5,182	)
Decay of MSRs		(2,900	)		(2,721	)		(8,327	)		(6,034	)
(Loss) gain related to derivatives		(9,675	)		289			(13,604	)		3,877
Net effect on Consolidated Statements of Income	$	(1,325	)	$	(2,844	)	$	(1,363	)	$	(7,339	)

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The characteristics and sensitivity analysis of the MSRs are included in the following table:


	September 30,				December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026				2025
Composition of residential loans serviced for others
Fixed-rate mortgage loans		100.0		%		100.0		%
Adjustable-rate mortgage loans		—		%		—		%
Total		100.0		%		100.0		%
Weighted average life		8.2		years		7.5		years
Constant Prepayment rate (CPR)		6.6		%		7.9		%
Estimated impact on fair value of a 10% increase	$	(676	)		$	(1,082	)
Estimated impact on fair value of a 20% increase		(1,533	)			(2,101	)
Estimated impact on fair value of a 10% decrease		608				1,142
Estimated impact on fair value of a 20% decrease		1,127				2,333
Weighted average discount rate		9.5		%		10.7		%
Estimated impact on fair value of a 10% increase	$	(4,441	)		$	(3,140	)
Estimated impact on fair value of a 20% increase		(8,517	)			(6,208	)
Estimated impact on fair value of a 10% decrease		4,852				3,105
Estimated impact on fair value of a 20% decrease		10,169				5,982
Effect on fair value due to change in interest rates
25 basis point increase	$	2,491			$	2,505
50 basis point increase		4,734				4,822
25 basis point decrease		(2,756	)			(2,599	)
50 basis point decrease		(5,755	)			(5,128	)

The sensitivity calculations above are hypothetical and should not be considered to be predictive of future performance. Changes in fair value based on changes in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the residential MSRs is calculated without changing any other assumption, while in reality changes in one factor may result in changes in another, which may either magnify or counteract the effect of the change. The derivative instruments utilized by the Company would serve to reduce the estimated impacts to fair value included in the table above.

Mortgage loan sales were $249.4 million and $664.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, respectively, compared to $207.7 million and $751.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively. Of the total mortgage loans sold for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Bank sold $153.4 million and $425.3 million, or 61.5% and 64.0%, respectively, with the servicing rights retained by the Bank, compared to $149.8 million and $490.0 million, or 72.1% and 65.2%, respectively, of the total mortgage loans sold for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.

The Bank retains no beneficial interests in these sales but may retain the servicing rights for the loans sold. The risks related to the sold loans with the retained servicing rights due to a representation or warranty violation such as noncompliance with eligibility or servicing requirements, or customer fraud, that should have been identified in a loan file review are disclosed in Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, under the “Loans Held for Sale” section, of the Company’s2025 Form 10-K.

Mortgage loans held for sale have historically been comprised of residential mortgage loans awaiting sale in the secondary market, which generally settle in 15 to 45 days. Mortgage loans held for sale were $49.3 million and $61.4 million at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively. Please see Note 12 — Fair Value, under the “Fair Value Option”, section in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for summary of the fair value and the unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale and the changes in fair value of these loans.

Note 18 — Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Loans Held for Sale

The Company purchases the guaranteed portions of SBA loans from third-party originators. The guaranteed portions of SBA loans purchased by the Company are aggregated into pools with similar characteristics to create a security representing an interest in those pools through the SBA’s fiscal transfer agent (“FTA”). The individual guaranteed portions of the SBA loans may also be sold prior to pooling into a security. The guaranteed portion of the SBA loans are pooled and securities representing interests in that pool are issued, the Company sells the pooled securities into the secondary market.

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At September 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company held approximately $247.5 million and $278.3 million, respectively, of the guaranteed portion of SBA loans for sale. The following table details additional SBA activity for the periods presented.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026		September 30, 2025		September 30, 2026		September 30, 2025
SBA loan purchases - guaranteed portion	$	386,993	$	216,952	$	1,046,666	$	903,538
SBA security pools created - guaranteed portion		417,760		139,710		936,683		646,846
SBA security pools sold into the secondary market		446,520		159,641		959,882		640,839
SBA individual loans sold		5,607		32,272		44,216		91,101

The Company also separately originates SBA loans and sells the guaranteed portions of these loans into the secondary market. The following table details the guaranteed portion of SBA loans for the periods presented.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026		September 30, 2025		September 30, 2026		September 30, 2025
SBA loan originations - guaranteed portion sold	$	10,531	$	8,591	$	25,023	$	51,217
Gains recognized on sales		996		758		2,325		4,510

Note 19 — Short-Term Borrowings

Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase (“Repurchase agreements”)

Repurchase agreements represent funds received from customers, generally on an overnight or continuous basis, which are collateralized by investment securities owned or, at times, borrowed and re-hypothecated by the Company. At September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, our repurchase agreements totaled $217.2 million and $311.4 million, respectively. These borrowings were collateralized with government, government-sponsored enterprise, or state and political subdivision-issued securities with a market value of $268.5 million and $331.5 million at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively. Declines in the value of the collateral would require us to increase the amounts of securities pledged.

Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) and Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) Borrowing

The Company has, from time to time, entered into borrowing agreements with the FHLB and FRB. Borrowings under these agreements are collateralized by stock in the FHLB, qualifying first and second mortgage residential loans, investment securities, and commercial real estate loans under a blanket-floating lien.

As of September 30, 2026, the Company had outstanding FHLB borrowings of $300.0 million and no FHLB borrowings as of December 31, 2025. Net eligible loans of the Company pledged via a blanket lien to the FHLB for advances and letters of credit at September 30, 2026, were approximately $9.5 billion (collateral value of $6.0 billion) and investment securities and cash pledged were approximately $27.1 million (collateral value of $18.4 million). This allows the Company a total borrowing capacity at the FHLB of approximately $6.0 billion. After accounting for the secured collateral required totaling $18.3 million and $300.0 million in outstanding FHLB advances, the Company had unused net credit available with the FHLB in the amount of approximately $5.7 billion at September 30, 2026. The Company also has a total borrowing capacity at the FRB of $11.9 billion at September 30, 2026, secured by a blanket lien on $16.0 billion (collateral value of $11.9 billion) in net eligible loans of the Company. The Company had no outstanding borrowings with the FRB at September 30, 2026, or December 31, 2025.

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Note 20 — Stock Repurchase Program

On January 21, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stock repurchase plan for the repurchase of up to 5,560,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2026 Repurchase Plan”). The 2026 Repurchase Plan replaces the Company’s 2025 stock repurchase program (the "2025 Repurchase Plan"), under which 560,000 shares remained available for repurchase. The 2025 Repurchase Plan was cancelled in connection with the Board’s approval of the 2026 Repurchase Plan. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company repurchased a total of 2,750,000 shares at a weighted average price of $100.02 per share (including commission paid) pursuant to the 2026 Repurchase Plan. Based on the shares repurchased through the 2026 Repurchase Plan during 2026, the Company accrued an estimated excise tax of approximately $2.4 million at September 30, 2026 to be paid in 2027. This excise tax of 1% on the fair market value of corporate stock repurchased was enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for stock repurchases and is recorded against surplus in shareholders’ equity when accrued. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company repurchased 440,000 shares at a weighted average price of $97.29 per share pursuant to the 2025Repurchase Plan.

The Company repurchased 94,500 and 113,025 shares at a cost of $9.6 million and $11.5 million, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, and2025 under other arrangements whereby directors or officers surrender shares to the Company to cover the option cost for stock option exercises or tax liabilities resulting from the vesting of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units.

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Note 21 — Segment Reporting

The table below provides net income and net interest margin information about the General Banking Unit. The most significant expenses to the General Banking Unit are deposit and other borrowing interest expense as well as employee compensation.For a description of the Company’s reportable segments and related framework, refer to Note 29 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s2025 Form 10‑K.


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025			2026			2025
Net Income (GAAP)
Interest income	$	864,856		$	881,682		$	2,519,944		$	2,530,752
Interest expense		273,338			281,985			790,872			808,560
Net interest income (a)		591,518			599,697			1,729,072			1,722,192
Provision for credit losses		20,345			5,085			47,072			113,152
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		571,173			594,612			1,682,000			1,609,040
Total noninterest income
Securities losses, net		—			—			—			(228,811	)
Gain on sale-leaseback, net of transaction costs		—			—			—			229,279
Other operating noninterest income		93,911			99,086			290,735			271,523
Total noninterest income		93,911			99,086			290,735			271,991
Total noninterest expense
Employee salaries		148,312			136,630			434,924			408,253
Employee commissions		17,782			15,656			53,115			41,210
Employee incentives		39,523			32,612			103,299			95,001
Other salaries and benefits		35,429			34,957			108,871			108,275
Deferred loan costs		(23,809	)		(20,707	)		(71,942	)		(57,618	)
Salaries and employee benefits		217,237			199,148			628,267			595,121
Occupancy expense		44,136			40,874			130,316			117,874
Information services expense		29,968			28,988			88,808			90,505
Professional fees		5,898			4,994			16,227			14,361
Amortization of intangibles		20,628			23,426			62,973			71,305
Business development and staff related		10,877			8,907			32,877			22,600
FDIC assessment and other regulatory charges		10,911			8,374			31,921			31,101
Merger and branch consolidation related expense		—			20,889			—			113,274
Other operating expense		35,108			36,742			100,647			100,088
Total noninterest expense		374,763			372,342			1,092,036			1,156,229
Income before income tax provision		290,321			321,356			880,699			724,802
Income tax provision		66,523			74,715			201,059			173,857
Net income (GAAP)	$	223,798		$	246,641		$	679,640		$	550,945

Net Interest Margin, Non-Tax Equivalent ("Non-TE") (GAAP)
Average interest earning assets (b)	$	62,217,447		$	58,727,110		$	61,191,513		$	57,982,690
Net interest margin, non-TE ((a)/(b)) (GAAP)		3.77	%		4.05	%		3.78	%		3.97	%

Note 22 — Subsequent Events

Stock Repurchases

Subsequent to September 30, 2026, the Company repurchased 81,654 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the 2026 Repurchase Plan at a weighted average price of $104.72 per share. As of October 29, 2026, the Company may repurchase up to an additional 2,728,346 shares of common stock under the 2026 Repurchase Plan.

Fourth Quarter 2026 Quarterly Cash Dividend Declaration

On October 21, 2026, the Company announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock at $0.66 per share. The dividend is payable on November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record as of November 6, 2026.

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) relates to the financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report beginning on page 3. For further information, refer to the MD&A appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The MD&A section in this Form 10-Q discusses updates to the Company’s business since the year ended December 31, 2025. Results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2026, or any future period.

Unless otherwise mentioned or unless the context requires otherwise, references to “SouthState,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” or similar references mean SouthState Bank Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to the “Bank” means SouthState Bank Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, SouthState Bank, National Association, a national banking association.

Overview

SouthState Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida. We provide a wide range of banking services and products to our customers through our Bank. There have been no material changes to the Company’s business or organizational structure during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, except as described below. During the second quarter of 2026, the Company completed the legal dissolution of one of its subsidiaries, SSB Insurance Corp., a captive insurance subsidiary pursuant to Section 831(b) of the U.S. Tax Code. The Company’s business structure remains otherwise unchanged.

At September 30, 2026, we had approximately $70.4 billion in assets and 6,440 full-time equivalent employees. Through our Bank branches, ATMs and online banking platforms, we provide our customers with a wide range of financial products and services, through an eight (8) state footprint in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.

The following discussion describes our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, and also analyzes our financial condition as of September 30, 2026, as compared to December 31, 2025.

Recent Events

Governmental and Regulatory Environment

We continue to assess regulatory and other changes being made by the Trump Administration and its impact on our business. This includes the impact of the Iran conflict, immigration reform, tariff changes and changes in regulation and supervision, including the proposal, modification, rescission, or withdrawal of regulation or guidance, or changes in supervisory approaches and enforcement of rules and guidance applicable to us, including those described below.

On March 19, 2026, the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC jointly issued two joint notices of proposed rulemaking to modernize the U.S. regulatory capital framework. The proposals include a new expanded risk-based approach to calculating risk-weighted assets, which applies to the largest and most internationally active banks, and revisions to the existing standardized approach to calculating risk-based assets, which applies to Category III and IV institutions and smaller banking organizations, such as the Bank (the “Standardized Approach Proposal”). The Standardized Approach Proposal would improve the calibration and risk sensitivity of risk weights. The timing and content of any final rules, and the potential effects of any final rules on the Bank, remain uncertain.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared based on the application of accounting policies in accordance with GAAP and follow general practices within the banking industry. Our financial position and results of operations are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, including estimates, assumptions and judgments made to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues and expenses. Differences in the application of these policies could result in material changes in our consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations and related disclosures. Understanding our accounting policies is fundamental to understanding our consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations. There have been no material changes to those policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, except as described below.

