---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000289"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCCO"
cik: "0000932781"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:02:13.553429+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Community Corporation amends director retirement age to 74; annual meeting results reported

## Summary
- Board raised mandatory retirement age for directors from 72 to 74, effective immediately.
- Shareholders elected four Class II directors (Brown, Kitchens, Tarver, Todd) to three-year terms.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 3,854,794 for, 366,482 against, 18,539 abstain.
- Ratification of Elliott Davis as auditor approved with 5,488,281 for, 171,587 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000289
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCCO
- cik: 0000932781
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278123000289/0001552781-23-000289-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278123000289/e23271_fcco-8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/: Increased mandatory retirement age for directors from 72 to 74 and removed a qualifying provision that was no longer applicable (effective 2023-05-16).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-16
  source text: On May 16, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Community Corporation (the “Corporation”) approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1. The Amended and Restated Bylaws became effective upon the Board’s approval, and included an amendment to Article 3, Section 6 in order to increase the mandatory retirement age for directors of the Corporation from seventy-two (72) to seventy-four (74) and to delete a qualifying provision that was no longer applicable to any directors of the Corporation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278123000289/0001552781-23-000289-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Corporation's named executive officers. at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: 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 3,854,794 366,482 18,539 1,420,153
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278123000289/0001552781-23-000289-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ shareholders approved Election of four Class II members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: To elect four Class II members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: Class II: For Withheld Broker Non-Vote Thomas C. Brown 3,855,521 384,294 1,420,153 W. James Kitchens, Jr. 3,866,730 373,085 1,420,153 Edward J. Tarver 4,116,115 123,700 1,420,153 Roderick M. Todd, Jr. 3,787,326 452,489 1,420,153
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278123000289/0001552781-23-000289-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Corporation's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: To ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Corporation’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstain 5,488,281 171,587 100
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278123000289/0001552781-23-000289-index.htm

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