secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ (FCCO)
CIK:        0000932781
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-10T20:05:58+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-26-000422
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Community announces CEO transition, Signature Bank acquisition, Q2 metrics; dividend up to $0.17
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- Ted Nissen to retire as First Community Bank CEO Dec 31, 2026; Vaughan Dozier promoted to CEO and Drew Painter to President effective Jan 1, 2027.
- Signature Bank of Georgia acquisition closed Jan 8, 2026; systems conversion March 13, 2026; added $195.7M loans.
- Total assets $2.4B at June 30, 2026; 23 banking offices; 98 consecutive dividend quarters.
- Dividend increased to $0.17/share payable Aug 18, 2026 (record Aug 4, 2026).
- 1H26 loan growth 11.0% annualized (excl. Signature); NIM expanded for 9 consecutive quarters.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000422/0001552781-26-000422-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000422/e26340_fcco-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000422

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