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Mr. Brooks was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 1, 2025, in connection with the Independent Merger. Prior to the Independent Merger, Mr. Brooks served as Chairman and CEO of Independent Financial, originally Independent Bank, since 1988. Prior to founding Independent, he served as President/CEO of Texas Commerce Bank-Brookhollow, now part of JP Morgan Chase, in the mid-1980s. He began his banking career in the early 1980s with a large regional bank in Dallas, Texas that later merged into what is now Bank of America. Mr. Brooks currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Capital Southwest Corporation and is on the Board of Regents for Baylor University. Mr. Brooks has been extensively involved in community and industry leadership over the years, having served as President of the Board of Trustees of the McKinney Independent School District and as a member of the McKinney City Council. He has also served on the boards of McKinney Economic Development Corporation, the McKinney Chamber of Commerce, and the Independent Bankers Association. Mr. Brooks served as Chief Financial Officer at Baylor University (2000 to 2004) and later served on the Board of Trustees at Houston Baptist University (2006 to 2012), including two years as Board Chairman.

Mr. Corbett was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, and to our Board of Directors on June 7, 2020, in connection with the merger (the CenterState Merger) of the Company and CenterState Bank Corporation (CenterState). Before that, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterState since July 2015 and was its Executive Vice President from 2007 to 2015. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer and as a director of CenterState Bank, N.A. (CenterState Bank and now known as the Bank) (2003 to June 2020) and was CenterState Bank's Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer from 2000 to 2003. Prior to joining CenterState Bank in 1999, he was Vice President of Commercial Banking at First Union National Bank in Florida (1990 to 1999). Mr. Corbett is the brother-in-law of Mr. Young, our Chief Strategy Officer. Other Listed Company Boards: CenterState (2011 to 2020). Mr. John Corbett, its Chief Executive Officer, as Chair of the Board effective 2026 Annual Meeting.

Stephen D. Young, age 50, was appointed as our Chief Strategy Officer on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. Prior to June 2020, Mr. Young served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CenterState (2016 to June 7, 2020) and CenterState Bank (May 2010 to June 8, 2020) and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CenterState Bank (2002 to 2010). From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Young was a senior auditor with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Young is the brother-in-law of Mr. Corbett, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Young has been actively engaged in the community, having served on the boards of several non-profit organizations including The Salvation Army of East Polk County, Parker Street Ministries, SeeJesus, and Geneva Classical Academy.

William E. Matthews V, age 61, was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CenterState and CenterState Bank (2019 to June 7, 2020); President and Chief Financial Officer of NCOM (2018 to 2019); Chief Financial Officer of NCOM and NBC (2011 to 2019); NCOM and NBC Board member (2010 to 2019, Vice Chair 2012 to 2019); Partner at New Capital Partners, Birmingham, Alabama (2009 to 2011); Chief Financial Officer of RBC Bank (USA) (2008 to 2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alabama National Bancorporation (1998 to 2008). Mr. Matthews has been actively engaged in the community, having served on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including Vulcan Park Foundation, Girls, Inc., Childcare Resources, Workshops, Inc., and Start the Adventure in Reading.

Richard Murray IV, age 63, was appointed the President of the Company on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger, and on April 1, 2023, he assumed leadership over the commercial and consumer banking divisions upon the retirement of the Chief Banking Officer. Murray previously served as Chief Executive Officer of CenterState Bank and a Director of both CenterState and CenterState Bank. Prior to joining CenterState, Murray served as the Chairman of NCOM, its Chief Executive Officer, and President (2017 to 2019). He also served as the President of National Bank of Commerce (NBC), NCOM's bank subsidiary (2012 to 2018). In addition, Murray served as the Chief Operating Officer of NCOM (2010 to 2018) and served as the Chief Operating Officer of NBC (2010 to 2012). He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Alabama National Bancorporation starting 2000 until it was acquired in 2008, and then as Regional President (Alabama and Florida) of RBC Bank (USA) from February 2008 to July 2009. Prior to Alabama National, he began his career at SouthTrust Bank in 1984. A community leader, Murray currently serves on the Board of the Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation, and served as President of its fundraising arm, the Monday Morning Quarterback Club. He also currently serves on the board of the Birmingham Business Alliance, and he is a former member of the United Way of Central Alabama board, the Mountain Brook City Board of Education, the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, and the O'Neal Library Foundation board.

