secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST COMMUNITY CORP /SC/ (FCCO)
CIK:        0000932781
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-08T20:05:33+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-26-000475
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Community: CEO Ted Nissen to retire Dec 31; Dozier, Painter promoted effective Jan 1, 2027
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- Vaughan Dozier promoted to First Community Bank CEO and Drew Painter to President, both joining the Board on Jan 1, 2027.
- Ted Nissen retires Dec 31, 2026 but will serve as consultant/advisor; Mike Crapps stays President & CEO of First Community Corporation.
- Signature Bank of Georgia acquisition closed Jan 8, 2026; systems conversion Mar 13, 2026; added $195.7M loans and $229.8M deposits.
- 2Q26 loan growth $29.1M (7.5% annualized); 1H26 $71.6M (11.0% annualized, excluding Signature acquired balances).
- Dividend raised to $0.17/share (payable Aug 18, 2026, record Aug 4); 98 consecutive quarters; 2.01% yield at $33.84 close.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000475/0001552781-26-000475-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/932781/000155278126000475/e26377_fcco-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000475

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