---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-26-000452"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCCO"
cik: "0000932781"
company_name: "FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/"
filed_at: "2026-08-19T13:00:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-19T13:01:13.413395+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Community Corp officer Freddie Deutsch to retire Jan 15, 2027; advisory role until then

## Summary
- Freddie Deutsch, Director of Specialty Business Lending, retires effective Jan 15, 2027; also leaves boards of company and bank.
- Joined via Signature Bank of Georgia acquisition completed Jan 8, 2026; retirement voluntary, not tied to July 22, 2026 leadership transition.
- Will serve advisory role through retirement date; base salary and benefits unchanged; no longer holds director title.
- Receives first $50,000 retention bonus installment plus $100,000 carve back; remaining installments and unvested 2,500-share restricted stock forfeited.
- Bank subsidizes COBRA health coverage for up to 18 months post-retirement; letter amendment effective upon general release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-26-000452
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCCO
- cik: 0000932781
- company_name: FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/
- filed_at: 2026-08-19T13:00:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000452/0001552781-26-000452-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000452/e26356_fcco-8k.htm

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