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March 4, 2008
Dear Shareholder:

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bank of South Carolina Corporation will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2004,8, 2008, in the Board Room of the 256 Meeting Street office of The Bank of South Carolina in the City of Charleston, South Carolina. Enclosed you will find the formal Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Card, and Proxy Statement detailing the matters which will be acted upon.

Again this year, we are incorporating the enclosed Annual Report on Form 10KSB, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as our Annual Report to Shareholders.

We urge you to sign and date the proxy card and return it as soon as possible in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Should you decide to attend the meeting and vote in person, you may withdraw your proxy.

We appreciate your continued interest and investment in Bank of South Carolina Corporation.
Sincerely,
/s/ Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
President
Sincerely,
/s/Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
President

 

PROXY MATERIAL OF
BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA CORPORATION

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held April 13, 2004TO BE HELD APRIL 8, 2008

To Our Shareholders:

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bank of South Carolina Corporation (the “Company”) will be held at 256 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, on Tuesday, April 13, 2004,8, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., for the following purposes:

 1. To elect seventeen (17)sixteen (16) Directors to serve until the Company’s 20052009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders;
 2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLPElliott Davis, LLC, as independent certified public accountants for 2004;2008;
 3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Shareholders of record at the close of business on February 23, 2004,22, 2008, will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

You may revoke your Proxy at any time prior to its exercise by written notice to the Company prior to the meeting or by attending the meeting personally and voting. The Board of Directors of the Company solicits the accompanying form of Proxy.

PLEASE SIGN AND DATE THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSEDPOSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Nathaniel I. Ball, III
Secretary

March 3, 2004

A copy of the Company’s Annual Disclosure Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-KSB may be obtained at no cost by writing William L. Hiott, Jr., Treasurer, at BankBoard of South Carolina Corporation, P. O. Box 538, Charleston, South Carolina 29402 (843-724-1500). Additional copies may be obtained at a cost of $5.00 each.Directors

/s/Richard W. Hutson
Richard W. Hutson
Secretary
February 28, 2008

 

BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA CORPORATION
256 Meeting Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29401

PROXY STATEMENT

This Proxy Statement, which is first being mailed to Shareholders on or about March 3, 2004,4, 2008, is provided in conjunction with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Bank of South Carolina Corporation (the “Company”) for use at the 20042008 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company. The Notice of Meeting, Proxy Form and Annual Report are enclosed in this package.

The Proxy

The Board of Directors of the Company selected the persons named as proxies on the enclosed Proxy Form. No officer or employee of the Company or any subsidiary may be named as proxy.

The solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors is conducted by Directors, Officersofficers and regular employees of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Bank of South Carolina (the “Bank”), at no additional compensation over regular salaries. The cost of printing and mailing of all proxy materials has been paid by the Company. Brokers and others involved in handling and forwarding the proxy materials to their customers having beneficial interests in the stock of the Company registered in the names of Nominees will be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses in doing so.

Voting Rights

The Common Stock of the Company is its only class of voting securities. On February 23, 2004,22, 2008, there were issued and outstanding 2,805,6103,953,984 shares of Common Stock (no par value). Each share is entitled to one vote; provided, however, that Shareholders have cumulative voting rights for the election of Directors. The right to cumulate votes means that the Shareholders are entitled to multiply the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of Directors for whom they are entitled to vote and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more candidates.

CUMULATIVE VOTING SHALL APPLY FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors includes a solicitation for discretionary authority to cumulate votes.

The Board of Directors of the Company has fixed the close of business February 23, 2004,22, 2008, as the record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. Proxies properly executed by Shareholders of record on February 23, 2004,22, 2008, and received in time for the meeting, will be voted as specified on all business to be acted upon at the meeting and any adjournment thereof.

Right of Revocation

Any Shareholder executing a Proxy for the meeting on the Proxy Form provided may revoke the Proxy in a writing delivered to the President of the Company prior to the meeting or by attending the meeting and voting in person.

 

 

Principal Shareholders of the Company

To the extent known to the Board of Directors of the Company, as of February 23, 2004,22, 2008, the only Shareholders of the Company having beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the shares of Common Stock of the Company are as set forth below:
         
Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent of
Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Class
 
 
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.(1)
  463,387(2)  16.52%
30 Church Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Charles G. Lane(1)
  157,471(3)  5.61%
10 Gillon Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
The Bank of South Carolina  216,067(4)  7.70%
Employee Stock Ownership        
Plan and Trust (“ESOP”)        
256 Meeting Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Bank of America Corporation(5)
  143,374(6)  5.11%
100 North Tryon Street        
Charlotte, NC 28255        
         
N.B. Holdings Corporation(5)
  143,374(7)  5.11%
100 North Tryon Street        
Charlotte, NC 28255        
         
Bank of America, N.A.(5)
  143,374(8)  5.11%
100 North Tryon Street        
Charlotte, NC 28255        

Name & Address ofAmount & Nature ofPercent of
Beneficial OwnerBeneficial OwnershipClass
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.(1)
30 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401
501,688(2)12.69%
The Bank of South Carolina Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (“the ESOP”)
256 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401		224,129(3)5.67%
(1) To the extent known to the Board of Directors, the Marital Trust for the benefit of Beverly G. Lane, Beverly G. Lane Trust, Beverly G. Jost, Kathleen L. Schenck, Charles G. Lane and Hugh C. Lane and his wife and children, individually andJr., collectively, have beneficial ownership of 704,187672,638 shares or 25.10%17.01% of the outstanding shares. As more fully described in the following footnotes, Hugh C. Lane, Jr. and Charles G. Lane areis the only onesone of the above who have a beneficial ownership interest in more than 5% percent of the Company’s Common Stock. Hugh C. Lane, Jr. disclaims any beneficial interest in those shares in which other members of his family have a beneficial interest other than those shares his wife owns directly and those for which he serves as trustee or she serves as custodian (as more fully described in the following footnote). Charles G. Lane disclaims any beneficial interest in those shares in which other members of his family have a beneficial interest other than those shares his wife owns directly and those for which he serves as trustee or she serves as custodian (as more fully described in the following footnote).
 
(2) To the extent known to the Board of Directors, Hugh C. Lane, Jr., an Executive Officer and Director of the Bank and the Company, directly owns and has sole voting and investment power with respect to 181,969268,469 shares; as trustee for sixthree trust accounts holding an aggregate of 67,462113,125 shares, he has sole

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voting and investment power with respect to such shares; as a co-trustee for three trust accounts holding 14,67413,731 shares, he has joint voting and investment power with respect to such shares; as a trustee for the Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation, he has shared voting and investment power with respect to 7,1509,831 shares; he is indirectly beneficial owner of 8,98412,764 shares owned by his wife and an aggregate of 83,62948,965 shares held by his wife as custodian for two children, 65,257 shares held by an unemancipated daughter,their son, and 34,26234,803 shares owned by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (“ESOP”)ESOP in which he has a vested interest. All of the shares beneficially owned by Hugh C. Lane, Jr. are currently owned. Hugh C. Lane, Jr. has had beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the Bank’s Common Stock since October 23, 1986, and more than 10% since November 16, 1988.
 
