SouthState (SSB) 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

Exhibit 3.1

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SECRETARY OF STATE

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

PursuantSection33-10-106ofthe1976SouthCarolinaCodeofLaws,asamended,theundersignedcorporationadopts the following ArticlesofAmendment toitsArticlesofIncorporation:

1.

Thenameofthecorporationis:

South State Corporation

2.DateofIncorporationis: ​ 2/22/1985

3.

Agent’sNameandAddress:

V. Nicole Comer

(Name)

700 Gervais Street, Ste 400

(StreetAddress)

Columbia,SC29201

(City,State,ZipCode)

4.

On 07/28/2021, the corporation adopted the following Amendment(s) of its Articles of Incorporation:

Item FIRST of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is SouthState Corporation.

5.

5.

Themanner,ifnotsetforthintheAmendment,inwhichanyexchange,reclassification,orcancellationofissuedshares providedforin the Amendmentshall beeffected,isasfollows:

Not Applicable.

South State Corporation

Name of Corporation

6. Completeeither“a”or“b”,whicheverisapplicable.
a. ◻	Amendments adopted by shareholder action.At the date of the adoption of the Amendment, thenumberofoutstandingsharesofeachvotinggroupentitledtovoteseparatelyontheAmendment,andthe voteof suchshareswas:
VotingGroup		Number of Outstanding Shares	Number of Votes Entitled to be Cast	Number of Votes Represented at the Meeting	Number of Undisputed Shares *
						For	-OR-	Against
*Note: Pursuant to Section 33-10-106(6)(i) of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, the corporationcanalternativelystatethetotalnumberofdisputedsharescastfortheamendmentbyeachvotinggrouptogetherwitha statement that the number of votes cast for the amendment by each voting group was sufficient for approval by thatvotinggroup.
b. ☒	The Amendment(s) was duly adopted by the incorporators or board of directors without shareholderapproval pursuant to Section 33-6-102(d), 33-10-102 and 33-10-105 of the 1976 South CarolinaCodeofLaws,asamended, andshareholder action was notrequired.

7. Unless a delayed date is specified, the effective date of these Articles of Amendment shall be the date ofacceptanceforfilingbytheSecretaryofState(seeSection33-1-230(b)ofthe1976SouthCarolinaCodeofLaws,as amended)
N/A	.
Date:	09/01/2021

NameofCorporation:

South State Corporation

Signature

Beth S. DeSimone

Typeor PrintName

ExecutiveVicePresident,ChiefRiskOfficerandGeneralCounsel

Office

FormRevisedbySouthCarolinaSecretaryofState,August2016

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