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Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL)

SouthState utilizes economic forecasts provided by a third-party service provider and applies probability weightings to multiple economic scenarios based on management's assessment of economic and market conditions. As a sensitivity analysis, applying a 100% weighting to the adverse scenario would increase the ACL by approximately $207 million, while applying a 100% weighting to the upside scenario would decrease the ACL by approximately $145 million. The adverse scenario reflects recessionary economic conditions, while the upside scenario reflects stronger-than-expected economic performance. This analysis is hypothetical and does not represent management's estimate of expected credit losses as of September 30, 2026.

Results of Operations

Overview

We reported consolidated net income of $223.8 million, or diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $2.30, for the third quarter of 2026 compared to consolidated net income of $246.6 million, or diluted EPS of $2.42, in the comparable period of 2025, a 9.3% decrease in consolidated net income and a 5.0% decrease in diluted EPS. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we reported consolidated net income of $679.6 million, or diluted EPS of $6.93, compared to consolidated net income of $550.9 million, or diluted EPS of $5.41, in the comparable period of 2025, a 23.4% increase in consolidated net income and a 28.1% increase in diluted EPS. The $22.8 million decrease in consolidated net income for the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 was the net result of the following items:

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A $16.8 million decrease in interest income, which resulted from a $10.3 million decrease in interest income from loans and loans held for sale and a $13.4 million decrease in interest income on federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreement to resell and interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by a $6.9 million increase in interest income from investment securities. See Net Interest Income and Margin section on page 43 for further discussion.

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An $8.6 million decrease in interest expense, which resulted from a $1.4 million decrease in interest expense in federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, a $1.2 million decrease in interest expense from deposits and a $6.0 million decrease in interest expense from corporate and subordinated debentures and other borrowings. See Net Interest Income and Margin section on page 43 for further discussion.

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A $15.3 million increase in the provision for credit losses, as the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $20.3 million in the third quarter of 2026 while recording a provision for credit losses of $5.1 million in the third quarter of 2025. The main reason for the increase in the provision for credit losses was higher loan production and net loan growth in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. During the third quarter of 2026, the Company had loan production of $4.9 billion and net loan growth of $1.2 billion compared to loan production of $3.4 billion and net loan growth of $400.8 million in the third quarter of 2025.

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A $5.2 million decrease in noninterest income primarily from a decrease in correspondent banking and capital market income of $6.6 million. This decrease was slightly offset by increases in service charges on deposit accounts of $1.0 million and trust and investment services income of $1.7 million. See Noninterest Income section on page 47 for further discussion;

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A $2.4 million increase in noninterest expense, which resulted primarily from an increase in salaries and employee benefits of $18.1 million, occupancy expense of $3.3 million, FDIC assessment and other regulatory charges of $2.5 million and business development expense of $2.0 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other restructuring expenses of $20.9 million and a reduction in amortization of intangibles of $2.8 million. See Noninterest Expense section on page 48 for further discussion; and

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Lower income tax provision of $8.2 million is mostly due to lower pretax book income between the two quarters. The Company recorded pretax book income of $290.3 million in the third quarter of 2026 compared to pretax book income of $321.4 million in the third quarter of 2025. Our effective tax rate was 22.91% for the three months ended September 30, 2026, compared to 23.25% for the three months ended September 30, 2025. See Income Tax Expense section on page 48 for further discussion.

Our quarterly efficiency ratio increased to 51.6% in the third quarter of 2026 compared to 49.9% in the third quarter of 2025. The increase in the efficiency ratio compared to the third quarter of 2025 was the result of a 1.9% decrease in the total tax-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income and a 1.5% increase in noninterest expense (excluding amortization of intangibles). The increase in noninterest expense was mainly due to an increase in salaries and employee benefits related to regular annual salary increases and an increase in the number of employees as a result of a hiring initiative to expand our sales force. The decrease in the total of tax-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income was mainly due to decreases in interest income from federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell and interest-bearing deposits with banks, loan interest income and correspondent banking and capital markets income compared to the third quarter of 2025.

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Basic and diluted EPS were $2.31 and $2.30, respectively, for the third quarter of 2026, compared to $2.44 and $2.42, respectively, for the third quarter of 2025. The decrease in basic and diluted EPS was due to a 9.3% decrease in net income in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, partially offset by a decrease in average basic common shares of 4.2%. The decrease in net income in the third quarter of 2026 was mainly attributable to a decrease in net interest income of $8.2 million, a decrease in non-interest income of $5.2 million and an increase in the provision for credit losses of $15.3 million. The decrease in average basic common shares was mainly due to the Company repurchasing approximately 4.8 million shares through the Company’s stock repurchase plan since September 30, 2025.

Selected Figures and Ratios

The following table presents selected financial figures and ratios for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2025			2026			2025
Return on average assets (annualized)		1.29	%		1.49	%		1.34	%		1.14	%
Return on average equity (annualized)		9.70	%		11.04	%		10.00	%		8.50	%
Return on average tangible equity (annualized)*		16.60	%		19.62	%		17.26	%		15.80	%
Dividend payout ratio		28.60	%		24.59	%		26.66	%		30.89	%
Equity to assets ratio		12.84	%		13.64	%		12.84	%		13.64	%
Average shareholders’ equity	$	9,154,347		$	8,867,408		$	9,088,581		$	8,661,013

* Denotes a non-GAAP financial measure. The section titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP” below provides a table that reconciles GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures.

Net Interest Income and Margin

Net interest income is the Company’s principal source of income and a key driver of overall financial performance. Net interest income and net interest margin are affected by the level and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as changes in long-term and short-term market interest rates. On September 16, 2026, the Federal Reserve increased the target federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range to 3.75% to 4.00%, which remained in effect as of September 30, 2026. This followed reductions totaling 75 basis points in the second half of 2025. Despite the September 2026 increase in the federal funds target range, interest rate conditions during the third quarter of 2026 were lower compared to the third quarter of 2025, impacting both asset yields and funding costs.

The decline in non-tax equivalent and the Tax Equivalent (“TE”) net interest margin of 28 basis points in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same quarter of 2025 primarily reflected lower yields on interest-earning assets, driven by reduced loan accretion income and a lower interest rate environment, partially offset by lower funding costs and balance-sheet mix changes.

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Lower non-TE yield on interest-earning assets was primarily driven by lower loan yields, largely attributable to continued runoff of acquired loans and a reduction in loan accretion income of approximately $56.3 million. The average balance of higher-yielding acquired loans decreased by $3.3 billion, while the yield on acquired loans declined by 146 basis points. The non-TE yield on federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks decreased by 98 basis points, and non-TE yield on non-acquired loans slightly decreased by 2 basis points in the comparatively lower interest environment. These effects were partially offset by a change in asset mix, as the average balance of lower-yielding assets, such as federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks, declined while the average balance of higher yielding loans and investment securities increased.

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Funding costs declined during the third quarter of 2026, primarily due to a lower interest rate environment, which reduced rates across all interest-bearing deposits, federal funds purchased, securities sold with agreements to repurchase, and corporate and subordinated debentures categories. Overall, the Company’s cost of funds, including noninterest-bearing deposits, declined by 16 basis points to 1.88% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2025.

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The tables below summarize the analysis of changes in interest income and interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025 and net interest margin on a tax equivalent basis:


	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2026								September 30, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Average Balance			Interest Earned/Paid		Average Yield/Rate			Average Balance			Interest Earned/Paid		Average Yield/Rate
Interest-Earning Assets:
Federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks	$	1,226,660		$	9,861		3.19	%	$	2,212,239		$	23,271		4.17	%
Investment securities (taxable) (1)		8,179,276			73,908		3.58	%		7,786,386			69,549		3.54	%
Investment securities (tax-exempt) (1)		1,086,415			8,987		3.28	%		838,284			6,480		3.07	%
Loans held for sale		249,878			4,274		6.79	%		289,884			5,067		6.93	%
Acquired loans, net		12,141,117			200,784		6.56	%		15,440,538			311,953		8.02	%
Non-acquired loans		39,334,101			567,042		5.72	%		32,159,779			465,362		5.74	%
Total interest-earning assets		62,217,447			864,856		5.51	%		58,727,110			881,682		5.96	%
Noninterest-Earning Assets:
Cash and due from banks		523,954								567,823
Other assets		6,638,547								6,812,790
Allowance for credit losses		(585,424	)							(618,179	)
Total noninterest-earning assets		6,577,077								6,762,434
Total Assets	$	68,794,524							$	65,489,544

Interest-Bearing Liabilities:
Transaction and money market accounts	$	32,634,509		$	189,191		2.30	%	$	29,623,457		$	187,627		2.51	%
Savings deposits		2,794,029			1,655		0.24	%		2,879,488			1,940		0.27	%
Certificates and other time deposits		7,493,938			65,205		3.45	%		7,310,133			67,704		3.67	%
Federal funds purchased		266,686			2,455		3.65	%		331,707			3,640		4.35	%
Securities sold with agreements to repurchase		260,312			1,319		2.01	%		281,395			1,527		2.15	%
Corporate and subordinated debentures		696,819			12,564		7.15	%		974,992			19,547		7.95	%
Other borrowings		94,566			949		3.98	%		—			—		—	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		44,240,859			273,338		2.45	%		41,401,172			281,985		2.70	%
Noninterest-Bearing Liabilities:
Demand deposits		13,500,596								13,541,840
Other liabilities		1,898,722								1,679,124
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities (“Non-IBL”)		15,399,318								15,220,964
Shareholders’ equity		9,154,347								8,867,408
Total Non-IBL and shareholders’ equity		24,553,665								24,088,372
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	68,794,524							$	65,489,544

Net Interest Income and Margin (Non-Tax Equivalent)				$	591,518		3.77	%				$	599,697		4.05	%
Net Interest Margin (Tax Equivalent)							3.78	%							4.06	%

Total Deposit Cost (without debt and other borrowings)							1.80	%							1.91	%
Overall Cost of Funds (including demand deposits)							1.88	%							2.04	%

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Investment securities (taxable) and (tax-exempt) include trading securities.

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	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2026								September 30, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Average Balance			Interest Earned/Paid		Average Yield/Rate			Average Balance			Interest Earned/Paid		Average Yield/Rate
Interest-Earning Assets:
Federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks	$	1,495,784		$	37,890		3.39	%	$	2,098,769		$	65,650		4.18	%
Investment securities (taxable) (1)		8,212,099			219,240		3.57	%		7,618,874			191,499		3.36	%
Investment securities (tax-exempt) (1)		1,021,552			24,492		3.21	%		870,182			20,132		3.09	%
Loans held for sale		253,226			12,607		6.66	%		249,666			13,574		7.27	%
Acquired loans, net		13,015,770			650,639		6.68	%		16,415,733			926,270		7.54	%
Non-acquired loans		37,193,082			1,575,076		5.66	%		30,729,466			1,313,627		5.72	%
Total interest-earning assets		61,191,513			2,519,944		5.51	%		57,982,690			2,530,752		5.84	%
Noninterest-Earning Assets:
Cash and due from banks		538,787								578,855
Other assets		6,711,280								6,831,628
Allowance for credit losses		(584,668	)							(613,949	)
Total noninterest-earning assets		6,665,399								6,796,534
Total Assets	$	67,856,912							$	64,779,224

Interest-Bearing Liabilities:
Transaction and money market accounts	$	32,081,720		$	541,864		2.26	%	$	29,287,861		$	538,057		2.46	%
Savings deposits		2,811,165			4,935		0.23	%		2,901,983			5,895		0.27	%
Certificates and other time deposits		7,299,044			191,990		3.52	%		7,218,122			200,868		3.72	%
Federal funds purchased		283,639			7,706		3.63	%		338,595			11,062		4.37	%
Securities sold with agreements to repurchase		290,957			4,356		2.00	%		288,952			4,420		2.05	%
Corporate and subordinated debentures		696,711			37,587		7.21	%		850,463			47,610		7.48	%
Other borrowings		83,518			2,434		3.90	%		19,692			648		4.40	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		43,546,754			790,872		2.43	%		40,905,668			808,560		2.64	%
Noninterest-Bearing Liabilities:
Demand deposits		13,460,836								13,559,656
Other liabilities		1,760,741								1,652,887
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities (“Non-IBL”)		15,221,577								15,212,543
Shareholders’ equity		9,088,581								8,661,013
Total Non-IBL and shareholders’ equity		24,310,158								23,873,556
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	67,856,912							$	64,779,224

Net Interest Income and Margin (Non-Tax Equivalent)				$	1,729,072		3.78	%				$	1,722,192		3.97	%
Net Interest Margin (Tax Equivalent)							3.78	%							3.98	%

Total deposit cost (without debt and other borrowings)							1.77	%							1.88	%
Overall Cost of Funds (including demand deposits)							1.85	%							1.98	%

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Investment securities (taxable) and (tax-exempt) include trading securities.