(3) To the extent known to the Board of Directors, Charles G. Lane, a Director of the Bank and the Company, directly owns and has sole voting and investment power with respect to 76,512 shares; as a co-trustee for 4 trust accounts holding 16,958 shares, he has joint voting and investment power with respect to such shares; as a trustee for the Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation, he has shared voting and investment power with respect to 7,150 shares; he is indirectly beneficial owner of 2,927 shares owned by his wife and an aggregate of 53,924 shares held by his wife as custodian for three children. All of the shares beneficially owned by Charles G. Lane are currently owned. Charles G. Lane has had beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the Bank’s Common Stock since July 16, 1999.
(4)The Trustees of the ESOP, T. Dean Harton, a Director of the Bank and the Company, Sheryl G. Sharry, an Officerofficer of the Bank and Nathaniel I. Ball, III,Hugh C. Lane, Jr., an Executive Officer and Director of the Bank and the Company, disclaim beneficial ownership of the 216,067224,129 shares owned by the ESOP which have been allocated to members of the plan each of whom under the terms of the plan has the right to direct the Trustees as to the manner in which voting rights are to be exercised.
(5)To the extent known to the Board of Directors, Bank of America Corporation is the parent holding company of N.B. Holdings Corporation. N.B. Holdings Corporation is the parent holding company of Bank of America, N.A. The shares referred to in notes (7) and (8) are a duplication of the shares referred to in note (6).
(6)To the extent known to the Board of Directors, Bank of America Corporation has shared voting power for 66,176 shares and shared dispositive power for 143,374 shares.
(7)To the extent known to the Board of Directors, N B Holdings Corporation has shared voting power for 66,176 shares and shared dispositive power for 143,374 shares.
(8)To the extent known to the Board of Directors, Bank of America, N.A., has sole voting power for 64,702 shares, shared voting power for 1,474 shares and shared dispositive power for 143,374 shares (including 77,198 shares held as trustee under the will of Mills B. Lane for the benefit of Hugh C. Lane).

Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock of the Company

The table below sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock (the only class of outstanding equity securities of the Company) known by the Company to be beneficially owned by each Nominee for election as Director and by the Executive Officers and Directors of the Company as a group as of February 23, 2004.22, 2008. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table, the persons named possess sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown opposite their names. As of February 23, 2004,22, 2008, no Executive Officer, Director or Nominee beneficially owned more than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company other than Hugh C. Lane, Jr. As of February 23, 2004,22, 2008, the Executive

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Officers, Directors and Nominees beneficially owned 896,6841,004,277 shares, representing approximately 31.96%25.40% of the outstanding shares.

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As of February 23, 2004,22, 2008, the beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Company by all current Directors and each Nominee for Director was as set forth in the following table:
         
Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent of
Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Class
 
 
Nathaniel I. Ball, III  47,318(1)  1.69%
1302 Cove Avenue        
Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482        
         
Dr. Linda J. Bradley, CPA  110   .004%
3401 Waterway Blvd.        
Isle of Palms, SC 29451        
         
William T. Cooper  5,856(1)  .21%
21 Jamestown Road        
Charleston, SC 29407        
         
C. Ronald Coward  39,881(1)  1.42%
537 Planters Loop        
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464        
         
Leonard C. Fulghum  39,572(1)  1.41%
311 Middle Street        
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464        
         
T. Dean Harton  9,573(1)  .34%
4620 Lazy Creek Lane        
Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487        
         
William L. Hiott, Jr.  98,061(1)  3.50%
1831 Capri Drive        
Charleston, SC 29407        
         
Katherine M. Huger  5,856(1)  .21%
72 Murray Boulevard        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Charles G. Lane  157,471(1)  5.61%
10 Gillon Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.  463,387(1)  16.52%
30 Church Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Louise J. Maybank  22,837(1)  .81%
8 Meeting Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Thomas W. Myers  2,200   .08%
500 Central Avenue        
Summerville, SC 29483        
         
Name & Address of Amount & Nature of Percent of
Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Class
         
Dr. Linda J. Bradley-McKee, CPA
3401 Waterway Blvd.
Isle of Palms, SC 29451		  151   .004%
         
C. Ronald Coward
537 Planters Loop
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464		 47,955(1)  1.21%
         
Graham M. Eubank, Jr.
791 Navigators Run
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464		  550   .01%
         
T. Dean Harton
4620 Lazy Creek Lane
Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487		 13,160(1)  .33%
         
Fleetwood S. Hassell
30 New Street
Charleston, SC 29401		 57,242(1)  1.45%
         
Glen B. Haynes, DVM
101 Drayton Drive
Summerville, SC 29464		  2,876   .07%
         
William L. Hiott, Jr.
1831 Capri Drive
Charleston, SC 29407		 141,878(1)  3.59%
         
Katherine M. Huger
1 Bishop Gadsden Way, C-17
Charleston, SC 29412		 8,051(1)  .20%

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Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent of
Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Class
 
 
Alan I. Nussbaum, MD  330  .01%
37 Rebellion Road        
Charleston, SC 29407        
         
Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD  1,100(1)  .04%
45 South Battery        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Thomas C. Stevenson, III  532   .02%
173 Tradd Street        
Charleston, SC 29401        
         
Steve D. Swanson  1,100   .04%
615 Pitt Street        
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464        
         
John M. Tupper  1,500   .05%
113 Linwood Lane        
Summerville, SC 29483        

         
Name & Address of Amount & Nature of Percent of
Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Class
         
Richard W. Hutson, Jr.
124 Tradd Street
Charleston, SC 29401		  1,525   .04%
         
Charles G. Lane
10 Gillon Street
Charleston, SC 29401		 184,909(1)  4.68%
         
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
30 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401		 501,688(1)  12.69%
         
Louise J. Maybank
8 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401		 44,907(1)  1.14%
         
Alan I. Nussbaum, MD
37 Rebellion Road
Charleston, SC 29407		  703   .02%
         
Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD
17 Country Club Drive
Charleston, SC 29412		 2,387(1)  .06%
         
Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD
7 Guerard Road
Charleston, SC 29407		  1,787   .05%
         
Thomas C. Stevenson, III
173 Tradd Street
Charleston, SC 29401		  21,209   .54%
(1) To the extent known to the Board of Directors, each of the following Directors and Nominees for election as Directors (each of whom directly owns and has sole voting and investment power of all shares beneficially owned by him or her except as set forth in this footnote) indirectly owns the following number of shares: Nathaniel I.C. RonaldBall, III - 99 shares owned by his wife and 22,759 shares owned by the ESOP, in which he has a vested interest; William T.CooperCoward -— an aggregate of 5,324 shares held by a pension plan; C. RonaldCoward - an aggregate of 1,2101,663 shares owned by a company of which he is presidentchairman and director; Leonard C.Fulghum - an aggregate of 3,910 shares owned by his wife; T. DeanHarton - an aggregate of 2,3463,224 shares owned by his wife and held by his wife as custodian for his step-son;son; Fleetwood S.Hassell — an aggregate of 10,520 shares owned by his wife, held by him as trustee for the revocable trust of his father, held by him as a co-trustee with Charles G. Lane for the children of Hugh C. Lane, Jr. and 23,110 shares owned by the ESOP, in which he has a vested interest; William L.Hiott, Jr. -— an aggregate of 10,8408,050 shares directly owned by his wife and by his two children and 22,79122,099 shares owned by the ESOP, in which he has a vested interest; Katherine M.Huger - 532— 731 shares owned by her husband; Charles G.Lane -— an aggregate of 80,95979,706 shares owned by his wife, held by her as custodian for eachtwo of their three children, held by him as a co-trustee with Hugh C. Lane, Jr. under two trusts for their sisters’ children, held by him as a co-trustee with Fleetwood S. Hassell for the children of Hugh C. Lane, Jr., held by him as a co-trustee under the Hugh C. Lane Irrevocable Trust for the benefit of three of the grandchildren of Hugh C. Lane and held by him as a trustee of Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation; Hugh C.Lane, Jr. -— an aggregate of 247,156198,416 shares owned by his wife, held by his wife as custodian for two of their children, held by an unemancipated daughter,son, held by him as a co-trustee with Charles G. Lane under two trusts for their sisters’ children, held by him as a co-trusteetrustee under the Hugh C. Lane Irrevocable Trust for the benefit of three of the grandchildren of Hugh C. Lane, held by him as trustee for the Beverly Glover Lane Trust, held by him as a trustee for six truststhe Hugh C. Lane Irrevocable Trust, held by him as trustee for his and his brother’s and sisters’ children,the Marital Trust for the benefit of Beverly Glover Lane, held by him as a trustee of Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation, and 34,26234,803 shares owned by the ESOP in which he has a vested interest; Louise J.Maybank - 9,527— 15,506 shares held by her as a co-trustee for a charitable trust; and Family Charitable Trust;

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EdmundRhett, Jr. - MD, 550Jr.MD — 756 shares owned by his wife.wife; and Thomas C.Stevenson, III- an aggregate of 20,478 shares held by him as co-trustee under a Marital Trust, held by him as co-trustee of a QTip Trust. All such indirectly owned shares are included in the totals of the number of shares set forth in the above table and beneficially owned by the Directors and Nominees.

