SouthState (SSB) 10-Q 2009 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of SCBT Financial Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John C. Pollok, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. paragraph 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 11, 2009

/s/ John C. Pollok

John C. Pollok

Senior Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

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