---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCCO"
cik: "0000932781"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/"
filed_at: "2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:09:28.731715+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Community Corp closes acquisition of Signature Bank of Georgia for ~$50M

## Summary
- Deal valued at $50.0M as of Dec 31, 2025; closed Jan 8, 2026 with stock-for-stock merger: 0.6410 FCCO shares per Signature share.
- Combined company now has $2.3B assets, $2.1B deposits and cash management accounts, and $1.5B loans.
- Banking network expands to 23 offices across SC and GA, including Atlanta MSA.
- Freddie Deutsch (ex-Signature CEO) appointed EVP and Director of Specialty Business Lending; Jonathan Been appointed independent director.
- Systems conversion expected in March 2026; former Signature branches operate under First Community Bank d/b/a Signature Bank of Georgia.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCCO
- cik: 0000932781
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/
- filed_at: 2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000009/0001552781-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000009/e26018_fcco-8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000009
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000009.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: e624a70cb986d19db62672bd540cdb5541fa4e5f
  claim: FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ completed an acquisition involving Signature Bank of Georgia for 0.6410 shares of the Company’s common stock (closed 2026-01-08).
  evidence_excerpt: to customary exceptions) and (ii) shares in respect of which holders properly exercised dissenters’ rights under applicable Georgia law) was converted into the right to receive 0.6410 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), and cash in lieu of any fractional shares (the “Merger Consideration”). No fractional
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000009/0001552781-26-000009-index.htm

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