---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-005500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBK"
cik: "0001093672"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:53:05.330964+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp shareholders elect 11 directors and ratify FORVIS as auditor

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with votes ranging from 3.5M to 3.7M for each, ~734K broker non-votes.
- Ratification of FORVIS as independent auditor: 4,633,511 for, 26,445 against, 3,947 abstain.
- Annual meeting held May 2, 2024; no other matters submitted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-005500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBK
- cik: 0001093672
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495424005500/0001654954-24-005500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495424005500/pebk_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-005500.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – FORVIS, LLP at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Ratification of appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – FORVIS, LLP Votes For – 4,633,511; Votes Against – 26,445; Votes Abstained – 3,947; Broker Non-votes – 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495424005500/0001654954-24-005500-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Election of Directors: Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-votes James S. Abernethy 3,560,785 - 368,698 734,420 Robert C. Abernethy 3,531,722 - 397,761 734,420 Kim Boyd-Leaks 3,695,577 - 233,906 734,420 Douglas S. Howard 3,560,785 - 368,698 734,420 John W. Lineberger, Jr. 3,683,399 - 246,084 734,420 Gary E. Matthews 3,560,785 - 368,698 734,420 Billy L. Price, Jr. MD 3,683,766 - 245,717 734,420 Larry E. Robinson 3,696,531 - 232,952 734,420 William Gregory Terry 3,678,815 - 250,668 734,420 Dan Ray Timmerman, Sr. 3,560,785 - 368,698 734,420 Benjamin I. Zachary 3,683,799 - 245,684 734,420
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495424005500/0001654954-24-005500-index.htm

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