---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-006769"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBK"
cik: "0001093672"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-21T15:04:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-21T15:06:04.839199+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina elects Michael B. Hollar to board

## Summary
- Michael B. Hollar elected to boards of Company and Peoples Bank on July 16, 2026.
- No arrangements or understandings with any other person regarding his appointment.
- No family relationships with any director or executive officer; no reportable transactions.
- Mr. Hollar has not been appointed to any board committees at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-006769
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBK
- cik: 0001093672
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-21T15:04:54+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495426006769/0001654954-26-006769-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495426006769/pebk_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006769
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006769.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006769.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael B. Hollar was elected as Director at PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 16, 2026, the Boards of Directors of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Peoples Bank (the “Bank”) elected Michael B. Hollar to the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495426006769/0001654954-26-006769-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.