Renee R. Brooks, age 56, has served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2018 and was appointed the Chief Operating Officer of the Bank on June 8, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. Before that, she also served as: Chief Operating Officer for South State Bank, a predecessor of the Bank (2018 to 2020); Chief Administrative Officer for the Company and South State Bank (2012 to 2018); Chief Risk Officer (in addition to the title of Chief Administrative Officer) for the Company and South State Bank (2015 to 2017); Head of Retail Banking for the Company and South State Bank (2009 to 2012); and Commercial Banking Manager and Regional Leader for South State Bank (2005 to 2009); Chief Operating Officer of The Mortgage Banc, a subsidiary of the Company (2000 to 2005); and Commercial Team Lead for de novo bank NBYC, a bank subsidiary of the Company (1996 to 2000). In addition to her other responsibilities, Ms. Brooks also served as the Corporate Secretary for the Company and South State Bank (2007 to 2014). Before joining the Company in 1996, Ms. Brooks served a Commercial Lender (1994 to 1996) and a Consumer Lender and Assistant Branch Manager (1992 to 1994) for Wachovia Bank. Ms. Brooks is an active member of the community, having served on and supported numerous boards and civic organizations throughout her tenure with the Company.

Mr. Cofield is a retired audit partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. (PwC). During his 38-year career with PwC, he served as managing partner of its Orlando and Birmingham offices, Carolinas practice (Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Spartanburg offices) and Atlanta Assurance practice (Atlanta, Nashville, and Birmingham offices), all key markets of the Bank. Mr. Cofield served as audit partner for multiple public companies, including other financial institutions. Mr. Cofield has served as Director or Executive Committee Member to numerous charitable and civic organizations in Orlando, Birmingham, Charlotte, and Atlanta, including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Arts and Science Council, and Operation New Birmingham. He currently works with the Tech Transformation Academy at City of Refuge, a not-for-profit organization located in one of Atlanta's most economically challenged neighborhoods, where his responsibilities include professional life skills training, corporate outreach, and placement. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Snively was appointed to our Board of Directors on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. He is President of ADM Global Citrus Platform and President of Florida Chemical Company, LLC. ADM acquired Florida Chemical from Flotek Industries, Inc. (Flotek) in March 2019. ADM (NYSE: ADM) is a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world's premier agricultural origination and processing company. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Snively was Executive Vice President of Operations for Flotek and President of its wholly owned subsidiary, Florida Chemical Company, Inc. Mr. Snively has been with Florida Chemical since 1995 and was instrumental in transforming the company from a family-owned and operated business to a professionally managed operation with an independent Board of Directors. Prior to joining Florida Chemical, Mr. Snively was Vice President of Commercial Agriculture Finance at SunTrust Bank and was a commercial lender for Farm Credit of Central Florida. He graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Citrus Management from Florida Southern College. Other Listed Company Boards: CenterState (2012 to 2020).

Mr. Davis spent over 35 years leading complex technology organizations in highly regulated environments. From 2015 to 2025, Mr. Davis served as Executive Vice President of Southern Company Services and Chief Information Officer of Southern Company where he led a team of over 2,000 experts in information technology strategy development, operations, and delivery supporting nine subsidiaries across the Southeast. Prior to joining Southern Company Services and Southern Company, Mr. Davis held several technology-related roles with Wells Fargo and its predecessor organizations, including serving as the head of Enterprise Technology Services, Chief Technology Officer, and Executive Vice President (2012-2014), where he provided executive leadership for key enterprise technology functions including information security. He has been recognized as one of the 50 Most Important African Americans in Technology by U.S. Black Engineers & Information Technology magazine and one of the 75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America by Black Enterprise. Mr. Davis was also named one of the Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy magazine in 2019 and 2020. Most recently, he was named the 2021 TechBridge Ed Steinike CIO of the Year. Mr. Davis serves on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association's Southeast Region (2015 to present) and Piedmont Healthcare (2020 to present), and he previously served on the Board of Trustees of Winston-Salem State University (2006 to 2013).

