secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ (FCCO)
CIK:        0000932781
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-27T20:28:50+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-26-000396
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Community Corp announces CEO transition at bank subsidiary, raises dividend to $0.17
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- Ted Nissen to retire as First Community Bank CEO on Dec 31, 2026; Vaughan Dozier to become CEO, Drew Painter President on Jan 1, 2027.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.17 per share, payable Aug 18, 2026 to holders of record Aug 4, 2026.
- 2Q26 annualized loan growth 11.0% (excluding $195.7M from Signature Bank acquisition); total assets $2.4B.
- Net interest margin expanded for ninth consecutive quarter; loan principal cash flows $128.7M at 6.01% in 2H26.
- Signature Bank of Georgia acquisition closed Jan 8, 2026; systems conversion completed March 13, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000396/0001552781-26-000396-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000396/e26312_fcco-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000396

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