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As a group, all Directors, and Executive Officers (including Hugh C. Lane, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer; Nathaniel I. Ball, III,Fleetwood S. Hassell Executive Vice President and Secretary;President; and William L. Hiott, Jr., Executive Vice President and Treasurer) are seventeensixteen in number and beneficially own an aggregate of 896,6841,004,277 shares, representing 31.96%25.40% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company. All of these shares beneficially owned by the Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers are currently owned.

Independence of Directors

With the exception of Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Nathaniel I. Ball, III,Fleetwood S. Hassell, and William L. Hiott, Jr., all Executive Officers of the Company, and Charles G. Lane, brother of Hugh C. Lane, Jr., all of the Directors proposed to be elected are independent and they constitute a majority of the Board of Directors.

Election of Directors

Seventeen

Sixteen Directors, constituting the entirecurrent Board of Directors, will be elected at the Annual Meeting, each to hold office for one year and until a successor shall have been duly elected or appointed and shall have qualified. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, shares of Common Stock represented by properly executed proxies will be voted for the seventeensixteen Nominees listed on pages 6 7 and 8,7, all of whom are recommended by the Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company and have consented to be named and to serve if elected.

The Company does not presently know of anything that would preclude any Nominee from serving; however, should any Nominee for any reason become unable or unwilling to serve as a Director, the number of Directors to be elected will be reduced accordingly.

The name of each Nominee designated by the Board of Directors of the Company for election as a Director of the Company and certain information provided by such Nominee to the Company are set forth in the table below. ElevenEight of the current Nominees served as initial Directors of the Bank from October 22, 1986, when the Bank’s charter was issued until the first Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 14, 1987, and were elected to serve a one-yearone year term at such Annual Meeting. John M. Tupper and Thomas W. Myers were first elected as Directors of the Bank during 1993. All of the above thirteeneight Directors of the Bank were elected to serve one-year terms at subsequent Annual Meetings. All of the above thirteeneight Directors of the Bank were elected Directors of the Company upon its organization in 1995. Alan I. Nussbaum, MD and Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD, were first elected as Directors of the Company during 1999. Dr. Linda J. Bradley and Steve D. Swanson wereBradley-McKee, CPA was first elected as Directorsa Director of the Company during 2002. They were all re-elected as Directors of the Company to serve one-yearone year terms at subsequent Annual Meetings. All ofGraham M. Eubank, Jr., Richard W. Hutson, Jr. and Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD were elected pursuant to the above current Nominees served as DirectorsBy-Laws of the Company from April 8, 2003,on December 16, 2004, and were elected to serve one year terms at subsequent annual meetings. Fleetwood S. Hassell was elected pursuant to the dateBy-Laws of the last Annual MeetingCompany on December 15, 2005, and was elected to serve one year terms at subsequent annual meetings. Glen B. Haynes, DVM was elected pursuant to the By-Laws of Shareholders.
the Company on December 14, 2006 and was elected to serve a one year term on April 10, 2007.

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      Positions and    
      Offices Held   Business Experience
      With Family 1987-20041987-2008 and
Name Age Corporation Relationship Other Directorships
Nathaniel I. Ball, III62ExecutiveNoneThe Bank of South Carolina (banking)
      Vice President,1986-2004
Secretary,
Director    
           
Dr. Linda J. Bradley,Bradley- McKee, CPA  5357  Director None Chairman, Department of Accounting -Director, MS in Accountancy Program — College of Charleston (education) 1998 — 2007; Chairman, Dept. of Accountancy 1999-2004; Associate Professor 1999 — 2008; Assistant Professor 1993 — 1999
          Charleston (education) 1993-2004
C. Ronald Coward72DirectorNoneChairman, Coward Hund Construction Company, Inc. (construction) 2004-2008; President, 1976-2004
Graham M. Eubank, Jr.40DirectorNonePresident, Palmetto Ford, Inc. (retail automobile) 2000-2008; Vice President 1996-2000
T. Dean Harton62DirectorNonePresident, Hawthorne Corporation (management and investment) 2007-2008 Vice-Chairman, Piedmont Hawthorne Holdings, Inc. (aviation) 2004-2006; President, Piedmont Hawthorne Holdings, Inc. 1999-2004; President, Hawthorne Corporation (aviation) 1986-1999
Fleetwood S. Hassell48Executive Vice PresidentBrother-in-law Charles G. Lane, DirectorThe Bank of South Carolina (banking) 1986-2008
Glen B. Haynes, DVM53DirectorNoneWestbury Veterinary Clinic (Veterinary) 1984 — 2008
           
William T. CooperL. Hiott, Jr.  7463  Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Director None President, Southeastern Galleries, Inc. (retailThe Bank of South Carolina (banking) 1986-2008
          furniture and decorating) 1983-2004
Katherine M. Huger66DirectorNoneEmerita Professor of Economics, Charleston Southern University; Assistant Professor of Economics, Charleston Southern University (education) 1972-2004
Richard W. Hutson, Jr.50Secretary
Director		NoneManager, William M. Means Company Insurance, LLC (insurance) 1998-2008; Sole Proprietor, William M. Means Insurance Co. (insurance) 1992-1998

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      Positions and    
      Offices Held   Business Experience
      With Family 1987-20041987-2008 and
Name Age Corporation Relationship Other Directorships
C. Ronald Coward68DirectorNonePresident – Coward-Hund Construction
Company, Inc. (construction) 1976-2004
           
Leonard C. Fulghum74DirectorNoneChairman - Ferguson Fulghum, Inc. (painting
contractor) 1972-2004
T. Dean Harton58DirectorNonePresident – Piedmont Hawthorne Holdings, Inc. (aviation) 1999-2004; President - Hawthorne Corporation (aviation) 1986-1999
William L. Hiott, Jr.59ExecutiveNoneThe Bank of South Carolina
Vice President,(banking) 1986-2004
Treasurer,
Director
Katherine M. Huger62DirectorNoneAssistant Professor of Economics – Charleston Southern University (education) 1972-2004
           
Charles G. Lane  4953  Director Brother of Hugh C. Lane, Jr.; Brother-in-law Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Vice President Managing Member -— Holcombe, Fair & Lane, LLC
Hugh C.(real (real estate) 1996-2004;
Lane, Jr.;Associate-Holcombe1996 — 2008; Associate — Holcombe & Fair Realtors
brother-in-law1987-1996
of Fleetwood S.
Hassell, Senior
Vice President 1987 — 1996
           
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.  5660  President, Chief Exec. Officer, Director Brother of Charles G. Lane The Bank of South Carolina (banking)
Chief Exec-Charles G.1986-2004
utive Officer,Lane
Director 1986-2008
           
Louise J. Maybank  6468  Director None Active in community programs
           
Thomas W. Myers69DirectorNonePresident - Myers & Associates (estate and business insurance planning) 1963-2004
Alan I. Nussbaum, MD  5256  Director None Physician in private practice with
Rheumatology Associates, PA
           
Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD  5660  Director None Physician in private practice as Edmund Rhett, Jr., PA 2007-2008; Physician in private obstetrical practice with Low Country Obstetrics & Gynecology, PA 1977-2007
          Low Country Obstetrics & Gynecology, PA
Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD49DirectorNonePhysician in private practice with
Parkwood Pediatric Group
           
Thomas C. Stevenson, III  5257  Director None President, - Fabtech, Inc. (metal
fabrication) 1991-2004;1991-2008; Private Investor
1990-91; Chairman of the Board -— Stevenson
Hagerty, Inc. (diversified holding company)
1984-1990

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Positions and
Offices HeldBusiness Experience
WithFamily1987-2004 and
NameAgeCorporationRelationshipOther Directorships
Steve D. Swanson36DirectorNonePresident - Automated Trading Desk, Inc.
(automated limit order stock trading) 1989-2004
John M. Tupper62DirectorNonePresident - Tupperway Tire and Service, Inc.
(retail tires and service) 1980-2004

Committees of the Board of Directors

Hugh C. Lane, Jr. presently serves as President of the Board of Directors. The Board has fivefour committees: the Executive/Long-Range Planning Committee, resulting from the merger of the Executive Committee and the Long-Range Planning Committee in 2004, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Audit and Compliance Committee. The Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee were established at the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors on December 18, 2003, and neither committee met during 2003.