Investment Securities

The interest earned on investment securities increased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same periods in 2025, primarily due to a higher average balance in investment securities and a modest increase in the yield on the investment portfolio. The average balance of investment securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 increased by approximately $641.0 million and $744.6 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2025. The Company has increased the size of the investment securities portfolio commensurate with the growth in the balance sheet. The improvement in the yield is a result of the reinvestment and repositioning strategies executed in the first quarter of 2025.

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Loans

Interest earned on loans held for investment decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, from the comparable periods in 2025. Some key highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, are outlined below:

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Our non-TE yield on total loans decreased 56 basis points in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.

The yield on the acquired loan portfolio decreased 146 basis-point in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.

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The decrease in interest income on acquired loans was primarily attributable to continued paydowns, pay-offs and renewals of acquired loans that were moved to our non-acquired loan portfolio, as well as a decrease in loan accretion of approximately $56.3 million and $109.8 million, respectively for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 compared to the same periods in 2025. The loan accretion is primarily related to the loan portfolio acquired from Independent.

The yield on the non-acquired loan portfolio decreased 2 basis points in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.

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The decline in the yield on non-acquired loans primarily reflects the impact of new and renewed loans originating at comparatively lower rates in the current rate environment compared to the same period in 2025. The growth in interest income on non-acquired loans was attributable to organic loan growth and renewals of matured acquired loans that were moved to our non-acquired loan portfolio.

Interest-Bearing Liabilities

The quarter-to-date average balance of interest-bearing liabilities increased in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, while the cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased, reflecting lower market interest rates across most deposit and borrowing categories. Some key highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025 include:

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The cost of interest-bearing deposits declined to 2.37% for the third quarter of 2026, compared to 2.56% for the same period in 2025.

Interest expense on interest-bearing deposits decreased, as the effect of lower interest rates paid across all deposit categories outweighed the growth in the average balance of transaction and money market accounts and certificates and other time deposits.

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The average cost and interest expense of federal funds purchased decreased, reflecting both a lower average balance and lower costs in the lower interest rate environment.

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The average cost and interest expense of corporate and subordinated debentures decreased. The decreases reflect the continued net effect of debt redemptions and subsequent subordinated debt issuances following prior-period debt assumed in the Independent acquisition along with the lower interest rate environment.

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The average cost of other borrowings was 3.98% with an average balance of $94.6 million for the third quarter of 2026. The Company had no significant other borrowings during the third quarter of 2025.

We continue to monitor and adjust rates paid on deposit products as part of our strategy to manage our net interest margin. Interest-bearing liabilities include interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings deposits, CDs, other time deposits, federal funds purchased, and other borrowings. Interest-bearing transaction accounts include NOW, HSA, Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (“IOLTA”), and Market Rate checking accounts.

Noninterest-Bearing Deposits

Noninterest-bearing deposits are transaction accounts that provide our Bank with “interest-free” sources of funds. Average noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $41.2 million, or 0.3%, to $13.5 billion in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease in the average balance of noninterest bearing deposits primarily reflects a continued shift in customer funds to interest-bearing transactional and money market deposit accounts.

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Noninterest Income

Noninterest income provides us with additional revenues that are significant sources of income. For the three months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025, noninterest income comprised 13.7%, and 14.2%, respectively, of total net interest income and noninterest income. For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025, noninterest income comprised 14.4%, and 13.6%, respectively, of total net interest income and noninterest income.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026		2025		2026		2025
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	27,962	$	26,933	$	80,540	$	76,552
Debit, prepaid, ATM and merchant card related income		14,849		15,639		42,538		39,822
Mortgage banking income		5,630		5,462		21,536		19,135
Trust and investment services income		15,838		14,157		45,473		43,508
Correspondent banking and capital markets income		14,564		21,204		56,802		44,516
Securities losses, net		—		—		—		(228,811	)
Gain on sale-leaseback, net of transaction costs		—		—		—		229,279
SBA income		1,672		1,683		4,436		7,345
Bank owned life insurance income		9,929		10,597		29,047		29,949
Other		3,467		3,411		10,363		10,696
Total noninterest income	$	93,911	$	99,086	$	290,735	$	271,991

Noninterest income decreased during the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. This quarterly change in total noninterest income resulted from the following:

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Correspondent banking and capital markets income was lower, primarily attributable to a $4.0 million decrease in income generated from the sale of customer swap ARC hedges, reflecting decreased hedging activity as commercial borrowers showed less demand to convert variable-rate loans to fixed rates. The decrease was also driven by higher expense associated with variation margin payments for centrally cleared swaps where we recorded an expense of $5.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 compared to an expense of $4.3 million in the third quarter of 2025. In addition, other operational revenue was lower by approximately $2.4 million.

Noninterest income increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. The categories and explanations for the fluctuations year-to-date, except the items discussed below, are similar to the ones noted above in the quarterly comparison.

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Service charges on deposit accounts were higher mainly attributable to deposit fee income from the growth in deposit accounts.

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Debit, prepaid, ATM and merchant card related income was higher in 2026 compared to 2025 mainly due to higher bank card and ATM related fee income of $4.6 million.

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Mortgage banking income was higher in 2026 compared to 2025, as an increase in mortgage servicing related income was partially offset by a decrease in secondary market mortgage income. Mortgage production increased from $1.7 billion in the first nine months of 2025 to $2.5 billion in the first nine months of 2026. During the first nine months of 2026, we sold 26% of our mortgage production to the secondary market versus 41% during the same period in 2025.

The mortgage servicing related income, net of the hedge, increased mainly due to a $6.0 million increase in the change in fair value of the MSR, including decay. The increase in fair value of the MSR between the comparable periods was primarily due to an increase in the change in fair value from interest rates of $25.8 million, offset by decreases from gains/losses on the MSR hedge of $17.5 million and an increase in MSR decay of $2.3 million.

Mortgage income from the secondary market decreased between the comparable periods resulting from a $2.6 million decrease in gain on sale of mortgage loans, which is net of the commission expense related to mortgage production, and a $3.2 million decrease in the change in fair value of the pipeline and loans held for sale, partially offset by an increase in MBS forward trades of $2.6 million. Mortgage commission expense was $5.6 million in 2026 compared to $6.0 million in 2025.

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Trust and investment services income increased in 2026 compared to 2025, as assets under management have increased by $645.9 million, or 6.3%, in that same time frame.

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During the first quarter of 2025, the Company recorded net losses on the sales of investment securities, excluding the sales of investment securities acquired from Independent, substantially offset by a gain on the sale of bank properties, net of transaction costs, from a sale-leaseback transaction completed in February 2025.

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SBA income was lower primarily attributable to lower gains on the sale of SBA loans of $2.1 million. SBA income includes changes in the fair value of the servicing asset, loan servicing fees and gains on sale of SBA loans.

Noninterest Expense


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026		2025		2026		2025
Salaries and employee benefits	$	217,237	$	199,148	$	628,267	$	595,121
Occupancy expense		44,136		40,874		130,316		117,874
Information services expense		29,968		28,988		88,808		90,505
OREO and loan related expense		3,106		5,427		8,436		9,506
Amortization of intangibles		20,628		23,426		62,973		71,305
Business development and staff related expense		10,877		8,907		32,877		22,600
Supplies, printing and postage expense		3,472		3,278		10,611		10,376
Professional fees		5,898		4,994		16,227		14,361
FDIC assessment and other regulatory charges		10,911		8,374		31,921		31,101
Advertising and marketing		4,178		2,980		11,339		8,280
Merger, branch consolidation, severance-related, and other expense		—		20,889		—		113,274
Other		24,352		25,057		70,261		71,926
Total noninterest expense	$	374,763	$	372,342	$	1,092,036	$	1,156,229

Noninterest expense increased by $2.4 million, or 0.7%, in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily resulted from the following expenses:

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Salaries and employee benefits increased primarily due to higher commission and incentive expense of $9.8 million, as well as an increase in salary expense of $7.9 million, resulting primarily from merit increases and an increase in the number of employees due to growth in sales force.

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Occupancy expense increased in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, due mainly to increases in lease expenses and building occupancy expense, including related depreciation, of $1.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

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OREO expense and loan related expense decreased primarily due to a $2.6 million decrease in losses on sales of OREO.

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Amortization of intangibles decreased by $2.8 million, or 11.9%, due to lower amortization expense related to the core deposit intangible recognized in connection with the Independent acquisition, which is subject to accelerated amortization in the earlier periods of its estimated life.

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Business development and staff related expense increased due mainly to higher employee travel and entertainment, and recruitment-related costs of approximately $1.5 million.

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FDIC assessment and other regulatory charges increased primarily due to an increase in the FDIC assessment rate reflecting changes in the Company’s size and complexity along with the effects from the increase in the Company’s total average assets, classified assets and higher-risk assets.

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The Company did not record merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expense in the third quarter of 2026. During the third quarter of 2025, the Company recorded $20.9 million of such expenses, primarily associated with the Independent acquisition.

Noninterest expense decreased by $64.2 million, or 5.6%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. The categories and explanations for the year-to-date fluctuations are generally consistent with those discussed in the quarterly comparison above, except as noted below, which slightly offset the total noninterest expense decrease.

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Advertising and marketing increased in 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to increased digital marketing brand awareness and public relations initiatives.

Income Tax Expense

Our effective tax rate was 22.91% for the three months ended September 30, 2026, compared to 23.25% for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The decrease in the effective rate for the current quarter, when compared to the same period in the prior year, was driven primarily by lower non-deductible executive compensation during the current quarter, as well as non-deductible merger expenses recognized in the third quarter of 2025 related to the acquisition of Independent completed on January 1, 2025. In addition, there was an increase in tax-exempt interest income in the current quarter compared to the same period in 2025. This was partially offset by a decrease in the cash surrender value of BOLI policies in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the third quarter of 2025.

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Our effective tax rate for the first nine months of the year was 22.83% compared to 23.99% for the first nine months of 2025. The decrease in the year-to-date effective tax rate compared to the same period of 2025 was due primarily to a reduction in non-deductible executive compensation, an increase in tax-exempt interest income and a decrease in non-deductible FDIC premiums. In addition to these items, there was a $5.6 million remeasurement of the Company’s deferred tax balances resulting from the acquisition of Independent in the first quarter of 2025.

Segment Reporting

As discussed in Note 21 — Segment Reporting, the Company’s operations are managed and financial performance is evaluated on an organization-wide basis, and the Company’s banking and finance operations are considered by management to constitute one reportable operating segment, the General Banking Unit. There have been no material changes to the Company’s segment structure during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.

The table below provides PPNR and TE NIM information of the General Banking Unit.

Pre-Provision Net Revenue and Tax Equivalent Net Interest Margin


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(Dollars and shares in thousands except for per share amounts)	2026			2025			2026			2025
PPNR (Non-GAAP)
Net Income (GAAP) (a)	$	223,798		$	246,641		$	679,640			550,945
Plus:
Provision for credit losses		20,345			5,085			47,072			113,152
Income tax provision		66,523			74,715			201,059			173,857
PPNR (Non-GAAP) (b)	$	310,666		$	326,441		$	927,771		$	837,954

PPNR, Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
PPNR (Non-GAAP)	$	310,666		$	326,441		$	927,771		$	837,954
Less:
Gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs		—			—			—			(229,279	)
Plus:
Securities losses, net		—			—			—			228,811
Merger, branch consolidation, severance-related, and other expense		—			20,889			—			113,274
PPNR, adjusted (Non-GAAP) (d)	$	310,666		$	347,330		$	927,771		$	950,760

PPNR per Share (Non-GAAP)
Diluted weighted-average common share outstanding (c)		97,429			101,735			98,002			101,807
Earnings per common share - Diluted ((a)/(c)) (GAAP)	$	2.30		$	2.42		$	6.93		$	5.41

PPNR per share ((b)/(c)) (Non-GAAP)	$	3.19		$	3.21		$	9.47		$	8.23

Adjusted PPNR per Share (Non-GAAP)
Adjusted PPNR per share ((d)/(c)) (Non-GAAP)	$	3.19		$	3.41		$	9.47		$	9.34

Net Interest Margin, Tax Equivalent ("TE") (Non-GAAP)
Average interest earning assets (e)	$	62,217,447		$	58,727,110		$	61,191,513		$	57,982,690

Net interest income (f)		591,518			599,697			1,729,072			1,722,192
Net interest margin, non-TE ((f)*/(e)) (GAAP)		3.77	%		4.05	%		3.78	%		3.97	%
TE adjustment (g)		769			718			2,280			2,174
Net interest margin, TE (((f)+(g))*/(e)) (Non-GAAP)		3.78	%		4.06	%		3.78	%		3.98	%

