secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ (FCCO)
CIK:        0000932781
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-26-000009
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000009/0001552781-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000009/e26018_fcco-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000009

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