ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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2500 Woodcrest Place

Birmingham, Alabama 35209

April 8, 2024

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Our Annual Meeting will be held at the company’s corporate headquarters, located at 2500 Woodcrest Place, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time.

Our proxy materials describe the formal business to be transacted at the Annual Meeting. Many of our directors and officers will be present to answer any questions that you and other stockholders may have. Included in the materials is our Annual Report to Stockholders, which contains detailed information concerning our activities and operating performance including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting consists of: (1) the election of seven directors; (2) an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers; (3) the ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024; and (4) such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting. Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the director nominees; “FOR” the “Say on Pay” advisory vote approving the compensation of our named executive officers; and “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.

You may vote your shares by following your broker’s voting instructions, by submitting voting instructions by telephone or by Internet, by voting in person at the Annual Meeting or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by completing and returning your proxy card. Instructions regarding the methods of voting are contained in the enclosed Proxy Statement and on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting. On behalf of our Board of Directors, we request that you vote your shares now, even if you currently plan to attend the Annual Meeting. This will not prevent you from voting in person, but will assure that your vote is counted. Your vote is important.

The proxy materials are first being made available to stockholders on or about April 8, 2024.

Sincerely,

Thomas A. Broughton III

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

2500 Woodcrest Place

Birmingham, Alabama 35209

NOTICE OF 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

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By Order of the Board of Directors,

Kirk Pressley

Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

Birmingham, Alabama

April 8, 2024

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