The ExecutiveExecutive/Long-Range Planning Committee consists of the President of the Company and seven designated Directors. The President of the Company chairs the Committee. At present, the fixed membership of the Committee consists of Nathaniel I. Ball, III,C. Ronald Coward, T. Dean Harton, Fleetwood S. Hassell, William L. Hiott, Jr., Charles G. Lane, Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Louise J. Maybank, Alan I. Nussbaum, MD, Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD and Steve D. Swanson.Thomas C. Stevenson, III. During 2003,2007, this Committee held two meetings. TheIn addition to long-range and strategic planning, the principal function of the Executive Committee is to exercise all authority of the Board of Directors in the management and affairs of the Company and the Bank. In addition, the Executive Committee acts on behalf of the entire Board of the Company between the regular Board Meetings.

The Long Range Planning Committee consists of Hugh C. Lane, Jr., the President of the Company, as Chairman, and Nathaniel I. Ball, III, William T. Cooper, T. Dean Harton, William L. Hiott, Jr., Charles G. Lane, Louise J. Maybank and Thomas W. Myers. This committee did not meet during 2003.

The Audit and Compliance Committee reviews and examines detailed reports of the internal auditor for the Bank; meets periodically with the internal auditor; reviews reports of regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the Company and the Bank; evaluates internal accounting controls; recommends and approves the engagement and continuation of engagement of independent auditors, the scope of their work and the fees for their services; and meets with and considers recommendations of the independent auditors for the Company and the Bank. The Audit and Compliance Committee consists of Dr. Linda J. Bradley, LeonardBradley-McKee, CPA, C. Fulghum,Ronald Coward, Graham M. Eubank, Jr., Glen B. Haynes, Katherine M. Huger, Louise J. Maybank, Thomas W. Myers, Thomas C. Stevenson, IIIAlan I. Nussbaum, MD, and JohnMalcolm M. Tupper,Rhodes, MD, all independent Directors of the Company.

The Audit and Compliance Committee met five times during 2007.

The Compensation Committee consists of T. Dean Harton, Thomas C. Stevenson, III and Steve D. Swanson,Graham M. Eubank, Jr., all independent Directors of the Company. The function of the Compensation Committee is to recommend the compensation of Executive Officers to the Directors of the Company.

The Compensation Committee met once during 2007.

The Nominating Committee consists of C. Ronald Coward, Graham M. Eubank, Jr. and Edmund Rhett, Jr. and John M. Tupper,, MD all independent Directors of the Company. The function of the Nominating Committee is to recommend a slate of proposed Directors to the Board of Directors of the Company. The Nominating Committee has adopted a written Charter. The Charter was attached as Exhibit A to the 2005 Proxy Statement. The Nominating Committee met two times during 2007.
Report of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors
Membership and Role of the Audit and Compliance Committee
The Audit and Compliance Committee (the “Audit Committee”) presently consists of seven members of the Board of Directors. During 2007, the Audit Committee held five meetings. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors. The charter was attached as Exhibit A to the 2004 Proxy Statement. Members are considered to be independent of the Company under applicable rules and regulations, including Rule 4200(a) (15) of the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Review of the Company’s Audited Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. The Audit Committee has discussed with Elliott Davis, LLC, the Company’s independent public accountants, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees).

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The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from Elliott Davis, LLC required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and the Audit Committee has discussed the independence of Elliott Davis, LLC with that firm. Based on the Audit Committee’s review and discussions mentioned above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Submitted by:
Alan I. Nussbaum, MD, Chairman
Dr. Linda J. Bradley-McKee, CPA
C. Ronald Coward
Graham M. Eubank, Jr.
Glen B. Haynes
Katherine M. Huger
Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD
Nominations for Director
Nominations, other than those made by the Nominating Committee of the Company, shall be made in writing and shall be delivered or mailed to the President of the Company not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of Shareholders calling for election of Directors; provided however, that if less than 21 days notice of the meeting is given to Shareholders, such nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the President of the Company not later than the close of business on the 7th day following the day on which the Notice of Meeting was mailed. Nominations not made according to these procedures will be disregarded.
Nominating Committee Policy for Shareholder Nominations
The Nominating Committee has a policy with regard to consideration of any Director candidates recommended by security holders and that policy is to consider any and all such recommendations. The Nominating Committee has adopted specific minimum qualifications which the Nominating Committee believes must be met by a Nominating Committee recommended Nominee for a position on the Company’s Board of Directors, and those are that such Nominee must be generally recognized as successful in such Nominee’s business or community efforts, have a generally

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recognized reputation for honesty and integrity, have demonstrated such Nominee’s commitment to the community in which the Company and its subsidiary Bank operates and have demonstrated in meetings with the Nominating Committee such Nominee’s commitment to the best interests of the Company, its subsidiary Bank, and its and their officers, directors, employees and shareholders. The Nominating Committee’s process for identifying and evaluating Nominees for Director of the Company and its subsidiary Bank, including Nominees recommended by security holders, is to investigate whether or not such Nominee meets the specific minimum qualifications adopted as a policy by the Nominating Committee through contacts the members of the Nominating Committee have in their community. There are no differences in the manner in which the Nominating Committee evaluates Nominees for Director based on whether the Nominee is recommended by a security holder.

Report of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors

Membership and Role of the Audit and Compliance Committee

The Audit and Compliance Committee (Audit Committee) presently consists of seven members of the Board of Directors. During 2003, the Audit Committee held four meetings. The Audit Committee operates underCompany does not utilize or pay a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A. Members are considered to be independent of the Company under applicable rules and regulations, including Rule 4200(a)(15) of the National Association of Securities Dealers.

Review of the Company’s Audited Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. The Audit Committee has discussed with KPMG LLP, the Company’s independent public accountants, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees).

The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from KPMG LLP required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and the Audit Committee has discussed the independence of KPMG LLP with that firm. Based on the Audit Committee’s review and discussions mentioned above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Submitted by:
Thomas W. Myers, ChairmanLouise J. Maybank
Dr. Linda J. Bradley, CPAThomas C. Stevenson, III
Leonard C. FulghumJohn M. Tupper
Katherine M. Huger

Nominations for Director

Nominations, other than those made by the Nominating Committee of the Company, shall be made in writing and shall be delivered or mailed to the President of the Company not less than 7 days nor more than 50 days priorfee to any meeting of Shareholders callingthird party to evaluate Nominees for election of Directors; provided however, that if less than 21 days notice of the meeting is given to Shareholders, such nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the President of the Company not later than the close of business on the 7th day following the day on which the Notice of Meeting was mailed. Nominations not made according to these procedures will be disregarded.

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Director.

Directors’ Meetings

The Board of Directors of the Company held six meetings (including all regularly scheduled and special meetings) during the year ended December 31, 2003.2007. No Director during such year,Directors attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all committees of the Board of Directors on which he or she served, with the exception of Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD, who attended 66%.served.