* Annualized

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Analysis of Financial Condition

Summary

Our total assets increased approximately $3.2 billion, or 4.8%, from December 31, 2025, to September 30, 2026, to approximately $70.4 billion. Within total assets, cash and cash equivalents decreased by $197.9 million, or 6.2%, net loans increased $3.5 billion, or 7.2%, while investment securities decreased $9.4 million, or 0.1%, during the period. Within total liabilities, deposits grew $2.5 billion, or 4.5%, and federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase decreased by $120.0 million, or 19.4%. Total corporate and subordinated debentures and other borrowings increased by $300.3 million, or 43.1%. Total shareholder’s equity decreased $11.8 million, or 0.1%. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was due to the funding of loan growth in the first nine months of 2026. The increase in deposits was related to a $485.2 million increase in interest-bearing checking accounts, a $989.5 million increase in money market accounts and a $992.8 million increase in time deposits, which included a $1.1 billion increase in brokered time deposits. The increase in loans was driven by organic growth. Our loan to deposit ratio was 90% and 88% at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, while our percentage of noninterest-bearing deposit accounts to total deposits was 23% and 24% at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Investment Securities

We use investment securities, our second largest category of earning assets, to generate interest income, provide liquidity, fund loan demand or deposit liquidation, and to pledge as collateral for public funds deposits, repurchase agreements, derivative exposures and to augment borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, investment securities totaled $8.7 billion. The Bank purchased $3.4 billion of investment securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 mostly from reinvesting funds provided by the paydowns, maturities and calls of investment securities. The increases in investment securities were partially offset by reductions from maturities, calls, sales and paydowns of investment securities totaling $3.1 billion and the net amortization of premiums of $8.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2026. At September 30, 2026, approximately 73.4% of the investment portfolio was classified as available for sale, approximately 21.9% was classified as held to maturity and approximately 4.7% was classified as other investments.

At September 30, 2026, the unrealized net losses of the available for sale securities portfolio was $718.5 million, or 10.1%, below its amortized cost basis, compared to an unrealized net loss of $382.8 million, or 5.7%, at December 31, 2025. At September 30, 2026, the unrealized net loss of the held to maturity securities portfolio was $386 million, or 20.3%, below its amortized cost basis, compared to an unrealized net loss of $315.2 million, or 15.4%, at December 31, 2025.

The following is the combined amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale and held for maturity, aggregated by credit quality indicator:


(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Unrealized Net Loss			AAA – A		Not Rated
September 30,2026
U.S. Government agencies	$	132,891	$	111,442	$	(21,449	)	$	132,891	$	—
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises *		3,118,184		2,671,274		(446,910	)		89		3,118,095
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises *		2,420,176		2,244,429		(175,747	)	—			2,420,176
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises *		1,460,936		1,281,528		(179,408	)		133,209		1,327,727
State and municipal obligations		1,275,798		1,035,036		(240,762	)		1,267,840		7,958
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		586,160		546,872		(39,288	)		586,160		—
Corporate securities		23,000		22,004		(996	)		—		23,000
	$	9,017,145	$	7,912,585	$	(1,104,560	)	$	2,120,189	$	6,896,956

* Agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), agency collateralized mortgage-obligations (“CMO”) and agency commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) are guaranteed by the issuing government-sponsored enterprise (“GSE”) as to the timely payments of principal and interest. Except for Government National Mortgage Association securities, which have the full faith and credit backing of the United States Government, the GSE alone is responsible for making payments on this guaranty. While the rating agencies have not rated any of the MBS, CMO and CMBS issued, senior debt securities issued by GSEs are rated consistently as “Triple-A.” Most market participants consider agency MBS, CMOs and CMBSs as carrying an implied Aaa rating (S&P rating of AA+) because of the guarantees of timely payments and selection criteria of mortgages backing the securities. We do not own any private label mortgage-backed securities. The balances presented under the ratings above reflect the amortized cost of the investment securities.

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At September 30, 2026, we had 1,273 investment securities including both available for sale and held to maturity, in an unrealized loss position, which totaled $1.1 billion. At December 31, 2025, we had 1,073 investment securities, including both available for sale and held to maturity, in an unrealized loss position, which totaled $737.2 million. The total number of investment securities with an unrealized loss position increased by 200 securities, while the total dollar amount of the unrealized loss increased by $367.7 million. The increase in the number of securities in a loss position and level of unrealized losses during the quarter was mainly due to recent changes in market interest rates and expectations of future Federal Reserve Bank rate increases due to inflationary pressures.

All investment securities in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2026, continue to perform as scheduled. We have evaluated the securities and have determined that the decline in fair value, relative to its amortized cost, is not due to credit-related factors. In addition, we have the ability and intent to hold these securities within the portfolio until maturity or until the value recovers, and we believe that it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell these securities prior to recovery. We continue to monitor all of our securities with a high degree of scrutiny. There can be no assurance that we will not conclude in future periods that conditions existing at that time indicate some or all of our securities may be sold or would require a charge to earnings as a provision for credit losses in such periods. Any charges as a provision for credit losses related to investment securities could impact cash flow, tangible capital or liquidity.

As securities held for investment are purchased, they are designated as held to maturity or available for sale based upon our intent, which incorporates liquidity needs, interest rate expectations, asset/liability management strategies, and capital requirements. Although securities classified as available for sale may be sold from time to time to meet liquidity or other needs, it is not our normal practice to trade this segment of the investment securities portfolio. While management generally holds these assets on a long-term basis or until maturity, any short-term investments or securities available for sale could be converted at an earlier point, depending partly on changes in interest rates and alternative investment opportunities.

The following table presents a summary of our investment portfolio by contractual maturity and related yield as of September 30, 2026:



	Due In 1 Year or Less						Due After 1 Thru 5 Years							Due After 5 Thru 10 Years							Due After 10 Years							Total
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount			Yield			Amount				Yield			Amount				Yield			Amount				Yield			Amount			Yield
Held to Maturity (amortized cost)
U.S. Government agencies	$	—			—	%		$	57,924			1.82	%		$	74,967			1.66	%		$	—			—	%		$	132,891		1.73	%
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S.
government agencies or sponsored enterprises		—			—				44,459			2.09				108,609			1.14				901,683			1.82				1,054,751		1.76
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S.
government agencies or sponsored enterprises		—			—				—			—				—			—				355,715			2.51				355,715		2.51
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S.
government agencies or sponsored enterprises		35,395			0.94				51,563			1.14				114,200			1.46				117,622			2.33				318,780		1.67
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		—			—				—			—				—			—				43,162			1.20				43,162		1.20
Total held to maturity	$	35,395			0.94	%		$	153,946			1.67	%		$	297,776			1.39	%		$	1,418,182			2.02	%		$	1,905,299		1.87	%
Available for Sale (fair value)
U.S. Government treasuries		—			—	%			—			—	%			—			—	%			—			—	%			—		—	%
U.S. Government agencies		—			—				—			—				—			—				—			—				—		—
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S.
government agencies or sponsored enterprises	$	50			2.58	%		$	20,285			2.06	%		$	136,013			3.16	%		$	1,679,656			3.76	%		$	1,836,004		3.69	%
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S.
government agencies or sponsored enterprises		96			2.44				38,867			4.78				102,989			4.88				1,816,692			4.54				1,958,644		4.56
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S.
government agencies or sponsored enterprises		19,351			1.84				345,730			4.16				480,713			3.45				182,725			2.26				1,028,519		3.45
State and municipal obligations		9,442			3.42				28,888			3.14				235,435			2.78				761,271			3.67				1,035,036		3.45
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		4,401			2.52				6,448			4.74				191,756			4.35				310,497			3.23				513,102		3.66
Corporate securities		—			—				9,899			6.82				12,105			4.29				—			—				22,004		5.43
Total available for sale	$	33,340			2.38	%		$	450,117			4.12	%		$	1,159,011			3.57	%		$	4,750,841			3.95	%		$	6,393,309		3.88	%
Total other investments	$	—			—	%		$	—			—	%		$	—			—	%		$	407,172			3.17	%		$	407,172		3.17	%
Total investment securities	$	68,735			1.64	%		$	604,063			3.50	%		$	1,456,787			3.12	%		$	6,576,195			3.48	%		$	8,705,780		3.41	%
Percent of total		1	%						7	%						18	%						74	%
Cumulative percent of total		1	%						8	%						28	%						100	%

(1)

Yields on tax exempt income have been presented on a taxable equivalent basis in the table above.

(2)

FRB, FHLB and other non-marketable equity securities have no set maturity date and are classified in “Due after 10 Years.”

(3)

The total values presented in the table above represent total fair value for available for sale and amortized cost for held to maturity.

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Approximately 85.6% (based on amortized cost) of the investment portfolio (excluding other investment securities) is comprised of U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. Government agency securities, and U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-backed securities. These securities may be pledged to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discount Window. Approximately 14.1% (based on amortized cost) of the investment portfolio (excluding other investment securities) is comprised of municipal securities. A portion of the municipal bond portfolio may be pledged to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta subject to their credit approval. Approximately 99% of the municipal bond portfolio has ratings in the Single A or higher category.

As of September 30, 2026, the portfolio had an effective duration of 4.99 years. We continue to monitor duration risk and seek to align duration within our risk appetite.

The following table presents a summary of our investment portfolio duration for the periods presented:


	September 30, 2026				December 31, 2025
(Dollars in thousands, duration in years)	Amount		Duration		Amount		Duration
Held to Maturity (amortized cost)
U.S. Government agencies	$	132,891		5.00	$	132,913		5.62
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,054,751		6.11		1,153,024		6.06
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		355,715		6.91		379,107		6.63
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		318,780		4.72		336,910		5.05
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		43,162		5.77		46,076		5.99
Total held to maturity	$	1,905,299		5.94	$	2,048,030		5.97
Available for Sale (fair value)
Residential mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises	$	1,836,004		4.68	$	1,698,108		4.43
Residential collateralized mortgage-obligations issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,958,644		3.46		2,185,584		2.54
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. government
agencies or sponsored enterprises		1,028,519		4.02		832,449		4.55
State and municipal obligations		1,035,036		8.60		1,007,412		7.79
Small Business Administration loan-backed securities		513,102		2.45		568,433		2.19
Corporate securities		22,004		0.31		21,770		0.51
Total available for sale	$	6,393,309		4.74	$	6,313,756		4.22

Other Investments

Other investment securities include primarily our investments in FHLB and FRB stock with no readily determinable market value. Accordingly, when evaluating these securities for impairment, management considers the ultimate recoverability of the par value rather than recognizing temporary declines in value. As of September 30, 2026, we determined that there was no impairment on our other investment securities. As of September 30, 2026, other investment securities represented approximately $407.2 million, or 0.58% of total assets, and primarily consists of FHLB and FRB stock which totals $266.7 million, or 0.38% of total assets. There were no gains or losses on the sales of these securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025, respectively.

Trading Securities

We have a trading portfolio associated with our Correspondent Banking Division and its subsidiary SouthState Securities Corp. This portfolio is carried at fair value and realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in trading securities revenue, a component of Correspondent Banking and Capital Markets Income in our Consolidated Statements of Income. Securities purchased for this portfolio have primarily been municipal bonds, treasuries and mortgage-backed agency securities, which are held for short periods of time and totaled $141.5 million and $110.2 million at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.

Loans Held for Sale

The balance of loans held for sale decreased $48.5 million from December 31, 2025, to $296.8 million on September 30, 2026. Loans held for sale at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 consisted of mortgage and SBA loans held for sale.

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The Company purchases the guaranteed portions of SBA loans from third-party originators with the intent to aggregate the guaranteed portion of the SBA loans into pools with similar characteristics to create a security representing an interest in those pools through the SBA’s fiscal transfer agent. SBA loans held for sale totaled $247.5 million at September 30, 2026 compared to $283.9 million at December 31, 2025. See Note 18 — Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Loans Held for Sale for more information.

Mortgage loans held for sale totaled $49.3 million at September 30, 2026, a decrease of $12.1 million compared to $61.4 million at December 31, 2025. Total mortgage production was $818.8 million in the third quarter of 2026 compared to $1.0 billion in the second quarter of 2026. The decrease in production from the prior quarter was mainly due to the increase in mortgage rates in the third quarter of 2026 as the 30 year mortgage fixed rate increased approximately 75 to 85 basis points during the quarter. The percentage of mortgage production sold into the secondary market decreased in the third quarter of 2026 to 28% from 33% in the second quarter of 2026. The allocation of mortgage production between portfolio and secondary market depends on the Company’s liquidity, market spreads and rate changes during each period and will fluctuate over time.

