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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) January 31, 2020

 

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Mississippi

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-12103

(Commission File Number)

64-0709834

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

   

152 Lameuse Street Biloxi, MS

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

39530

(Zip Code)

 

(228) 435-5511

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 


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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

  Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered
  None PFBX None

 

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 Instructions A.2 below):

 

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))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).           Emerging growth company   ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officer

 

Rex E. Kelly and Dan Magruder notified Peoples Financial Corporation (the “Company”) on January 31, 2020 that they do not intend to stand for re-election and intend to retire from the Board of Directors of the Company, effective the date of the next annual meeting, which will be on April 22, 2020.

 

In connection with their upcoming retirements from the Company’s Board of Directors, on January 31, 2020, Messrs. Kelly and Magruder also tendered their resignations from the Board of Directors of The Peoples Bank, Biloxi, Mississippi (the “Bank”). The Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

The Company issued a press release announcing these resignations on January 31, 2020.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

Press Release issued by Peoples Financial Corporation dated January 31, 2020, “Peoples Financial Corporation Announces Director Retirements.”

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: January 31, 2020

 

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Chevis C. Swetman

 

 

 

Chevis C. Swetman

 

 

 

Chairman, President and CEO