South Financial (TSFG) 8-K Proposal #1 — Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Increase Authorized Common Shares to 325,000,000

Exhibit 99.1

The South Financial Group
Results of the 2009 Special Meeting of Shareholders (9/11/09)

Proposal #1 — Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Increase Authorized Common Shares to 325,000,000

			% of votes
			entitled to be
	#		cast
Shares “For”		151,043,770		81.6	%
Shares “Against”		4,836,993
Shares “Abstain”		1,704,067

Proposal #2 — Approval of Conversion of Series 2009 Preferred Stock

			% of votes
	#		cast
Shares “For”		118,885,363		95.3	%
Shares “Against”		4,455,698
Shares “Abstain”		1,355,627