X0306 4 2021-08-17 0 0001689731 Southern States Bancshares, Inc. SSBK 0001869968 Smith J. Henry IV 615 QUINTARD AVE ANNISTON AL 36201 1 0 0 0 Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share 2021-08-17 4 P 0 2500 19.00 A 50051 D The Reporting Person issued an order for 5,000 shares in the direct purchase program in the initial public offering. The purchasing agent inadvertently acquired 2,500 shares but made an additional 2,500 shares available to the Reporting person at the price shares were sold in the public offering. /s/ James H Smith IV, by Jeff Shanks as Attorney-in-fact 2021-08-18