---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-036874"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCBC"
cik: "0000859070"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC /VA/"
filed_at: "2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T15:00:03.886362+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FCBC merger with Hometown Bancshares approved by Hometown shareholders; Q1 2026 close targeted

## Summary
- Hometown shareholders approved the merger agreement dated July 19, 2025 at a special meeting on December 2, 2025.
- The merger remains subject to approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Financial Institutions.
- Customary closing conditions still required; parties expect transaction to close in first quarter of 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-036874
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCBC
- cik: 0000859070
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC /VA/
- filed_at: 2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/859070/000143774925036874/0001437749-25-036874-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/859070/000143774925036874/fcbc20251204_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-036874
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-036874.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-036874.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.