---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-008029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCBC"
cik: "0000859070"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC /VA/"
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:20:30.225190+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Community Bankshares sells Emporia, VA branch to Benchmark Community Bank

## Summary
- Sale includes branch real estate, personal property, and all deposits (but not loans).
- Transaction subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.
- Expected to close by end of 2022, enabling both banks to focus on core markets.
- First Community Bank retains its other branches; move removes a geographically distant branch.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-008029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCBC
- cik: 0000859070
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC /VA/
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/859070/000143774922008029/0001437749-22-008029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/859070/000143774922008029/fcbc20220401_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-008029.txt

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