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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): May 20, 2026

 

   First Community Corporation   

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

   South Carolina   

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

         
  000-28344   57-1010751  
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)  
         
  5455 Sunset Blvd., Lexington, South Carolina   29072  
  (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)  

 

   (803) 951-2265   

(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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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share FCCO The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of First Community Corporation (the “Corporation”) was held on May 20, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s principal executive office located at 5455 Sunset Blvd., Lexington, South Carolina 29072. Of the 9,366,626 shares of the Corporation’s common stock outstanding as of the record date of the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 6,262,567 shares, representing approximately 66.86% of the total outstanding eligible votes. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Corporation: (1) elected two Class I members to the Corporation’s Board of Directors to serve a term expiring in 2028, five Class II members to the Corporation’s Board of Directors to serve a term expiring in 2029, and two Class III members to the Corporation’s Board of Directors to serve a term expiring in 2027; (2) approved an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers; and (3) ratified the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

 

The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders during the Annual Meeting are as follows: 

 

1.       To elect two Class I members of the Board of Directors to serve a two-year term expiring at the 2028 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Class I: For Withheld Broker Non-Vote
Thomas C. Brown 4,838,274 80,220 1,344,073
Roderick M. Todd, Jr. 4,605,324 313,170 1,344,073

 

To elect five Class II members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Class II: For Withheld Broker Non-Vote
C. Jimmy Chao 4,802,479 116,015 1,344,073
Michael C. Crapps 4,883,793 34,701 1,344,073
Fred J. Deutsch 4,877,437 41,057 1,344,073
Jan H. Hollar 4,898,334 20,160 1,344,073
W. James Kitchens, Jr. 4,843,609 74,885 1,344,073

 

To elect two Class III members of the Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Class III: For Withheld Broker Non-Vote
Jonathan W. Been 4,903,842 14,652 1,344,073
J. Ted Nissen 4,869,941 48,553 1,344,073

 

The other directors that continued in office after the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

Class I: Class III:
Mickey E. Layden Ray E. Jones
E. Leland Reynolds Jane S. Sosebee
  Alexander Snipe, Jr.

 

2.       A non-binding, advisory vote, to approve the compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers (the “say-on-pay” vote):

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
4,834,058 71,049 13,387 1,344,073

 

3.       To ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026:

 

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
6,161,156 100,212 1,199 0

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Item   Exhibits

 

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.

 

  FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION
       
  By:

/s/ D. Shawn Jordan

 
  Name:   

D. Shawn Jordan

 
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

Dated: May 21, 2026