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Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors

The following table sets forth all remuneration (including remuneration under any contract, authorization or arrangement, whether or not set forth in a formal document) paid during the year ended December 31, 2003,2007, by the Bank to the three Executive Officers of the Company and the Bank, and one retired Executive Officer of the Company and Bank, whose cash remuneration from the Bank exceeded $100,000.00 dollars for their services in all capacities. Such Executive Officers receive no compensation from the Company as Executive Officers or as Directors or in any other capacity.
                         
  Annual Compensation Long Term Compensation Awards
  
 
              Other        
Name and             Annual     All Other
Principal             Compen-     Compen-
Position Year Salary Bonus sation(1) Options/SARS(2) sation(3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.  2003  $153,500.00   —  $5,300.64   0  $9,528.83 
CEO & President  2002   153,792.78   —   6,069.84   0   7,515.90 
   2001   161,518.10   —   5,872.24   18,150   15,479.09 
                         
Nathaniel I. Ball, III  2003  $147,000.00   —  $4,397.40   0  $9,125.61 
Executive Vice President  2002   147,128.36   —   4,813.59   0   7,190.20 
& Secretary  2001   147,101.45   —   4,634.24   15,125   14,097.48 
                         
William L. Hiott, Jr.  2003  $147,000.00   —  $4,397.40   0  $9,125.61 
Executive Vice President  2002   147,156.03   —   6,037.92   0   7,191.55 
& Treasurer  2001   147,101.45   —   5,827.16   15,125   14,097.48 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
                             
                    Nonqualified    
                 Non-Equity Deferred All  
Name and Principal             Stock Option Incentive Plan Compensation Other  
Position Year Salary (1) Bonus(2) Awards Awards Compensation Earnings Compensation(3) Total
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer		  2007   200,001.37   1,600.00           18,136.27   219,737.64 
   2006   190,000.00   1,600.00           21,630.52��  213,130.52 
   2005   166,652.67   100.00           18,687.27   185,439.94 
                             
William L. Hiott, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Treasurer		  2007   175,001.53   1,600.00           15,887.26   192,488.79 
   2006   167,000.00   1,600.00           19,033.98   187,533.98 
   2005   158,523.47   100.00           17,589.31   176,212.78 
                             
Fleetwood S. Hassell
Executive Vice President		  2007   135,001.45   1,600.00           12,288.81   148,890.26 
   2006   120,000.00   1,600.00           13,728.00   135,228.00 
   2005   104,876.35   100.00           11,857.11   116,833.46 
                             
Nathaniel I. Ball, III
Retired Executive Vice President and Secretary		  2007                   140,600.00(4)  140,600.00 
   2006                   149,649.09(4)  146,649.09 
   2005   159,999.84               17,567.20   177,567.04 
(1)
1) Includes same life, disabilityThe Compensation Committee consisting of Graham M. Eubank, Jr., T. Dean Harton and health insurance benefitsThomas C. Stevenson, compared salaries for similar positions at similar sized banks within South Carolina as all other employeeswell as the overall bank and individual performance. Once the salary levels were established by the Compensation Committee, the salaries were recommended to the Board of the Bank who work at least 30 hours a week.Directors for approval.
 
(2)2) Amounts shown represent the numberThe bonus consists of shares underlying incentive stock options granted, as adjusted for a 10% stock dividend effective on$100 bonus presented to all employees at Christmas in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and a $1,500 bonus presented to all employees employed before July 15, 2003.1, 2005 and July 1, 2006.
 
(3)3) AmountsOn November 2, 1989, the Bank adopted an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement (the “Plan”) to provide retirement benefits to eligible employees for long and faithful service. The other compensation represents the amount contributed to the Bank’s ESOPESOP.
4)Nathaniel I. Ball, III, retired on July 31, 2005. The amount reported in 2007 and 2006 represents severance pay.

Non-officer Directors of the Company received $100.00 for each meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company attended and non-officer Directors of the Bank received $250.00 for each meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank attended and $100.00 for each Company or Bank Board Committee meeting attended.

On November 2, 1989, the Bank adopted an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement to provide retirement benefits to eligible employees for long and faithful service.

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An employee of the Bank is eligible to become a participant in the ESOP upon reaching 21 years of age and upon completioncredited with one year of 1,000service (1,000 hours of service). The employee may enter the plan on the January 1st that occurs nearest the date on which the employee first satisfies the age and service in a plan year.requirements described above. No contributions by employees are permitted. The amount and time of contributions are at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Bank. The contribution for all participants is based solely on each participant’s respective regular or base salary and wages paid by the Bank including commissions, bonuses and overtime, if any.

A participant becomes vested in the PlanESOP based upon completion of fivethe employee’s credited years of service. ThereThe vesting schedule is no vesting prior to the completion of five years of service.

as follows;

•1 year of service0% Vested
•2 Years of Service25% Vested
•3 Years of Service50% Vested
•4 Years of Service75% Vested
•5 Years of Service    100% Vested
The Plan became effective as of January 1, 1989.

1989 and amended effective January 1, 2007 and approved by the Board of Directors on January 18, 2007. This amendment was made to comply with the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

The Board of Directors of the Bank approved the contribution of $197,500.00$288,000.00 to the ESOP for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.2007. The contribution was made during 2003.2007. T. Dean Harton, Sheryl G. Sharry and Nathaniel I. Ball, III,Hugh C. Lane, Jr., currently serve as Plan Administrators and as Trustees for the Plan. The Plan currently owns 216,067224,129 shares or 7.70%5.67% of the Company’s Common Stock.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003,2007, the Company had no plans or arrangements pursuant to which any Executive Officer, Director or principalPrincipal Shareholder received contingent remuneration or personal benefits other than the contingent remuneration and life, disability, dental and health insurance benefits. Life, disability, dental and health insurance benefits referred to inare available for all employees of the footnotes to the preceding table.Bank who work at least 30 hours a week.
OPTION AWARDS
Equity Incentive
Number ofPlan Awards:
Number of SecuritiesSecuritiesNumber of Securities
UnderlyingUnderlyingUnderlying
Unexercised OptionsUnexercised OptionsUnexercisedOption ExerciseOption Expiration
NameExercisableUnexercisableUnearned OptionsPriceDate
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.—————
William L. Hiott, Jr.—————
Fleetwood S. Hassell—————

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On April 14, 1998, the Shareholders of the Company approved an Incentive Stock Option Plan for the benefit of eligible Officersofficers and employees of the Bank. ABank and reserved a total 180,000 shares were reserved and onshares. On April 16, 1998, the Bank granted options to purchase Common Stock in the aggregate amount of 146,000 shares to 52 employees of the Bank (including Officers,officers, such Directors as are also employees and other employees) pursuant to the Incentive Stock Option Plan. These grants included those to Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Nathaniel I. Ball, III and William L. Hiott, Jr., and Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Officers and Directors.Directors and Nathaniel I. Ball, III, (retired) Executive Officer and Director. As adjusted for a 10% stock dividend paid on May 15, 1998, 198,000 shares were being held in reserve.