Mr. Pou was appointed to our Board of Directors on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. Until the 2021 sale of W.S. Badcock Corporation, Mr. Pou served as the Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Compliance Committee of W.S. Badcock Corporation (dba Badcock Home Furniture & More), where he was responsible for the retail operations of over 373 stores in eight states throughout the Southeastern United States. From the 2021 sale through 2022, he served as an Executive Advisor to the company's new management team. Mr. Pou spent his entire adult life with this organization and participated in all aspects of its operations, including the consumer credit division as well as personally owning and operating several stores between 1979 and 1998 as an independent dealer. He was also a founding director of the First National Bank of Polk County in 1992, one of the initial three banks which were merged to form CenterState Bank. Mr. Pou is active in the community, currently serving on the Boards of Trustee for Florida Southern College Board (Lakeland, Florida), Lakeland Regional Health, and Mercer University (Macon, Georgia). Other Listed Company Boards: CenterState (2012 to 2020).

Ms. Cooper is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Journey Forward Strategies, LLC, consulting with Fortune 500 companies and not-for-profit organizations in the areas of executive coaching, leadership and culture development, and business transformation. Ms. Cooper served as the former Executive Director for the Atlanta Committee for Progress, a coalition of leading CEOs focused on critical development and inclusion for the city of Atlanta (October 2018 to February 2022). Prior to joining Atlanta Committee for Progress, Ms. Cooper served as Chief Transformation Officer for WestRock Company, a corrugated package company (2016 to 2018), and Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (2011 to 2016). During her time at Lockheed Martin, Ms. Cooper also served as Vice President of Human Resources for Corporate, Information Systems and Global Solutions, and Aeronautics Divisions, as well as Vice President of Ethics for the Aeronautics Division. Ms. Cooper is active in her community, serving on various for-profit and not-for-profit boards, including Emory University where she serves as Vice Chair of the Audit Committee, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Grady Healthcare System, and Georgia Historical Society. Other Listed Company Boards: Atlantic Capital (2019 to 2022); Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (2020 to present); Verativ Corporation (2020 to 2023). Southern Company (2023 to present).

Mr. Page was appointed to our Board of Directors on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of O'Neal Industries, after serving as its President and Chief Operating Officer from 2023 to January 2026. O'Neal Industries' companies provide products and services across the metals industry, ranging from carbon and stainless steel, aluminum, and specialty alloy products to complex manufactured components and tubing. Mr. Page has served on the Board for O'Neal Industries since 2016. He retired in January 2022 from McWane, Inc. a global manufacturing business where he had served as President since 1999. He also previously served as Executive Vice President of National Bank of Commerce, a subsidiary of Alabama National Bancorporation, from 1989 until 1994, and served as a director for Alabama National BanCorporation from 1995 to 2008. Other Listed Company Boards: CenterState (2019 to 2020); National Commerce Corporation (NCOM) (Lead Independent Director) (2010-2019); and Alabama National Bancorporation (1995 to 2008). Mr. G. Ruffner Page as Lead Independent Director, effective as of 2026 Annual Meeting.

Mr. Salyers was appointed to our Board of Directors on June 7, 2020, in connection with the CenterState Merger. He is retired as the executive responsible for growth and hospitality for Chick-fil-A, Inc., the Atlanta based fast food restaurant chain, where he spent his entire 37-year career. From 2019 to 2020, Mr. Salyers served on the Board of Directors of Live Oak Banking Company. He also is active in community activities and has been involved in venture capital partnerships and technology ventures, as well as serving as a director for several start up organizations. Mr. Salyers serves as the Inaugural Start Up Mentor-In-Residence at the University of Georgia and is the author of the book, Remarkable! on company culture. Other Listed Company Boards: CenterState (2017 to 2020) and Live Oak Bankshares Inc. (2019 to 2020).

