UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 22, 2013

 

First Community Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)

 

South Carolina

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-28344

 

57-1010751

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

5455 Sunset Blvd, Lexington, South Carolina

 

29072

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(803) 951-2265

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of First Community Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 22, 2013 at the South Carolina State Museum, Palmetto Gallery, 301 Gervais Street Columbia, South Carolina. Of 5,290,452 shares outstanding, at the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 3,884,502 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 73% of the total outstanding eligible votes. The shareholders of the Company voted: (1) to elect four Class I members to the Board of Directors; (2) to provide an advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; (3) to approve a non-binding resolution to determine whether shareholders should vote on Say-on-Pay every one, two, or three years; and (4) to ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

 

The voting results for each proposal voted on the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

1. To elect four Class I members to the Board of Directors:

 

CLASS I

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Vote

 

Richard K. Bogan, MD

 

2,134,439

 

557,514

 

1,192,549

 

Anita B. Easter

 

2,584,788

 

107,165

 

1,192,549

 

Michael C. Crapps

 

2,561,100

 

130,853

 

1,192,549

 

George H. Fann, Jr.

 

2,582,680

 

109,273

 

1,192,549

 

 

The other directors that continued in office after the meeting are as follows:

 

CLASS II

 

CLASS III

 

Thomas C. Brown

 

Chimin J. Chao

 

O.A. Ethridge, D.M.D.

 

Loretta R. Whitehead

 

W. James Kitchens, Jr.

 

J. Thomas Johnson

 

Roderick M. Todd, Jr.

 

Alexander Snipe, Jr.

 

Mitchell M. Willoughby

 

 

 

 

2. To provide an advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

2,449,029

 

66,391

 

177,533

 

1,192,549

 

 

3. To approve a non-binding resolution to determine whether shareholders should vote on Say-on-Pay every one, two, or three years:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

1,393,386

 

35,515

 

1,078,655

 

184,395

 

1,192,549

 

 

4. To ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accountants:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

3,871,907

 

10,524

 

2,071

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

FIRST COMMUNITY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 24, 2013

By:

/s/JOSEPH G. SAWYER

 

Name:

Joseph G. Sawyer

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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