UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 3, 2018
Peoples
Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
North Carolina
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
|
000-27205
|
56-2132396
|
|
(Commission File
No.)
|
(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
|
|
|
|
|
518 West C Street, Newton, North Carolina
|
28658
|
|
(Address of
Principal Executive Offices)
|
(Zip
Code)
|
(828) 464-5620
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
|
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:
|
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
|
☐
|
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)
|
|||
|
|
|||||
|
|
☐
|
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
|
|||
|
|
|||||
|
|
☐
|
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
|
|||
|
|
|||||
|
|
☐
|
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
|
|||
|
Peoples Bancorp
of North Carolina, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
INDEX
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page
|
|
Item
5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Signatures
|
4
|
|
|
|
2
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
(a)
Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting – May 3, 2018
(b)
Directors elected
at the meeting are as follows: James S. Abernethy, Robert C.
Abernethy, Douglas S. Howard, John W. Lineberger, Jr., Gary E.
Matthews, Billy L. Price, Jr. MD, Larry E. Robinson, William
Gregory Terry, Dan Ray Timmerman, Sr. and Benjamin I.
Zachary
At the
May 3, 2018 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting the following items
were submitted to a vote of shareholders:
1)
Election of
Directors:
|
|
Votes
For
|
Votes
Against
|
Votes
Withheld
|
Broker
Non-votes
|
|
James
S. Abernethy
|
4,122,686
|
-
|
657,873
|
895,413
|
|
Robert
C. Abernethy
|
4,122,686
|
-
|
657,873
|
895,413
|
|
Douglas
S. Howard
|
4,169,402
|
-
|
611,157
|
895,413
|
|
John
W. Lineberger, Jr.
|
4,169,646
|
-
|
610,913
|
895,413
|
|
Gary
E. Matthews
|
4,169,245
|
-
|
611,314
|
895,413
|
|
Billy
L. Price, Jr. MD
|
4,170,177
|
-
|
610,382
|
895,413
|
|
Larry
E. Robinson
|
4,168,504
|
-
|
612,055
|
895,413
|
|
William
Gregory Terry
|
4,163,210
|
-
|
617,349
|
895,413
|
|
Dan
Ray Timmerman, Sr.
|
4,121,093
|
-
|
659,466
|
895,413
|
|
Benjamin
I. Zachary
|
4,122,052
|
-
|
658,507
|
895,413
|
2)
Ratification of
appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants –
Elliott Davis, PLLC
Votes
For – 5,666,208; Votes Against – 5,842;
Votes Abstained – 3,922; Broker Non-votes –
0
(c)
Not
applicable
3
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.
|
|
|
||
|
|
PEOPLES
BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
May 8, 2018
|
By:
|
/s/ A.
Joseph Lampron, Jr.
|
|
|
|
A.
Joseph Lampron, Jr.
|
|
|
|
|
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
4