Since January 2022, Ms. Metz has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary for Publix Super Markets, Inc. (Publix). In this role, Ms. Metz is responsible for the legal, risk management, compliance, and environmental and sustainability functions for Publix. Prior to January 2022, Ms. Metz acted as Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary (2019 to 2022), Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (2016 to 2019) and Senior Attorney (2006 to 2016). Publix operates over 1,300 supermarkets across an eight-state footprint of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. Before joining Publix, Ms. Metz practiced law at Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor and Reed, P.A., a law firm based in Orlando, Florida, where she practiced in the areas of commercial real estate transactions and real estate litigation. Ms. Metz actively supports her community through service to various non-profit organizations and has served as Director and Board Chair of Easter Seals Florida, Inc.

Mr. Smith was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 1, 2025, in connection with the Independent Merger. He is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Stillwater Mountain Ranch LLC, a private development in Whitefish, Montana. Mr. Smith is also co-founder and an active partner in Trinity Investment Group, which invests in private equity, public equity, and hard assets. In addition, he serves as an advisor of EAW Energy Partners, an oil and gas minerals acquisition firm. In 1997, Mr. Smith co-founded Walker Smith Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund based in Dallas, Texas, and he served as portfolio manager of that firm for sixteen years. He started his investment career as an energy analyst at Wasserstein Perella & Co., an international investment bank. Mr. Smith serves as a director of Whitehorse Finance, Inc., a closed-end management investment company. He is a member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, an association of business professionals that supports local charitable organizations. Other Listed Company Boards: Independent (2013 to 2024); Whitehorse Finance, Inc. (2015 to present).

Ms. Froetscher was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 1, 2025, in connection with the Independent Merger. She currently serves as Chair of the Board and Senior Advisor of the J.B and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, a private foundation. She was formerly President of the Foundation, a position she held since 2016. Previously, Ms. Froetscher was the Chief Executive Officer of Special Olympics (2013 to 2016), where she led a global team with operations and affiliates in more than 170 countries. Prior her role with the Special Olympics, Ms. Froetscher served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Safety Council (2008-2013), and Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago (2003 to 2008). In addition, she previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the Aspen Institute and as Executive Director of the non-profit consulting arm of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Her corporate experience includes account management, credit and syndications roles at Bankers Trust Company and First National Bank of Chicago. She is a Board member of the Cboe Global Markets, Inc. Other Listed Company Boards: Independent (2023 to 2024); Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (2010 to present).

Since August 2024, Mr. Sasse has served as president emeritus and professor in the Hamilton School at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Prior to that, Mr. Sasse served as the 13th President of the University of Florida (2023 to 2024). Prior to his appointment as University of Florida's President, Mr. Sasse served as United States Senator from the State of Nebraska, serving on the Finance, Intelligence, Judiciary, Banking, and Budget Committees (2015 to 2023) and the 15th President of Midland University, Fremont, Nebraska (2010 to 2014). Mr. Sasse was an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin (2004 to 2009), served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2007 to 2009), held posts in other U.S. government agencies (2003 to 2005), and served intermittently for over a decade as strategic advisor to various corporate and non-profit organizations through roles with the Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Company, and independently (1994 to 2010). Mr. Sasse has advised many non-profit organizations in the past, but his community activity currently centers around Faith Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, Florida, and Grace Presbyterian Church, Fremont, Nebraska. Since April 2024, he has served on the board of directors of Strategic Education Incorporated (SEI), Herndon, Virginia.

Sara Arana, age 37, was appointed as our Chief Accounting Officer on June 7, 2020 in connection with the Merger. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of CenterState Bank, N.A. (2018 to June 7, 2020). Ms. Arana joined CenterState in 2005 where she served in several leadership positions in the Finance and Accounting department of CenterState and CenterState Bank, N.A.