UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 2022

GrandSouth Bancorporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

South Carolina

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-31937	57-1104394
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

381 Halton Road, Greenville, South Carolina	29607
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(864) 770-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
None		None		None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

GrandSouth Bancorporation (the “Registrant”) is furnishing investor presentation materials as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K (the “Presentation”) which are to be used by the Registrant in meetings with investors on August 3, 2022.

The information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit index lists the exhibit that is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Presentation – August 3, 2022
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	GRANDSOUTH BANCORPORATION

Dated: August 3, 2022	By:	/s/ John B. Garrett
	Name:	John B. Garrett
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

GRANDSOUTH BANCORPORATION 8-K