---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-002090"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCBC"
cik: "0000859070"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC /VA/"
filed_at: "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:15:21.407256+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FCBC completes acquisition of Hometown Bancshares, effective Jan 23, 2026

## Summary
- Hometown shareholders receive 11.706 FCBC shares per Hometown share, plus cash for fractional shares.
- Hometown had ~$415M assets, $172M loans, $376M deposits as of Dec 2025.
- Acquisition adds eight West Virginia branches, opening as FCBC branches on Jan 26.
- Strategic focus on growing low-cost core deposits and expanding in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna MSA.
- Merger previously announced July 19, 2025; Union Bank merged into First Community Bank.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-002090
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCBC
- cik: 0000859070
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC /VA/
- filed_at: 2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/859070/000143774926002090/0001437749-26-002090-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/859070/000143774926002090/fcbc20260120_8k.htm

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