Loans

The following table presents a summary of the loan portfolio by category (excludes loans held for sale):


LOAN PORTFOLIO (Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2026		% of Total			December 31, 2025		% of Total
Acquired loans:
Acquired - non-purchased credit deteriorated loans:
Construction and land development	$	387,455		0.8	%	$	580,657		1.2	%
Commercial non-owner-occupied		4,123,224		7.9	%		4,766,211		9.9	%
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		1,721,101		3.3	%		1,982,641		4.1	%
Consumer owner-occupied		1,044,227		2.0	%		1,171,043		2.4	%
Home equity loans		172,666		0.3	%		209,048		0.5	%
Commercial and industrial		1,243,620		2.4	%		1,789,588		3.7	%
Other income producing property		551,578		1.1	%		672,593		1.4	%
Consumer non real estate		47,136		0.1	%		60,528		0.1	%
Other		104		—	%		105		—	%
Total acquired - non-purchased credit deteriorated loans		9,291,111		17.9	%		11,232,414		23.1	%
Acquired - purchased credit deteriorated loans (PCD):
Construction and land development		59,091		0.1	%		106,815		0.2	%
Commercial non-owner-occupied		1,683,392		3.2	%		1,960,076		4.0	%
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		392,811		0.8	%		486,118		1.0	%
Consumer owner-occupied		165,947		0.3	%		186,905		0.4	%
Home equity loans		15,990		—	%		18,797		—	%
Commercial and industrial		76,548		0.2	%		148,089		0.3	%
Other income producing property		42,316		0.1	%		49,090		0.1	%
Consumer non real estate		17,972		—	%		21,609		—	%
Total acquired - purchased credit deteriorated loans (PCD)		2,454,067		4.7	%		2,977,499		6.1	%
Total acquired loans		11,745,178		22.6	%		14,209,913		29.2	%
Non-acquired loans:
Construction and land development		2,470,586		4.8	%		1,860,888		3.8	%
Commercial non-owner-occupied		12,089,909		23.2	%		9,925,473		20.4	%
Commercial owner-occupied real estate		5,837,899		11.2	%		5,108,232		10.5	%
Consumer owner-occupied		8,159,990		15.7	%		7,260,486		14.9	%
Home equity loans		1,784,585		3.4	%		1,603,944		3.3	%
Commercial and industrial		8,484,439		16.3	%		7,243,731		14.9	%
Other income producing property		589,440		1.1	%		510,470		1.1	%
Consumer non real estate		884,532		1.7	%		873,129		1.8	%
Other		6,535		—	%		2,261		—	%
Total non-acquired loans		40,307,915		77.4	%		34,388,614		70.8	%
Total loans (net of unearned income)	$	52,053,093		100.0	%	$	48,598,527		100.0	%

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Total loans, net of deferred loan costs and fees (excluding loans held for sale), increased during the first nine months of 2026 by $3.5 billion, or 9.5% annualized, to $52.1 billion at September 30, 2026. Our non-acquired loan portfolio increased by $5.9 billion, or 23.0% annualized, mainly driven by organic growth and renewals of acquired loans that are moved to our non-acquired loan portfolio. Commercial non-owner-occupied loans, commercial and industrial loans, consumer owner-occupied loans, commercial owner-occupied real estate loans and construction and land development loans led the way with $2.2 billion, $1.2 billion, $899.5 million, $729.7 million and $609.7 million in year-to-date loan growth, respectively, or 29.2%, 22.9%, 16.6%, 19.1% and 43.8% annualized growth, respectively. The acquired loan portfolio decreased by $2.5 billion, or 23.2% annualized. This decline in acquired loans was due to paydowns and payoffs in both the PCD and Non-PCD loan categories along with renewals of acquired loans that were moved to our non-acquired loan portfolio. The main categories that decreased were commercial non-owner-occupied loans, commercial and industrial loans, commercial owner-occupied real estate loans, construction and land development loans and consumer owner-occupied loans which decreased by $919.7 million, $617.5 million, $354.8 million, $240.9 million and $147.8 million, respectively, during the first nine months of 2026. Acquired loans as a percentage of total loans decreased to 22.6% and non-acquired loans as a percentage of the overall portfolio increased to 77.4% at September 30, 2026. This compares to acquired loans as a percentage of total loans of 29.2% and non-acquired loans as a percentage of total loans of 70.8% at December 31, 2025.

Total commercial non-owner-occupied loans of $17.9 billion, approximately 34.4% of the total loans held for investment, was the largest category of the loan portfolio as of September 30, 2026. As of September 30, 2026, approximately 93% of the commercial non-owner-occupied portfolio was located within the Company’s footprint. Of the $17.9 billion, approximately $1.9 billion, or 4% of the total loans, represented our office segment. Approximately 96% of the office segment was located in the Company’s footprint.

The following table presents the top eight loan segments of the commercial non-owner-occupied loan category (excluding loans held for sale). The loan segments in the table below are determined by the call code, used for the Bank’s regulatory reporting requirements issued by the FDIC for the FFIEC 041, also referred to as the Call Report.


Commercial Non-Owner-Occupied Loans (Dollars in thousands)	Net Book Balance (1)		Average Loan Size		Weighted-Average Loan-to-Value (3)			% of Non-Accrual			% of Substandard & Accruing			% of Special Mention
September 30, 2026
Loan Type:
Retail	$	5,010,862	$	2,474		57	%		0.10	%		2.02	%		1.09	%
Multifamily		2,757,728		4,079		54	%		1.92	%		25.73	%		6.28	%
Warehouse/Industrial		2,687,018		2,279		59	%		0.01	%		5.98	%		1.81	%
Office		1,925,117		1,809		58	%	—		%		4.97	%		2.81	%
Hotel		1,600,156		5,993		56	%	—		%		2.02	%		1.66	%
Other		1,090,898		1,924		54	%		0.02	%		2.61	%		0.50	%
Medical		1,066,994		2,200		61	%	—		%		1.41	%		0.57	%
Self Storage		736,228		3,591		53	%	—		%		11.23	%		7.62	%

(1)

Net book balance in each segment that represents 2% or more of commercial non-owner-occupied portfolio as of September 30, 2026.

Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL) on Loans and Certain Off-Balance-Sheet Credit Exposures

The ACL reflects management’s estimate of losses that will result from the inability of our borrowers to make required loan payments. The Company records loans charged off against the ACL and subsequent recoveries, if any, increase the ACL when they are recognized. In addition, the Company has a variety of assets that have a component that qualifies as an off-balance sheet exposure. These primarily include undrawn portions of revolving lines of credit and standby letters of credit.

Management continues to utilize a probability-weighted blend of baseline, upside, and adverse economic scenarios in estimating expected credit losses. For the quarter ended September 30, 2026, management maintained scenario weightings of 40% baseline, 20% upside, and 40% adverse. The September economic forecast reflected more caution regarding inflation, interest rates, energy prices, the labor market, and geopolitical developments. While the macroeconomic variables incorporated within the Company's credit models remained generally stable to favorable and credit conditions remain generally stable, management believes a continued weighting toward adverse economic conditions remains appropriate as uncertainty has not normalized sufficiently to support a reduction in the downside scenario weight. The Company recorded a total provision for credit losses of $20.3 million for the third quarter of 2026.

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As of September 30, 2026, the balance of the ACL was $588.9 million or 1.13% of total loans. The ACL decreased $2.3 million from the balance of $586.7 million recorded at June 30, 2026 and increased $3.7 million from the balance of $585.2 million recorded at December 31, 2025. The decrease during the third quarter of 2026 included $14.6 million in provision for credit losses and $12.3 million in net charge-offs. The increase during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 included $34.4 million in provision for credit losses and $30.7 million in net charge-offs.

At September 30, 2026, the Company had a reserve on unfunded commitments of $82.3 million, which was recorded as a liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, compared to $76.5 million at June 30, 2026, and $69.6 million at December 31, 2025. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company recorded an increase in the reserve for unfunded commitments of $5.8 million and $12.7 million, respectively. For the prior comparative period, the Company recorded an increase in the reserve for unfunded commitments of $3.8 million and $23.2 million, respectively. Of the $23.2 million of provision for credit losses recorded for unfunded commitments during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, $12.1 million was related to the initial provision for unfunded commitments acquired from Independent and $11.1 million was for all other unfunded commitments.

The Company did not have an allowance for credit losses or record a provision for credit losses on investment securities or other financial assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.

The ACL provides 2.00 times coverage of nonperforming loans at September 30, 2026. Net charge-offs to total average loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, were 0.09% and 0.08%, respectively. Net charge-offs, excluding acquisition date charge-offs recorded for PCD loans acquired from Independent, to total average loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, were 0.27% and 0.12%, respectively. We continue to experience solid and stable asset quality numbers and ratios as of September 30, 2026.

The following table provides the allocation for expected credit losses by loan segment and each loan segment as a percentage of total loans as of September 30, 2026:


	September 30, 2026
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		%*
Residential Mortgage Senior	$	64,415		19.8	%
Residential Mortgage Junior		1,283		0.1	%
Revolving Mortgage		14,824		4.0	%
Residential Construction		9,004		1.2	%
Other Construction and Development		50,108		4.3	%
Consumer		15,391		1.8	%
Multifamily		59,659		5.3	%
Municipal		1,840		1.9	%
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate		69,878		15.2	%
Non-Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate		185,041		29.1	%
Commercial and Industrial		117,475		17.3	%
Total	$	588,918		100.0	%

* Loan balance in each category expressed as a percentage of total loans.

The following table presents a summary of net charge off ratios (annualized) by loan segment, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025:

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2026									September 30, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Net Recovery (Charge-Off)			Average Balance		Net Recovery (Charge-Off) Ratio				Net Recovery (Charge-Off)			Average Balance		Net Recovery (Charge-Off) Ratio
Residential Mortgage Senior	$	(1,286	)	$	10,198,345		(0.05	)	%	$	(576	)	$	9,439,987		(0.02	)	%
Residential Mortgage Junior		55			43,210		0.51		%		190			48,767		1.55		%
Revolving Mortgage		87			2,041,477		0.02		%		44			1,834,643		0.01		%
Residential Construction		—			623,222	—			%		—			616,631	—			%
Other Construction and Development		(21	)		2,256,827		(0.00	)	%		108			2,348,763		0.02		%
Consumer		(2,114	)		942,846		(0.89	)	%		(2,205	)		1,000,290		(0.87	)	%
Multifamily		848			2,733,170		0.12		%		—			2,679,460	—			%
Municipal		—			968,134	—			%		—			906,727	—			%
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate		1,580			7,882,323		0.08		%		(605	)		7,499,713		(0.03	)	%
Non-Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate		(5,080	)		14,979,258		(0.13	)	%		2,048			13,371,669		0.06		%
Commercial and Industrial		(6,386	)		8,806,406		(0.29	)	%		(31,158	)		7,853,667		(1.57	)	%
Total	$	(12,317	)	$	51,475,218		(0.09	)	%	$	(32,154	)	$	47,600,317		(0.27	)	%


	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2026									September 30, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)	Net Recovery (Charge-Off)			Average Balance		Net Recovery (Charge-Off) Ratio				Net Recovery (Charge-Off)			Average Balance		Net Recovery (Charge-Off) Ratio
Residential Mortgage Senior	$	(3,799	)	$	9,912,560		(0.05	)	%	$	(1,135	)	$	9,315,013		(0.02	)	%
Residential Mortgage Junior		152			43,627		0.47		%		265			48,184		0.74		%
Revolving Mortgage		317			1,985,019		0.02		%		320			1,792,686		0.02		%
Residential Construction		—			613,240	—			%		—			654,056	—			%
Other Construction and Development		181			2,118,095		0.01		%		505			2,482,035		0.03		%
Consumer		(4,703	)		925,307		(0.68	)	%		(7,158	)		1,016,778		(0.94	)	%
Multifamily		1,010			2,677,298		0.05		%		(18,065	)		2,602,313		(0.93	)	%
Municipal		—			944,188	—			%		—			864,148	—			%
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate		1,464			7,712,208		0.03		%		(2,480	)		7,445,627		(0.04	)	%
Non-Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate		(5,993	)		14,604,879		(0.05	)	%		(10,645	)		13,214,971		(0.11	)	%
Commercial and Industrial		(19,300	)		8,672,431		(0.30	)	%		(62,136	)		7,709,388		(1.08	)	%
Total	$	(30,671	)	$	50,208,852		(0.08	)	%	$	(100,529	)	$	47,145,199		(0.29	)	%

