UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 333-249517
ATLANTIC CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
(SOUTHSTATE CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO ATLANTIC CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
945 East Paces Ferry Rd. NE, Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(404) 995-6050
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
5.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2030
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) | ¨ |
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) | ¨ |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | x |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ¨ |
| Rule 15d-6 | ¨ |
| Rule 15d-22(b) | ¨ |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 31*
| * | On July 22, 2021, Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. (the “Registrant” or “Atlantic Capital”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with SouthState Corporation (“SouthState”), pursuant to which, on March 1, 2022, the Registrant merged with and into SouthState, with SouthState continuing as the surviving corporation. In connection with the merger, SouthState assumed, pursuant to that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 1, 2022 by and among U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, SouthState and Atlantic Capital, the debt securities covered by this Form 15. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, SouthState, as successor by merger to the Registrant, has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
Date: March 11, 2022
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SOUTHSTATE CORPORATION, (as successor by merger to Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.) | ||
| By: |
/s/ John C. Corbett | |
| John C. Corbett Chief Executive Officer | ||