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 20, 2015

 

 

   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):

 

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

 

The 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of First Community Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 20, 2015 at The Manor, 100 Alvina Hagood Circle, Blythewood, South Carolina. Of the 6,683,690 shares outstanding at the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 4,829,820 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 72.3% of the total outstanding eligible votes. The shareholders of the Company voted: (1) to elect four Class III 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 ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis Decosimo, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

 

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

 

Class III:  For  Withheld  Broker
Non-Vote
   Chimin J. Chao   3,453,101    21,310    1,362,321 
   Loretta R. Whitehead   3,453,359    21,052    1,362,321 
   J. Thomas Johnson   3,453,052    21,359    1,362,321 
   Alexander Snipe, Jr.   3,453,101    21,310    1,362,321 

 

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

 

Class I:    Class II:
    Richard K. Bogan, MD      Thomas C. Brown
    Michael C. Crapps      O.A Ethridge, DMD
    Anita B. Easter      W. James Kitchens, Jr.
    George H. Fann, Jr. DMD      Paul S. Simon
       Roderick M. Todd, 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
 3,332,686    40,158    101,567    1,362,321 

 

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

 

For  Against  Abstain
 4,812,548    10,588    13,596 

 

 
 

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 26, 2015 By:    /s/ Joseph G. Sawyer  
  Name:   Joseph G. Sawyer  
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer