---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-25-000434"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCCO"
cik: "0000932781"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/"
filed_at: "2025-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T16:01:18.347440+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Community Corp gets FDIC, SC approvals for Signature Bank merger

## Summary
- FDIC and South Carolina Board of Financial Institutions approved the merger on Nov 26, 2025.
- Shareholders of both First Community and Signature Bank have voted in favor of the deal.
- Transaction expected to close in Q1 2026, pending remaining closing conditions.
- Signature Bank will merge into First Community Bank, a subsidiary of First Community Corp.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-25-000434
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCCO
- cik: 0000932781
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/
- filed_at: 2025-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278125000434/0001552781-25-000434-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278125000434/e25440_fcco-8k.htm

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