The following tables present summary of ACL for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2026									2025
	Non-PCD			PCD						Non-PCD			PCD
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans			Loans			Total			Loans			Loans			Total
Balance at beginning of period	$	526,492		$	60,172		$	586,664		$	535,014		$	86,032		$	621,046
Loans charged off		(12,062	)		(5,663	)		(17,725	)		(36,898	)		(664	)		(37,562	)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off		3,476			1,932			5,408			3,213			2,195			5,408
Net (charge-offs) recoveries		(8,586	)		(3,731	)		(12,317	)		(33,685	)		1,531			(32,154	)
Provision (recovery) for credit losses		11,942			2,629			14,571			10,249			(9,008	)		1,241
Balance at end of period	$	529,848		$	59,070		$	588,918		$	511,578		$	78,555		$	590,133

Total loans, net of unearned income:
At period end	$	52,053,093								$	47,667,911
Average		51,475,218									47,600,317
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans (annualized)		0.09	%								0.27	%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of period end loans		1.13	%								1.24	%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of period end non-performing loans (“NPLs”)		199.66	%								195.61	%

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	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2026									2025
	Non-PCD			PCD						Non-PCD			PCD
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans			Loans			Total			Loans			Loans			Total
Allowance for credit losses at January 1	$	516,041		$	69,156		$	585,197		$	444,959		$	20,321		$	465,280
Allowance adjustment - FMV for Independent acquisition		—			—			—			—			135,441			135,441
Initial Allowance for Non-PCD loans acquired during period		—			—			—			79,971			—			79,971
Independent Day 1 PCD loan net charge-offs		—			—			—			—			(56,688	)		(56,688	)
Loans charged-off		(36,238	)		(7,663	)		(43,901	)		(55,845	)		(1,104	)		(56,949	)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off		8,979			4,251			13,230			7,589			5,519			13,108
Net (charge-offs) recoveries		(27,259	)		(3,412	)		(30,671	)		(48,256	)		(52,273	)		(100,529	)
Provision (recovery) for credit losses		41,066			(6,674	)		34,392			34,904			(24,934	)		9,970
Balance at end of period	$	529,848		$	59,070		$	588,918		$	511,578		$	78,555		$	590,133

Total loans, net of unearned income:
At period end	$	52,053,093								$	47,667,911
Average		50,208,852									47,145,199
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans (annualized)		0.08	%								0.29	%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of period end loans		1.13	%								1.24	%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of period end non-performing loans (“NPLs”)		199.66	%								195.61	%

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Nonperforming Assets (“NPAs”)

The following table summarizes our nonperforming assets for the past five quarters:


	September 30,			June 30,			March 31,			December 31,			September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026			2026			2026			2025			2025
Non-acquired:
Nonaccrual loans	$	141,109		$	152,908		$	159,011		$	157,662		$	141,409
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		7,262			2,961			6,915			2,997			4,352
Modified loans to a borrower experiencing financial difficulty - nonaccrual		14,736			18,356			18,147			4,313			5,342
Total non-acquired nonperforming loans		163,107			174,225			184,073			164,972			151,103
Other real estate owned (“OREO”) (1)		11,394			11,175			7,971			4,961			11,404
Other nonperforming assets (2)		545			547			368			312			566
Total nonperforming assets excluding acquired assets		175,046			185,947			192,412			170,245			163,073
Acquired:
Nonaccrual loans (3)		91,661			66,143			106,922			129,402			143,839
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more		7,141			835			1,986			1,944			891
Modified loans to a borrower experiencing financial difficulty - nonaccrual		33,055			33,209			9,080			5,778			5,856
Total acquired nonperforming loans		131,857			100,187			117,988			137,124			150,586
Acquired OREO (1)		3,826			1,220			18,090			3,810			7,015
Other acquired nonperforming assets (2)		41			34			65			91			132
Total acquired nonperforming assets		135,724			101,441			136,143			141,025			157,733
Total nonperforming assets	$	310,770		$	287,388		$	328,555		$	311,270		$	320,806

Excluding Acquired Assets
Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total loans and repossessed assets (4)		0.43	%		0.49	%		0.53	%		0.49	%		0.50	%
Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets (5)		0.25	%		0.27	%		0.28	%		0.25	%		0.25	%
Nonperforming loans as a percentage of period end loans (4)		0.40	%		0.46	%		0.51	%		0.48	%		0.46	%

Including Acquired Assets
Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total loans and repossessed assets (4)		0.60	%		0.57	%		0.66	%		0.64	%		0.67	%
Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets (5)		0.44	%		0.42	%		0.48	%		0.46	%		0.49	%
Nonperforming loans as a percentage of period end loans (4)		0.57	%		0.54	%		0.61	%		0.62	%		0.63	%

(1)

Consists of real estate acquired as a result of foreclosure.

(2)

Consists of non-real estate foreclosed assets, such as repossessed vehicles.

(3)

Includes nonaccrual loans that are purchase credit deteriorated (PCD loans).

(4)

Loan data excludes mortgage loans held for sale.

(5)

For purposes of this calculation, total assets include all assets (both acquired and non-acquired).

Total nonperforming assets were $310.8 million, or 0.60% of total loans and repossessed assets, at September 30, 2026, a decrease of $500,000, or 0.2%, from December 31, 2025. Total nonperforming loans were $295.0 million, or 0.57%, of total loans, at September 30, 2026, a decrease of $7.1 million, or 2.4%, from December 31, 2025. Non-acquired nonperforming loans decreased by $1.9 million from December 31, 2025. The decrease in non-acquired nonperforming loans was driven primarily by a decrease in commercial nonaccrual loans of $25.4 million, offset by an increase in consumer nonaccrual loans of $12.4 million and an increase in modified loans to a borrower experiencing financial difficulty of $10.4 million. Acquired nonperforming loans decreased $5.3 million from December 31, 2025. The decrease in the acquired nonperforming loan balances was due primarily to a decrease in commercial nonaccrual loans of $39.8 million, offset by an increase in modified loans to a borrower experiencing financial difficulty of $27.3 million, an increase in accruing loans past due 90 days or more of $5.0 million, and an increase in consumer nonaccrual loans of $2.2 million. Approximately $20.0 million of the decrease in acquired commercial nonaccrual loans was due to one commercial non-owner occupied loan moving to OREO during the first quarter of 2026.

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Interest-Bearing Liabilities

Interest-bearing liabilities include interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings deposits, CDs, other time deposits, federal funds purchased, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and other borrowings. Interest-bearing transaction accounts include NOW, HSA, Interest on Layers’ Trust Accounts (“IOLTA”), and Market Rate checking accounts.

Total interest-bearing deposits increased $2.4 billion to $44.2 billion at September 30, 2026, from $41.8 billion at December 31, 2025. Interest-bearing checking accounts increased $485.2 million, money market account increased $989.5 million and time deposits increased by $992.8 million during the first nine months of 2026. The growth in interest-bearing checking accounts was through an increase in reciprocal and brokered checking accounts of $689.9 million while the growth in time deposits was through an increase in brokered accounts of $1.1 billion. The increase in money market accounts was mainly through in-market account growth. The Company has allowed some higher costing local deposits run off in 2026, replacing them with brokered deposits at lower interest rates. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $2.0 billion to $42.9 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2025. The increase in average interest-bearing deposits from the fourth quarter of 2025 was due to a $2.0 billion increase in interest-bearing checking accounts and money market accounts including $976.0 million in brokered interest-bearing checking accounts. For more information on the composition of our total deposits, see Note 8 — Deposits. Due to the competitive nature for in-market deposits and higher costs, the Company has allowed some higher costing local deposits to run-off in 2026 and increased its use of brokered deposits to fund loan growth in 2026.

Federal funds purchases related to the Correspondent Banking Division and securities sold under agreements to repurchase were $498.2 million at September 30, 2026, a $120.0 million decrease from December 31, 2025. Corporate and subordinated debentures increased by $0.3 million to $696.9 million. The Company borrowed $300.0 million in short term FHLB borrowings in the third quarter of 2026 which made up the balance in other borrowings at September 30, 2026. The Company had no FHLB borrowings at December 31, 2025.

Noninterest-Bearing Deposits

Noninterest-bearing deposits are transaction accounts that provide our Bank with “interest-free” sources of funds. At September 30, 2026, the period end balance of noninterest-bearing deposits was $13.4 billion, an increase of $70.0 million compared to the balance at December 31, 2025 of $13.4 billion. Average noninterest-bearing deposits were $13.5 billion for the third quarter of 2026 compared to $13.6 billion during the fourth quarter of 2025. Noninterest-bearing deposits have remained steady over the first nine months of 2026.

Uninsured Deposits

The Company had estimated approximately 37.9% and 39.8%, respectively, of uninsured and collateralized deposits over total deposits at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025. The amounts above are estimates and are based on the same methodologies and assumptions used for the Bank’s regulatory reporting requirements issued by the FDIC for the FFIEC 041, also referred to as the Call Report.

Capital Resources

Our ongoing capital requirements have been met primarily through retained earnings, less the payment of cash dividends. As of September 30, 2026, shareholders’ equity was $9.0 billion, a decrease of $11.8 million, or 0.1%, from December 31, 2025. The decrease in equity in the first nine months of 2026 was mainly related to the repurchase of common shares on the open market of $275.1 million, dividends paid to shareholders of $181.2 million and a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income of $256.2 million from the decline in fair value of available for sale securities. These declines in equity were partially offset by net income of $679.6 million.

On January 21, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stock repurchase plan for the repurchase of up to 5,560,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The 2026 Repurchase Plan replaced the Company’s 2025 Repurchase Plan, under which 560,000 shares remained available for repurchase. During the first nine months of 2026, the Company repurchased a total of 2,750,000 shares at a weighted average price of $100.02 (including commission paid) pursuant to the 2026 Repurchase Plan. The number of shares to be purchased and the timing of the purchases are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the level of cash balances, general business conditions, regulatory requirements, the market price of our common stock, and the availability of alternative investment opportunities. As of September 30, 2026, the Company may repurchase up to an additional 2,810,000 shares of common stock under the 2026 Repurchase Plan.

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The well-capitalized minimums and the Company’s and the Bank’s regulatory capital ratios for the following periods are reflected below:


	Well-Capitalized			September 30,			December 31,
	Minimums			2026			2025
SouthState Bank Corporation:
Common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital	N/A				11.15	%		11.36	%
Tier 1 risk-based capital		6.00	%		11.15	%		11.36	%
Total risk-based capital		10.00	%		13.48	%		13.84	%
Tier 1 leverage	N/A				9.49	%		9.26	%

SouthState Bank:
Common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital		6.50	%		12.11	%		12.54	%
Tier 1 risk-based capital		8.00	%		12.11	%		12.54	%
Total risk-based capital		10.00	%		13.20	%		13.68	%
Tier 1 leverage		5.00	%		10.32	%		10.22	%

The Company’s and Bank’s Common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital, Tier 1 risk-based capital and total risk-based capital as of September 30, 2026 all declined compared to December 31, 2025. The capital ratios declined due mainly to both the Company repurchasing 2,750,000 shares through its 2026 Repurchase Plan and the strong asset growth during the first nine months of 2026. The common stock repurchases at the Company were funded through dividends from the Bank. Tier 1 capital increased by 6.3% and 4.6% at the Company and Bank, respectively, while total risk-based capital increased by 5.6% and 4.6% at the Company and Bank, respectively. The increases in capital were mainly due to net income during the first nine months of 2026, net of the effects of dividends paid and stock repurchases. Both regulatory risk-based assets and quarterly average assets increased in the nine months of 2026 when compared to the fourth quarter with average assets for the Company and Bank increasing approximately by 3.7% and 3.6%, respectively, and risk-based assets increasing approximately by 8.4% and 8.3%, respectively. The Tier 1 leverage ratio for the Company and the Bank increased in the first nine months of 2026 as quarterly average assets increased approximately 3.7% and 3.6%, respectively, which is less than the increase in Tier 1 capital at both the Company and the Bank. Our capital ratios are currently well in excess of the minimum standards and continue to be in the “well capitalized” regulatory classification.

Liquidity

Liquidity refers to our ability to generate sufficient cash to meet our financial obligations, which arise primarily from the withdrawal of deposits, extension of credit and payment of operating expenses. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank’s financial condition or overall safety and soundness is adversely affected by an inability (or perceived inability) to meet its obligations. Our ongoing philosophy is to remain in a liquid position, as reflected by such indicators as the composition of our earning assets, typically including some level of reverse repurchase agreements; federal funds sold; balances at the Federal Reserve Bank; and/or other short-term investments; asset quality; well-capitalized position; and profitable operating results. Our Asset Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”) is charged with the responsibility of monitoring policies designed to ensure acceptable composition of our asset/liability mix. We have employed our funds in a manner to provide liquidity from both assets and liabilities sufficient to meet our cash needs. The Company also continues to monitor liquidity conditions and maintains a contingency funding plan and performs specific procedures, including scenario analyses and stress testing, to evaluate and maintain appropriate levels of available liquidity in alignment with liquidity risk.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company continued to operate within its established liquidity risk limits. At September 30, 2026, key internal liquidity metrics, including the loan-to-deposit ratio and reliance on noncore funding, remained within policy limits and consistent with expectations. Total available borrowing capacity, including access to the Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Reserve facilities, and unsecured federal funds lines, remained stable compared with December 31, 2025.