As of July 10, 2000, all of the option holders, including the above Executive Officers, terminated their existing stock options. There was no obligation on the part of the Company or The Bank of South Carolina to issue additional or replacement options. No options were exercised in 1998, 1999 or 2000. On May 14, 2001, the Bank granted options to purchase Common Stock in the aggregate amount of 152,350 shares to 45 employees of the Bank (including Officers,officers, such Directors as are also employees and other employees) pursuant to the Incentive Stock Option Plan. These grants included those to Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Nathaniel I. Ball, III and William L. Hiott, Jr., and Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Officers and Directors.Directors and Nathaniel I. Ball, III, (retired) Executive Officer and Director. Except for those options granted to Hugh C. Lane, Jr. as described below, all of the options were granted at an exercise price of $13.50 per share. No additional options were granted during 2001. Additional options forOptions to purchase 9,500 shares were granted at an exercise price of $14.925 per share to 4 employees of the Bank during 2002. Options forto purchase 13,500 shares with an exercise price of $14.20 per share were granted to 13 employees in 2003. Options to purchase 4,000 shares with an exercise price of $14.00 were granted to one employee in 2004. No options were exercised during 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2003. 2004. Options to purchase 32,500 shares with an exercise price of $16.62 were granted to twenty-one employees in 2006. Options to purchase 5,000 shares with an exercise price of $15.99 and options to purchase 5,000 shares with an exercise price of 15.51 were granted to two employees in 2007.
As adjusted for a 10% stock dividend effective on July 15, 2003, a 10% stock distribution effective April 29, 2005 and a 25% stock dividend effective on April 28, 2006, there are currently 29,791 shares being held in reserve. There are currently outstanding options for 13,330to purchase 15,879 shares withat an exerciseoption price of $12.27$9.39 per share, options to purchase 82,884 shares at an option price of $8.92 per share, options to purchase 28,000 shares at an option price of $16.62 per share, options to purchase 5,000 shares at an option price of $15.99 per share and options for 1,650to purchase 5,000 shares withat an exerciseoption price of $13.57$15.51 per share have expired.

resulting in total outstanding options to purchase 136,763 shares at the prices set forth above.

As adjusted for a 10% stock dividend effective on July 15, 2003, there are currently 217,800 shares being held in reserve. There are currently outstandinga 10% stock distribution effective April 29, 2005 and a 25% stock dividend effective April 28, 2006, options to purchase 18,15044,853 shares atwith an optionexercise price of $13.50$8.92 per share, 8,800options to purchase 11,343 shares atwith an optionexercise price of $13.57$9.87, options to purchase 4,537 shares with an exercise price of $9.39 per share, 14,850options to purchase 5,500 shares atwith an optionexercise price of $12.91$9.26 per share, and 135,795 shares at an option price of $12.27 per share, resulting in total outstanding options to purchase 177,5954,500 shares with an exercise price of $16.62 per share have expired. There were 32,500 options granted during 2006 with an exercise price of $16.62. During 2007, there were 5,000 options granted with an exercise price of $15.99 and 5,000 options granted with an exercise price of $15.51.
On October 2, 2005, Nathaniel I. Ball, III (retired) Executive Officer and Director, in accordance with the Incentive Stock Option Plan, exercised his options to purchase 16,637 shares of common stock. The stock was purchased with the redemption of 10,300 shares of Bank of South Carolina Corporation common stock (personally held) with a price of $18.00 a share and the payment of $225 cash. On May 14, 2006 in accordance with the Incentive Stock Option Plan, options to purchase 67,220 shares of common stock became exercisable. Hugh C. Lane, Jr. exercised his option to purchase 24,956 shares at $9.82 per share. Twenty-four employees, including William L. Hiott, Jr. Executive Vice President and Treasurer and Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Vice President, exercised their option to purchase 39,846 shares of common stock at $8.92 per share. William L. Hiott purchased 4,159 shares and Fleetwood S. Hassell purchased 2,495 shares. On December 4, 2006 Janice Flynn, former Senior Vice President exercised her options to purchase 6,655 shares at $8.92 per share and 3,025 shares at $9.87 per share. Her shares became fully vested due to permanent disability. On May 14, 2007 in accordance with the prices set forth aboveIncentive Stock Option Plan, options to purchase 27,488 shares at $8.92 per share became exercisable. Twenty employees, including William L. Hiott, Jr., Executive Vice President and Treasurer and Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Vice President, exercised their options to purchase 24,257 shares of common stock at $8.92 per share. William L. Hiott, Jr. purchased 4,159 shares and Fleetwood S. Hassell purchased 2,495 shares. All stock options were fully vested and fully exercisable.

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Hugh C. Lane, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, was granted the option to purchase 16,500 shares of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to the Incentive Stock Option Plan at a price of $14.85 per share. This option isThe options were exercisable on May 14, 2006 and expireswould have expired if not exercised on that date. Nathaniel I. Ball, III,

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Executive Vice President and Secretary, and William L. Hiott, Jr., Executive Vice President and Treasurer, were eachwas granted the option to purchase 13,750 shares of Common Stock of the Company and Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Vice President was granted the option to purchase 8,250 pursuant to the Incentive Stock Option Plan at a price of $13.50 per share. All of these options arebecame exercisable in five 20% increments beginning on and for the year following May 14, 2006, with an additional 20% to be exercisable on and for the year following each successive anniversary. The right to exercise each such 20% of each option is cumulative and will not expire until the 10th10th anniversary of the date of the grant.

As adjusted for a 10% stock dividend paideffective on July 15, 2003, Hugh C. Lane,a 10% stock distribution effective on April 29, 2005 and a 25% stock dividend effective April 28, 2006, William L. Hiott, Jr. now, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, has the option to purchase 18,150 shares of Common Stock of the Company at a price of $13.50 per share and Nathaniel I. Ball, III and William L. Hiott, Jr. each now have the option to purchase 15,12512,478 shares at a price of $12.27$8.92 per share.

Shown below is information with respectshare and Fleetwood S. Hassell, Executive Vice President, has the option to unexercisedpurchase 7,487 shares at a price of $8.92 per share and 5,000 shares at a price of $16.62. The options to purchase Common Stock5,000 shares at a price of the Company held by the named Executive Officers at December 31, 2003.

                         
          Number of Securities Value of Unexercised
          Underlying Unexercised In-the-Money
          Options/SARS Options/SARS
  # of Shares     at Year-End(#) at Year-End($)
  Acquired Value 
 
  On Exercise Realized($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
  
 
 
 
 
 
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.  0   0   0   18,150   0   13,794.00 
Nathaniel I. Ball, III  0   0   0   15,125   0   30,098.75 
William L. Hiott, Jr.  0   0   0   15,125   0   30,098.75 

$16.62 per share were granted to Fleetwood S. Hassell on May 17, 2006.

In the event of a prospective reorganization, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets or any other form of corporate reorganization in which the Company would not be the surviving entity or in the event of the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the beneficial ownership of 24% of the Common Stock of the Company or the making, orally or in writing, of a tender offer for, or any request or invitation for tender of, or any advertisement making or inviting tenders of the Company stock by any person, all options in effect at that time would accelerate so that all options would become immediately exercisable and could be exercised within one year immediately following the date of acceleration but not thereafter.

In the case of termination of employment of an option holder other than involuntary termination without just cause, retirement, death or legal disability, the option holder may exercise the option only with respect to those shares of Common Stock as to which he or she has become vested. The option holder may exercise the option with respect to such shares no more than 30 days after the date of termination of employment (but in any event prior to the expiration date).

In the event that the option holder’s employment is terminated without just cause, the option shall become fully vested and fully exercisable as of the date of his or her termination without regard to the five year initial vesting and exercisability or to the 20% annual increments thereafter.schedule. The option holder may exercise the option following an involuntary termination without just cause until the expiration date of the option.

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In the event the option holder remains in the continuous employ of the Company or any subsidiary from the date of the grant until the option holder’s retirement, the option shall become fully vested and fully exercisable as of the date of his or her retirement without regard to the five year initial vesting and exercisability or to the 20% annual increments thereafter.schedule. The option holder may exercise the option following his or her retirement until the expiration date.

In the event the option holder remains in the continuous employ of the Company or a subsidiary from the date of the grant until his or her death, the option shall become fully vested and fully exercisable as of the date of death without regard to the five year initial vesting and exercisability or the 20% annual increments thereafter.

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schedule. The person or persons entitled to exercise the option following the option holder’s death may exercise the option until the expiration date.

