X0407 4 2023-03-15 0 0001163668 SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC. SPFI 0001775278 Newsom Mikella D 5219 CITY BANK PARKWAY LUBBOCK TX 79407-3544 0 1 0 0 Chief Risk Officer & Secretary 0 Common Stock 2023-03-15 4 A 0 549 0 A 15405 I By Spouse Common Stock 26125 D The shares reported include restricted stock units that may be settled only by delivery of an equal number of shares of common stock and which are subject to vesting and forfeiture conditions. Since the date of the Reporting Person's last report, 11,814 shares previously owned through South Plains Financial, Inc's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "ESOP") were rolled over into a self-directed individual retirement account and, therefore, are now owned directly by the Reporting Person's spouse. REPORTING PERSON'S SPOUSE'S TRANSACTIONS: This Form 4 is late with respect to reporting holdings of shares of common stock of the Issuer by the Reporting Person's spouse. The Reporting Person did not timely report these holdings by the Reporting Person's spouse due to inadvertent administrative error. /s/ Mikella D. Newsom 2023-03-22