Total cash and cash equivalents were $3.0 billion at September 30, 2026 compared to $3.2 billion at December 31, 2025. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was due primarily to funding growth in the loan portfolio of $3.5 billion during the first nine months of 2026.

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Liquidity was also provided by deposit growth and short term FHLB advances. Total deposits were $57.6 billion at September 30, 2026, an increase of $2.5 billion from $55.1 billion at December 31, 2025. Included in total deposits as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had $2.9 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively, of traditional, out–of–market brokered time deposits, $2.5 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, in brokered interest-bearing checking and money market accounts and $4.5 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively, of reciprocal deposits. For more information on changes in deposits, see Interest-Bearing Liabilities and Noninterest-Bearing Deposits sections of the MD&A.

Along with the growth in deposits, the Company borrowed $300 million in short-term FHLB advances during the third quarter of 2026 to provide funding for interest-earning asset growth. To the extent that we employ other types of non-deposit funding sources, typically to accommodate retail and correspondent customers, we continue to take in shorter maturities of such funds. Our current approach may provide an opportunity to sustain a low funding rate or possibly lower our cost of funds but could also increase our cost of funds if interest rates rise. Deposit flows are significantly influenced by general and local economic conditions, changes in prevailing interest rates, internal pricing decisions, and competition. Our deposits are primarily obtained from depositors located around our branch footprint, and we believe that we have attractive opportunities to capture additional retail and commercial deposits in our markets, in addition to having access to brokered deposits.

The investment securities portfolio serves as a primary source of liquidity. Proceeds from maturities and principal and interest payments of securities provide a continual flow of funds available for cash needs. Furthermore, both the available for sale and held to maturity securities portfolio can be readily used as a source of cash through various secured borrowing arrangements. The Bank pledges a portion of its available for sale and held to maturity investment portfolios for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, collateral for public funds and credit with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. As of September 30, 2026, the Bank pledged 64.7% of the market value of its available for sale and held to maturity investment portfolios. As of September 30, 2026, the Bank had unpledged securities with a market value of $2.8 billion. These securities included Agency, Agency MBS, Municipals and Corporate securities.

The table and discussion below describes our Primary Funding Sources and their relationship to uninsured deposits as of September 30, 2026.


(Dollars in millions)	Available Capacity
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta	$	5,680
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discount Window		11,939
Liquid cash and cash equivalents		2,873
Fair value of securities that can be pledged		2,682
Total primary sources	$	23,174
Uninsured and uncollateralized deposits	$	17,296
Uninsured and collateralized deposits	$	21,864
Coverage ratio, uninsured deposits		106.0	%
Coverage ratio, uninsured and uncollateralized deposits		134.0	%
Ratio of uninsured and collateralized deposits to total deposits		37.9	%

At September 30, 2026, the Bank had a total FHLB credit facility of $6.0 billion, with $300.0 million outstanding borrowings in short-term FHLB advances and $17.8 million in secured credit exposure at quarter-end, leaving $5.7 billion in availability on the FHLB credit facility. At September 30, 2026, the Bank had $11.9 billion of credit available at the Federal Reserve Bank’s discount window and federal funds credit lines of $330.0 million with no balances outstanding at September 30, 2026. The Bank has $2.8 billion in market value of unpledged securities at September 30, 2026, of which $2.7 billion can be pledged to attain additional funds if necessary. The Bank also has an internal limit on brokered deposits of 15% of total bank deposits, which would allow capacity of $8.7 billion at September 30, 2026. The Bank had $5.3 billion of outstanding brokered deposits at the end of the quarter-end leaving $3.3 billion in available capacity as per the internal policy limit of 15% of total bank deposits. All of the primary sources noted in the table above and the brokered deposit remaining available capacity would provide an additional $26.5 billion in funding if we needed additional liquidity. We can also consider actions such as deposit promotions to increase core deposits. The Company has a $100.0 million unsecured line of credit with U.S. Bank National Association with no balance outstanding at September 30, 2026. We believe that our liquidity position continues to be adequate and readily available.

Asset-Liability Management and Market Risk Sensitivity

Our earnings and the economic value of equity vary in relation to the behavior of interest rates and the accompanying fluctuations in market prices of certain of our financial instruments. There have been no material changes to the Company’s interest rate risk management methodologies or underlying assumptions during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.

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The Company’s primary interest rate risk exposures continue to include repricing risk, option risk, basis risk, and yield curve risk. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, changes in earnings at risk and EVE sensitivity measures were primarily driven by loan and deposit growth, changes in deposit mix or betas, securities portfolio activity, or shifts in funding.

Management uses deposit beta assumptions in its interest rate risk models and may apply overlays to reflect current market conditions. Based on the Company’s deposit mix at September 30, 2026, the assumed deposit beta was 39.8%.

The updated interest rate sensitivity analysis is presented below. Overall, the Company’s exposure to changes in interest rates remains within internal policy limits/consistent with risk appetite, and management continues to monitor and manage interest rate risk in accordance with the framework described in the 2025 Form 10-K.

The following interest rate risk metrics are derived from analysis using the Moody’s Baseline Scenario published in October 2026 as the Base Case Scenario. As of September 30, 2026, the earnings simulations indicated that the year 1 impact of an instantaneous 100 basis point parallel increase / decrease in rates would result in an estimated 2.7% increase (up 100) and 2.8% decrease (down 100) in net interest income.

We use EVE analysis as an indicator of the extent to which the present value of our capital could change, given potential changes in interest rates. At September 30, 2026, the percentage change in EVE due to a 100-basis point increase or decrease in interest rates was 3.2% decrease and 2.4% increase, respectively. The percentage changes in EVE due to a 200-basis point increase or decrease in interest rates were 7.4% decrease and 4.1% increase, respectively. Downward shocks are constrained on various balance sheet categories due to the inability to price products below floors or zero. This is particularly meaningful given the cost of deposits as of September 30, 2026.

The analysis below reflects a Base Case and shocked scenarios that assume a static balance sheet projection where volume is added to maintain balances consistent with current levels. Base Case assumes new and repricing volumes reference forward rates derived from the Moody’s Baseline rate forecast. Instantaneous, parallel, and sustained interest rate shocks are applied to the Base Case scenario over a one-year time horizon.


Percentage Change in Net Interest Income over One Year
Up 300 basis points	7.1		%
Up 200 basis points	5.0		%
Up 100 basis points	2.7		%
Base Case	—		%
Down 100 basis points	(2.8	)	%
Down 200 basis points	(5.8	)	%
Down 300 basis points	(9.1	)	%

Deposit Concentrations

As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, we have no material concentration of deposits from any single customer or group of customers. We have no significant portion of our deposits concentrated within a single industry or group of related industries. We do not believe there are any material seasonal factors that would have a material adverse effect on us. The total deposit balances held by top 10 and 20 deposit holders were below 4% and 6%, respectively, of the Company’s quarterly average total deposit balances at September 30, 2026. We do not have any foreign deposits.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Each category of earning assets has a certain degree of credit risk. We use various techniques to measure credit risk. Credit risk in the investment portfolio can be measured through bond ratings published by independent agencies. In the investment securities portfolio, the investments consist of U.S. government-sponsored entity securities, tax-free securities, or other securities having ratings of “AAA” to “Not Rated”. All securities, with the exception of those that are not rated, were rated by at least one of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The credit risk of the loan portfolio can be measured by historical experience. We maintain our loan portfolio in accordance with credit policies that we have established. Although the Bank has a diversified loan portfolio, a substantial portion of our borrowers’ abilities to honor their contracts is dependent upon economic conditions within our geographic footprint and the surrounding regions.

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We consider concentrations of credit to exist when, pursuant to regulatory guidelines, the amounts loaned to a multiple number of borrowers engaged in similar business activities which would cause them to be similarly impacted by general economic conditions represents 25% of total Tier 1 capital plus regulatory adjusted allowance for credit losses of the Company, or $1.7 billion at September 30, 2026. Based on this criteria, we had eight such credit concentrations at September 30, 2026, including loans to lessors of nonresidential buildings (except mini-warehouses) of $11.9 billion, loans secured by owner-occupied office buildings (including medical office buildings) of $2.4 billion, loans secured by owner-occupied nonresidential buildings (excluding office buildings) of $3.2 billion, loans to lessors of residential buildings (investment properties and multi-family) of $4.3 billion, loans secured by 1st mortgage 1-4 family owner-occupied residential property (including condos and home equity lines) of $11.9 billion, loans secured by jumbo loans (original loans greater than limit) of $3.6 billion, and loans secured by business assets including accounts receivable, inventory and equipment of $3.6 billion. The Company also has purchased commercial and industrial syndication and participation loans of $2.0 billion, some of which are also included in the business assets loans noted above. The risk for these loans and for all loans is managed collectively through the use of credit underwriting practices developed and updated over time. The loss estimate for these loans is determined using our standard ACL methodology.

Banking regulators have established guidelines for calculating credit concentrations. Banking regulators set the guidelines for construction, land development and other land loans to total less than 100% of total Tier 1 capital less modified CECL transitional amount plus ACL (CDL concentration ratio) and for total commercial real estate loans (construction, land development and other land loans along with other non-owner-occupied commercial real estate and multifamily loans) to total less than 300% of total Tier 1 capital less modified CECL transitional amount plus ACL (CRE concentration ratio). Both ratios are calculated by dividing certain types of loan balances for each of the two categories by the Bank’s total Tier 1 capital less modified CECL transitional amount plus ACL. At September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the Bank’s CDL concentration ratio was 38.7% and 35.2%, respectively, and its CRE concentration ratio was 282.4% and 271.8%, respectively. As of September 30, 2026, the Bank was below the established regulatory guidelines. When a bank’s ratios are in excess of one or both of these loan concentration ratios guidelines, banking regulators generally require an increased level of monitoring in these lending areas by bank management. Therefore, we monitor these two ratios as part of our concentration management processes.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP

The return on average tangible equity is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the effect of the average balance of intangible assets and adds back the after-tax amortization of intangibles to GAAP basis net income. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional information that is useful to investors in evaluating our performance and capital and may facilitate comparisons with other institutions in the banking industry as well as period-to-period comparisons. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of performance or financial condition as promulgated under GAAP, and investors should consider the Company’s performance and financial condition as reported under GAAP and all other relevant information when assessing the performance or financial condition of the Company. Non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, are not audited, and may not be comparable to other similarly titled financial measures used by other companies. Investors should not consider non-GAAP measures in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company’s results or financial condition as reported under GAAP.


	Three Months Ended										Nine Months Ended
	September 30,										September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2026					2025					2026				2025
Return on average equity (GAAP)			9.70		%			11.04		%		10.00		%			8.50		%
Effect to adjust for intangible assets			6.90		%			8.58		%		7.26		%			7.30		%
Return on average tangible equity (non-GAAP)			16.60		%			19.62		%		17.26		%			15.80		%

Average shareholders’ equity (GAAP)		$	9,154,347				$	8,867,408			$	9,088,581				$	8,661,013
Average intangible assets			(3,426,333	)				(3,516,575	)			(3,447,534	)				(3,536,635	)
Adjusted average shareholders’ equity (non-GAAP)		$	5,728,014				$	5,350,833			$	5,641,047				$	5,124,378

Net income (GAAP)		$	223,798				$	246,641			$	679,640				$	550,945
Amortization of intangibles			20,628					23,426				62,973					71,305
Tax effect			(4,726	)				(5,447	)			(14,377	)				(16,557	)
Net income excluding the after-tax effect
of amortization of intangibles (non-GAAP)		$	239,700				$	264,620			$	728,236				$	605,693

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Cautionary Note Regarding Any Forward-Looking Statements

Statements included in this report, which are not historical in nature are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements are based on, among other things, management’s beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about the financial services industry, the economy, and our acquisition of Independent in all-stock merger transaction. Words and phrases such as “may,” “approximately,” “continue,” “should,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “is likely,” “look ahead,” “look forward,” “believes,” “will,” “intends,” “estimates,” “strategy,” “plan,” “could,” “potential,” “possible” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. We caution readers that forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict with regard to, among other things, timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence, which could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in the 2025 Form 10-K, except as described below.

