NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased Park Sterling Corporation (“Park Sterling”) (NASDAQ:PSTB) stock prior to April 27, 2017.

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of Park Sterling to South State Corporation (NASDAQ: SSB). Under the terms of the transaction, Park Sterling shareholders will receive 0.14 shares of South State common stock for each share of Park Sterling stock they own. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

http://www.zlkdocs.com/PSTB-Info-Request-Form-ma-5737?wire=2

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at [email protected] or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There is no cost or obligation to you.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, Connecticut, California, and Washington D.C. The firm’s attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities lawsuits and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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