In the event the option holder remains in the continuous employ of the Company or any subsidiary from the date of the grant until the date of his or her legal disability, the option shall become fully vested and fully exercisable as of the date of his or her termination of employment on account of his or her legal disability without regard to the five year initial vesting and exercisability or to the 20% annual increments thereafter.schedule. The option holder may exercise the option following such termination of employment until the expiration date.

The Stock Incentive Plan provides for adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan or granted to an optioneeemployee to protect against dilution in the event of changes in the Company’s capitalization, including stock splits and dividends.

Shown below is information with respect to unexercised options to purchase Common Stock of the Company held by the named Executive Officers at December 31, 2007.
                         
          Number of Securities Value of Unexercised
          Underlying Unexercised In-the-Money
  # of Shares     Options/SARS Options/SARS
  Acquired Value at Year-End (#) at Year-End (#)
  On Exercise Realized ($) Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.  24,956   245,068   0   0   0  $0 
Fleetwood S. Hassell  4,990   44,511   0   12,487   0  $177,066 
William L. Hiott, Jr.  8,318   74,197   0   12,478   0  $176,938 
Transactions and Relations with Directors, Executive Officers, and their Associates and Affiliates of Directors
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
         
  FEES
EARNED		    
NAME OR PAID
IN CASH		  TOTAL 
Dr. Linda J. Bradley-McKee, CPA $4,650  $4,650 
C. Ronald Coward $6,250  $6,250 
Graham M. Eubank, Jr. $4,950  $4,950 
T. Dean Harton $4,050  $4,050 
Fleetwood S. Hassell  —   — 
Glen B. Haynes, DVM $5,350  $5,350 
William L. Hiott, Jr.  —   — 
Katherine M. Huger $5,250  $5,250 
Richard W. Hutson, Jr. $6,150  $6,150 
Charles G. Lane, Jr. $6,000  $6,000 
Hugh C. Lane, Jr.  —   — 
Louise J. Maybank $5,550  $5,550 
Alan I. Nussbaum, MD $6,400  $6,400 
Edmund Rhett, Jr. MD $5,800  $5,800 
Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD $5,800  $5,800 
Thomas C. Stevenson, III $6,000  $6,000 
Steve D. Swanson (1) $2,400  $2,400 

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1)Steve D. Swanson resigned from the Board of Directors during 2007 as the result of a conflict of interest due to the sale of his business.
Non-officer Directors of the Company received $150.00 for each meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company attended and non-officer Directors of the Bank received $300.00 for each meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank attended and $150.00 for each Company or Bank Board Committee meeting attended.
The Company does not have any existing continuing contractual relationships with any Director, Nominee for election as Director or principalExecutive Officer of the Company or the Bank, or any Shareholder owning, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any associate of the foregoing persons. Directors, PrincipalExecutive Officers, Nominees for election as Directors, and members of the immediate family of any of the foregoing have had in the past, have at present, and will have in the future, customer relationships with the Bank. Such transactions have been and will continue to be made in the ordinary course of business, made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons, and such transactions did not and will not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

William L. Hiott, Jr. filed an amended

Louise J. Maybank, Director, failed to file two Form 4 to correct4’s in a failure to report a change in ownership from Indirect to Direct.

timely manner.

RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

On November 17, 2005, the appointment of KPMG, LLP has served as independent auditor was terminated effective upon the Bank’s independent certified public accountantscompletion of the audit of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1994,2005 and as independent certified publicthe issuance of KPMG LLP’s report thereon. The decision to change accountants forto Elliott Davis, LLC was approved by the CompanyAudit Committee of the Board of Directors and its Bank subsidiary forratified by the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995 through 2003.Shareholders at the 2006 and 2007 Annual Shareholders Meetings. At the 20042008 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting the following resolution will be subject to ratification by a simple majority vote of shares represented at the meeting:

   RESOLVED, that the selection of KPMG LLPElliott Davis, LLC as the independent certified public accountants of Bank of South Carolina Corporation (the “Company”) and its sole subsidiary, The Bank of South Carolina (the “Bank”), for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004,2008, is hereby ratified.

If ratification is not achieved, the selection of an independent certified public accountant will be reconsidered and made by the Board of Directors. Even if selection is ratified, the Board of Directors reserves the right to, and in its discretion may, direct the appointment of any other independent certified public accounting firm at any time if the Board decides that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders.

The services provided by KPMG LLP includeand Elliott Davis, LLC included the examination and reporting of the financial status of the Company and the Bank. These services have been furnished at customary rates and terms. There are no existing direct or indirect agreements or understandings that fix a limit on current or future fees for these audit services.

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KPMG LLP assisted in the preparation of the Company’s and Bank’s tax returns for the fiscal years ending December 31, 1995 through 2003.2005. Elliott Davis, LLC assisted in the preparation of the Company’s and Bank’s tax returns for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 and 2007. These non-audit services were routine in nature and did not compose more than 25% of the total fees paid to KPMG LLP in 2003.

2005 or Elliott Davis, LLC in 2006 or 2007.

A representative of KPMG LLPElliott Davis, LLC is expected to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting with the opportunity to make a statement, if desired, and is expected to be available to respond to Shareholders’ inquiries.

Accounting Fees

appropriate questions.

Before the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Bank are engaged to render non-auditednon-audit services for the Company or the Bank, each engagement is approved by the Audit Committee. All of the audit and tax services provided by KPMG LLPElliott Davis, LLC for the fiscal year ending December 31, 20032007 were preapproved by the Audit Committee.

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The following table sets forth professional fees billed by KPMG to Bank of South Carolina Corporation for professional services rendered for 2003 and 2002:

         
  2003 2002
  
 
Audit Fees(1)
 $29,190  $46,250 
Tax Fees(2)
  11,810   11,250 
   
   
 
  $41,000  $57,500 
   
   
 

(1)  Aggregate

Audit Fees
Elliott Davis, LLC’s aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and for the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q

(2)  Consists10-QSB were $54,800 in 2007 and $33,500 in 2006. KPMG, LLP billed $10,000 in 2006, for professional services rendered for the review of Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Tax Fees
Elliott Davis, LLC’s fees for tax compliance services

All Other Fees

were $7,000 in 2007 and $7,695 in 2006.

The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors has determined that the provision of tax services is compatible with maintaining the accountant’s independence.

OTHER MATTERS

Management is not aware of any matters to come before the meeting that will require the vote of Shareholders other than those matters indicated in the Notice of Meeting and this Proxy Statement.

However, if any other matter calling for Shareholder action should properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof, those persons named as proxies in the enclosed Proxy Form will vote thereon according to their best judgment.

PENDING LITIGATION

There is

In the opinion of management, there are no legal proceedings pending other than routine litigation involvingincidental to its business including amounts which are not material to the Company.

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financial condition of the Company and the Bank. To the knowledge of management, no proceedings have been instituted or are contemplated by or against any government authority against or by the Company or the Bank.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors has adopted a process by which security holders may send communications to the Board of Directors of the Company. That process is for any security holder to send a written communication to Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Chairman,President, Bank of South Carolina Corporation, 256 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, or to fax such communication to Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Chairman,President, at (843) 724-1513. A security holder is free to address any communication to any Director at the address of such Director set forth in this Proxy Statement. Any communication from a security holder received by the ChairmanPresident shall be sent to all Members of the Executive Committee and, if any member of the Executive Committee so directs, will be sent to all members of the Board of Directors.