Risks relating to our Business and Business Strategy

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Risks related to the ability of the Company to pursue its strategic plans which depend upon certain growth goals in our lines of business that are dependent on a variety of factors including economic conditions in the U.S. and globally, geopolitical factors including tariffs, competition, and the regulatory environment;

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Risks related to the ability of the Company to grow or manage its growth effectively;

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Risks relating to integrating and recognizing the benefits of the merger between SouthState and Independent;

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Interest rate risk and a decrease in our net interest income primarily resulting from our inability to effectively manage the risk, and its impact on the Bank’s earnings, including from the correspondent and mortgage divisions, housing demand and changes in mortgage conditions, the market value of the Bank’s loan and securities portfolios, and the market value of SouthState’s equity;

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Inflationary risks negatively impacting our business and profitability, earnings and budgetary projections, or demand for our products and services;

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Risks related to the costs of funds and our profitability and liquidity, and changes in our deposit mix and growth;

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Compliance, reputational and operational risks related to implementing new lines of business or new products and services and our failure to successfully manage such risks;

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Risks caused by changes in technology, including artificial intelligence, disruptions in our business model, and the lack of resources to invest in technological improvements implemented by our competitors;

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Increased risk from the adoption and use of artificial intelligence tools by us and our third party vendors and service providers, including risk of errors, omissions, unfair treatment or fraudulent behavior by our employees, clients, counterparties or other third parties;

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Risks related to the potential deterioration in real estate values and other adverse changes in mortgage conditions, higher risks inherent in a loan portfolio that includes commercial real estate loans, environmental risks in our lending activities, and risks that appraisals used in deciding whether to make a loan that is secured by real estate not ensuring the value of the real property collateral;

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The impact of increasing digitization of the banking industry and movement of customers to on-line platforms, and the possible impact on the Bank’s results of operations, customer base, expenses, suppliers and operations;

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Risks related to (i) our ability to effectively manage credit risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk affecting the Bank’s ability to meet its obligations when they come due; and (ii) an obligor’s failure to meet the terms of any contract with the Bank or otherwise fail to perform as agreed under the terms of any loan-related document;

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The results of our most recent stress tests not accurately predicting the impact on our financial condition if the economy were to deteriorate;

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The impact of the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard, merger activity, and global events on our allowance for credit losses;

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Risks related to maintaining adequate levels of capital to support our operations and the availability of additional capital when needed due to our size and continued pace of growth;

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Controls and procedures risk, including the potential failure or circumvention of our controls and procedures, the failure to comply with regulations related to controls and procedures, or the prevention or detection of errors or acts of fraud;

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Risks related to losses arising from errors, omissions or fraudulent behavior by employees, clients, counterparties and third parties;

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Reputational and operational risks associated with sustainability, stewardship and governance matters, including the impact of state legislation and inconsistent federal and state regulatory guidance and regulation;

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Risks related to our reliance on and our ability to retain our culture and attract, retain, develop, and motivate qualified and highly skilled personnel, and to offer competitive salaries and benefits;

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Our ability to successfully implement current or future information technology and cybersecurity system enhancements or operational initiatives;

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Cybersecurity risk related to the dependence of SouthState on internal computer systems and the technology of outside service providers, as well as the potential impacts of internal or external security breaches, which may subject the Company to potential business disruptions or financial losses resulting from deliberate attacks or unintentional events;

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Operational, technological, cultural, regulatory, legal, credit and other risks associated with the exploration, consummation and integration of potential future acquisitions, whether involving stock or cash consideration;

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Risks related to accounting policies and processes that enable us to report our financial condition and results of operations and require our management to make estimates about matters that are uncertain;

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Risks related to unexpected outflows of uninsured deposits requiring us to sell investment securities at a loss, price risks focusing on changes in market factors that may affect the value of traded instruments in “mark-to-market” portfolios, and the loss of value of our investment portfolio negatively impacting market perceptions of us, possibly resulting in deposit withdrawals;

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Risks relating to consumers opting not to use banks to complete their financial transactions; and

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Reputational risk that adversely affects earnings or capital arising from negative public opinion including the effects of social media on market perceptions of us and banks generally.

Risks relating to the Regulatory Environment

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Risks related to the heightened expectations of regulatory agencies exposing it to regulatory enforcement actions and civil penalties which could have an adverse material impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, operations and reputation and could jeopardize the Company’s ability to pursue acquisition opportunities;

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Regulatory change risk resulting from new laws, rules, regulations, accounting principles, proscribed practices or ethical standards, including, without limitation, the possibility that regulatory agencies may require higher levels of capital above the current regulatory-mandated minimums, the impact of higher FDIC deposit insurance requirements or special FDIC assessments, the effects of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations or other guidance, changes in policies and standards for regulatory review of bank mergers, challenges to our income tax provision following changes to tax laws, regulations or interpretations, and the possibility of changes in accounting standards, policies, principles and practices;

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Risks relating to the legal, regulatory and supervisory environment, including periodic examination and scrutiny by a number of banking agencies and any adjustments to our business resulting from such examinations, changes in financial services legislation and capital regulatory requirements, other regulations; and

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Compliance risk involving risk to earnings or capital resulting from violations of or nonconformance with laws, rules, regulations, prescribed practices, or ethical standards, and contractual obligations regarding data privacy and cybersecurity.

Risks relating to our Common Stock

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Risks related to state law and provisions in our articles of incorporation or bylaws that make it more difficult for another company to purchase us; and

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Risks related to: (i) shares of our Common Stock not being insured deposits and losing value; (ii) future capital needs resulting in dilution of shareholder investment; (iii) the trading volume of sale of substantial amounts of common stock pressing the price of our common stock; (iv) our ability to pay dividends which is subject to legal and regulatory limitations as well as the discretion of the board of directors of SouthState, SouthState’s performance and other factors; (v) rights of our holders of our junior subordinated debentures that are senior to those of our common shareholders; (vi) volatility of our stock price stock that may or may not reflect economic condition or performance of SouthState; and (vii) our institutional shareholders, exercising significant influence over us and having interests that differ from our other shareholders.

Risks relating to Economic Conditions and Other Outside Forces

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Geopolitical and economic risks and market volatility associated with policy changes resulting from the U.S. presidential administration, changes in the fiscal, monetary, and regulatory policies of the federal government and its agencies, and geopolitical instability or conflict;

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Changes to and instability in global economic conditions and geopolitical matters, including as a result of possible tariffs or other trade disruptions adversely affecting our business, financial conditions and results of operations;

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Risks related to a slowdown in economic growth or a resumption of recessionary economic conditions impacting inflationary pressures and interest rates to dampen demand adversely affecting consumer confidence, loan payment patterns, and our charge-offs and the provision for credit losses;

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Volatility in the financial services industry (including failures or rumors of failures of other depository institutions), along with actions taken by governmental agencies to address such turmoil, affecting the ability of depository institutions, including us, to attract and retain depositors and to borrow or raise capital;

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Our success being tied to the success of the local economies where we operate;

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Catastrophic events such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, floods or other natural or human disasters, including public health crises and infectious disease outbreaks, as well as any government actions in response to such events, and the related disruption to local, regional and global economic activity and financial markets, and the impact that any of the foregoing may have on SouthState and its customers and other constituencies;

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Market volatility adversely affecting our operations or our ability to access capital when needed;

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The impact of competition with other financial institutions, including deposit and loan pricing pressures and the resulting impact, including as a result of compression to net interest margin; and

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Risks that lawsuits, legal proceedings, information-gathering requests, investigations, and proceedings by governmental and self-regulatory agencies result in significant civil or criminal penalties, including monetary penalties, damages, adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restrictions on the way the Company and the Bank conduct their business, or reputational harm.

For any forward-looking statements made in this report or in any documents incorporated by reference into this Report, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are based on information available at that time. We do not undertake any obligation to update or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by federal securities laws. As forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, caution should be exercised against placing undue reliance on such statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements by us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Report.

Additional information with respect to factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements may also be included in other reports that we file with the SEC. We caution that the foregoing list of risk factors is not exclusive and not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes in our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk as of September 30, 2026, from those disclosures presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 2025.

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

SouthState’s management, with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of SouthState’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2026, in accordance with Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We applied our judgment in the process of reviewing these controls and procedures, which, by their nature, can provide only reasonable assurance regarding our control objectives. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that SouthState’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2026, were effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding our control objectives.

The design of any system of controls and procedures is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the nine months ended September 30, 2026, that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We and our Bank subsidiary are periodically party to or otherwise involved in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business, such as claims to enforce liens, claims involving the making and servicing of real property loans, and other issues incident to our products and services and our businesses. We do not believe any pending or threatened legal proceedings in the ordinary course against the Bank would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations or consolidated financial position.

Other than the Cyber Incident Suit (as discussed in Note 11 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities), as of September 30, 2026, and as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe that we are not party to, nor is any of our property the subject of, any pending material legal proceeding other than those that may occur in the ordinary course of our business.

On April 3, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit (the “Original Suit”) was filed against the Bank purportedly on behalf of a class consisting of those persons impacted by the Cyber Incident (as defined in Note 11 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities). While the Original Suit was voluntarily dismissed, the same plaintiffs, as well as additional plaintiffs, initiated litigation that named the Bank as a defendant. These cases were consolidated into one putative class action against the Bank in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida (the “Cyber Incident Suit”). During the first quarter of 2026, the parties agreed to settle the Cyber Incident Suit, subject to court approval, pursuant to which the Company agreed to fund documented losses and pay attorneys’ fees, administration costs, and credit monitoring fees. On June 24, 2026, the court entered an order granting final approval to the settlement (the “Final Order”). The settlement was paid from the Company’s cyber insurance coverage in the third quarter of 2026 in accordance with the Final Order, and the matter has been dismissed. For more information, please refer to Note 11 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

Investing in shares of our common stock involves certain risks, including those identified and described in Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as well as cautionary statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those under the caption “Cautionary Note Regarding Any Forward-Looking Statements” set forth in Part I, Item 2. of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, risks and matters described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the SEC.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A. of Part I in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a)

Not applicable

(b)

Not applicable

(c)

Issuer Purchases of Registered Equity Securities:

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company repurchased a total of 2,750,000 shares at a weighted average price of $100.02 per share (including commission paid) pursuant to the 2026 Repurchase Plan. The number of shares to be purchased and the timing of the purchases are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the level of cash balances, general business conditions, regulatory requirements, the market price of our common stock, and the availability of alternative investment opportunities. As of September 30, 2026, the Company may repurchase up to an additional 2,810,000 shares of common stock under the 2026 Repurchase Plan.

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The following table reflects share repurchase activity during the third quarter of 2026:


Period	(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased			(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)		(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
July 1 ‑ July 31		178	*	$	102.11		—		3,060,000
August 1 ‑ August 31		50,607	*		104.93		50,000		3,010,000
September 1 ‑ September 30		201,106	*		104.34		200,000		2,810,000
Total		251,891					250,000		2,810,000

* For the three months ended September 30, 2026, monthly totals include 178, 607, and 1,106 shares, respectively, that were repurchased under arrangements, authorized by our stock based compensation plans and Board of Directors, whereby officers or directors may sell previously owned shares to the Company in order to pay for the exercise of stock options or for income taxes owed on vesting shares of restricted stock. These shares were not repurchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program.

Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable.

Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION

On September 11, 2026, Natur Family Limited Partnership, an entity affiliated with David R. Brooks, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, adopted a new Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, to be effective December 11, 2026, in accordance with Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The plan provides for the potential sale of up to 192,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to specified price, volume, and timing conditions. Transactions under the plan may begin after the expiration of the applicable cooling-off period and will terminate the earlier of August 31, 2027, or the completion of all planned transactions. As of the date of this report, no transactions have occurred under the new plan. The Rule 10b5-1 trading plan previously disclosed for David R. Brooks in our 2025 Form 10-K, which were presented on a combined basis, consisted of two plans adopted by entities affiliated with David R. Brooks: (i) a plan adopted by Natur Family Limited Partnership, providing for the sale of up to 210,000 shares, and (ii) a plan adopted by Family Foundation and two family trusts, providing for the sale of up to 90,109 shares, for a combined total of 300,109 shares. As of September 30, 2026, 18,000 and 6,650 shares, respectively, had been sold under these plans, each of which is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2026, or upon the earlier completion of all transactions under it.

During the three months ended September 30, 2026, no other directors or officers adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”, as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 6. EXHIBITS

The exhibits required to be filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto and are incorporated by reference.

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Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit No.

Description

Form

Commission
File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

Filed
Herewith

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer

X

31.2

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer

X

32

Section 1350 Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

X

101

The following financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of SouthState Bank Corporation for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to consolidated Financial Statements.

X

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

X

† Pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K, certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the SEC upon request.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.


	SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION
	(Registrant)


Date: October 30, 2026	/s/ John C. Corbett
	John C. Corbett
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: October 30, 2026	/s/ William E. Matthews, V
	William E. Matthews, V
	Senior Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: October 30, 2026	/s/ Sara G. Arana
	Sara G. Arana
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Accounting Officer
	(Principal Accounting Officer)