Item 4.01 Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

(a)Prior independent registered public accounting firm

SouthState Corporation, (the "Company") was notified that Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP ("DHG"), the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, merged with BKD, LLP ("BKD") on June 1, 2022 (the "Accountant Merger") and combined practice now operates under the name FORVIS, LLP ("FORVIS").

The reports of DHG on the Company's financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was either such report qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and through the date of Accountant Merger, (a) the Company had no disagreements with DHG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope of procedure which disagreement if not resolved to the satisfaction of DHG would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the financial statements and (b) there were no "reportable events" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company provided FORVIS, as successor to DHG, with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and requested that the firm furnish us with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether they agree with the statements made in this Item 4.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, and if not, stating the aspects with which they do not agree. Pursuant to the Company's request, FORVIS has provided the letter filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 16.1.

(b) New independent registered public accounting firm

On June 1, 2022, FORVIS became the Company's independent registered public accounting firm in connection with the Accountant Merger.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits.

    Exhibit No.                         Description of Exhibit

       16.1           Letter of FORVIS, LLP dated June 1, 2022 to the SEC
                      regarding statements included in this Form 8-K.

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


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