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ANNUAL REPORT

The ANNUAL REPORTAnnual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, is mailed herewith to all Shareholders. Copies of the Annual Report as2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-KSB, may be obtained by requestis mailed herewith to William L. Hiott, Jr., Treasurer of the Company.

all Shareholders.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 20052009 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

Shareholder proposals, if any, for inclusion in the Proxy Statement relating to the 20052009 Annual Shareholders’ meeting, must be addressed to and received in the office of the President no later than December 6, 2004.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Nathaniel I. Ball, III
Nathaniel I. Ball, III
Secretary
5, 2008.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/Richard W. Hutson, Jr.
Richard W. Hutson, Jr.
Secretary
February 28, 2008

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March 3, 2004

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EXHIBIT A

AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER

The Board of Directors of Bank of South Carolina Corporation (the Company) has created a committee of directors to be known as the Audit and Compliance Committee (the Committee) with its goals and objectives, composition, meeting format, term of membership and duties and responsibilities as follows:

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The primary goal of the Audit and Compliance Committee will be to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities relating to corporate accounting and reporting practices of the Company and its subsidiaries. In addition, the Committee will:

•Oversee and appraise the quality of the audit effort of the Company’s internal audit function and those of its independent auditors;
•Maintain, by scheduling regular meetings, open lines of communication among the board, its internal auditors and its independent accountants to exchange views and information as well as confirm their respective authority and responsibilities;
•Serve as an independent and objective party to review the financial information presented by management to shareholders, regulators and the general public;
•Determine the adequacy of the administrative, operating and internal accounting controls of the Company and it subsidiaries and evaluate adherence to those controls;
•Function as the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Bank of South Carolina, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

The Audit and Compliance Committee has the authority to conduct any investigation appropriate to fulfilling its responsibilities and it has direct access to the independent auditors as well as anyone in the organization. The Committee has the ability to retain, at the Company’s expense, special legal, accounting or other consultants or experts it deems necessary in the performance of its duties.

COMPOSITION

The Board of Directors shall annually appoint and confirm the membership of the Audit and Compliance Committee, none of whom shall be officers of the Corporation or its subsidiaries. Audit and Compliance Committee members shall meet the requirements of the NASD/AMEX exchange. The Committee will be comprised of not less that four (4) members of the Board of Directors or such larger number as approved by the Board. One of the members shall be elected chairperson by the Committee. Each member shall be an independent non-executive director, free from any relationship, which might, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, interfere with the exercise of his or her independent judgment or be construed as a conflict of interest.

All members of the committee shall have a basic understanding of finance and accounting and be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements. At least one member of the committee shall have accounting or related financial management expertise, as the Board interprets such qualifications in its business judgment.

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TERM OF MEMBERSHIP

Each member of the Audit and Compliance Committee shall serve no more than six consecutive annual terms. Members may be re-elected after a one-year absence from the Committee. The chairperson shall be elected every two years and no chairperson shall serve more than four consecutive years as chairperson of the Audit and Compliance Committee. If a chairperson is not designated or present, the members of the Committee may designate a chairperson by majority vote of the Committee membership.

MEETING FORMAT

The Committee will hold at least four regular meetings per year and such additional meetings as the chairperson shall require to meet the Committee’s duties and responsibilities.

The Committee meetings will consist of a general session which will be attended by the Committee members, the internal auditor, members of management and the independent accountants as appropriate. Others may attend by invitation of the Committee.

Following the conclusion of the general session, the Committee will excuse members of management in order to meet privately with the internal auditor, independent accountants, or others at the Committee’s discretion.

An executive session of the Committee members only will follow, as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

REVIEW PROCEDURES

§Review and reassess the adequacy of the charter at least annually. Submit the charter to the Board of Directors for approval and have the document published at least every three years in accordance with SEC regulations.
§Review the annual audited financial statements prior to filing or distribution to include discussion with management and independent auditors of significant issues regarding accounting principles, practices and judgments.
§In consultation with management, independent auditors and internal auditors, consider the integrity of the Company’s financial reporting processes and controls. Discuss significant financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor, control and report such exposures. Review significant findings prepared by the internal and independent auditors together with management’s responses.
§Review with management the Company’s quarterly financial results prior to the release of earnings and/or the Company’s quarterly financial statements prior to filing or distribution. Discuss any significant changes to accounting principles and any items required to be communicated by the independent auditors in accordance with SAS 61.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

§The independent auditors are ultimately accountable to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors. The Committee shall review the independence and performance of the auditors and annually recommend the appointment of the auditors or approve any discharge of auditors when circumstances warrant.
§Approve fees and other significant compensation to be paid to the independent auditors.
§On an annual basis, the Committee should review and discuss with the independent auditors all significant relationships they have with the Company that could impair the auditors’ independence.
§Review the independent auditor’s engagement letter and audit plan by discussing scope, staffing locations, reliance upon management and internal audit and general audit approach.
§Prior to releasing year-end earnings, discuss the results of the audit with the independent auditors. Discuss certain matters required to be communicated to audit committees in accordance with SAS 61.
§Consider the independent auditors’ judgments about the quality and appropriateness of the Company’s accounting principles as applied in its financial reporting.

INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE

§Review the budget, plan and changes in plan, activities, organizational structure and qualifications of the internal audit department, as needed.
§Review the appointment, performance and replacement of senior audit department personnel.
§Review significant reports prepared by the internal audit department together with management’s responses and follow-up to these reports.
§On at least an annual basis, review with the Company’s counsel, any legal matters that could have a significant impact on the organization’s financial statements, the Company’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations and inquiries received from regulators or governmental agencies.

OTHER AUDIT COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

§Annually prepare a report to shareholders as required by the SEC. The report should be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement.
§Perform any other activities consistent with this charter, the Company’s by-laws and governing law as the Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate.
§Maintain minutes of meetings and periodically report to the Board of Directors on significant results of the foregoing activities.

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PROXY CARD
BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA CORPORATION
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS APRIL 13, 20048, 2008
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, the undersigned Shareholder of Bank of South Carolina Corporation (the Company), do hereby appoint William T. Cooper, Leonard C. FulghumEdmund Rhett, Jr., MD, Richard W. Hutson, Jr. and Louise J. Maybank, (no officer or employee of the Company or any subsidiary may be appointed), or any one of them, with full power to act alone, my true and lawful attorney(s) with full power of substitution, to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of common stock of the Company which the undersigned would be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held at The Bank of South Carolina, 256 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday, April 13, 2004,8, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally present upon the following matters:

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” proposals 1, 2 and 2.

3.

1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
  
1.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
oFORall nominees listed below (except as marked to the contrary below).
 
  
oWITHHOLD AUTHORITYto vote for all nominees listed below.
 
  Nathaniel I. Ball, III,Dr. Linda J. Bradley, William T. Cooper,Bradley-McKee, CPA, C. Ronald Coward, Leonard C. Fulghum,Graham M. Eubank, T. Dean Harton, Fleetwood S. Hassell, Glen B. Haynes, DVM, William L. Hiott, Jr., Katherine M. Huger, Richard W. Hutson, Jr., Charles G. Lane, Hugh C. Lane, Jr., Louise J. Maybank, Thomas W. Myers, Alan I. Nussbaum, MD, Edmund Rhett, Jr., Steve D. Swanson,MD, Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD., Thomas C. Stevenson, III and John M. TupperIII.
 
  
(INSTRUCTION:To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, write the nominee’s name in the space provided below.)
 
  
 
2. 
APPROVAL OF KPMG LLPELLIOTT DAVIS, LLC, as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004.2008.

oFORoAGAINSToABSTAIN

oFORoAGAINSToABSTAIN
3. The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Each properly executed proxy will be voted in accordance with specifications made hereon. If no specification is made, the shares represented by this Proxy will be voted “FOR” the nominees, “FOR” KPMG LLPElliott Davis, LLC and in the discretion of the Proxies, on any other business as may properly come before the meeting.

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Company’s 20032007 Annual Report on Form 10-KSB as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the accompanying Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement and hereby revokes any proxy or proxies heretofore given.
     
  Dated:___________________________________________ , 20042008
     
  
  
     
  
     
  
  Signature(s) of Shareholder(s)
  Please date and sign exactly as name appears hereon. Executors, Administrators, Trustees, etc., must so indicate when signing. If shares are held jointly, both owners should sign.