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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: April 14, 2020

 

Bank of South Carolina Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

South Carolina

0-27702

57-1021355

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

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

256 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(843) 724-1500

 

 

(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):

[ ] 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))

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock

 

BKSC

 

NASDAQ

 

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).

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 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

On April 14, 2020, the Bank of South Carolina Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The information contained in the press release is deemed to be “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as Item 2.02 to this report, and such press release is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

The 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on April 14, 2020. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders elected nineteen Directors to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting and took the following actions: approval of the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan and the ratification of the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2020. There were a total of 5,530,363 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting there were, in person or by proxy, 4,901,575 shares present of the Company’s Common Stock, representing approximately 88.63% of the total outstanding eligible shares. The following proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated March 6, 2020 and were voted upon and approved by the shareholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting:

 

Proposal 1: To elect nineteen Directors of the Bank of South Carolina Corporation to serve until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

 

Name

For

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Susanne K. Boyd

3,022,553

19,536

1,859,486

Fleetwood S. Hassell

2,819,597

222,492

1,859,486

Hugh C. Lane, Jr.

3,024,475

14,614

1,859,486

Douglas H. Sass

3,021,734

20,355

1,859,486

Eugene H. Walpole, IV

2,993,935

48,154

1,859,486

David W. Bunch

3,028,761

13,328

1,859,486

Graham M. Eubank, Jr.

3,020,123

21,966

1,859,486

Elizabeth M. Hagood

3,026,470

15,619

1,859,486

Glen B. Haynes, DVM

3,028,682

13,407

1,859,486

William L. Hiott, Jr.

3,022,885

19,204

1,859,486

Richard W. Hutson, Jr.

3,032,699

9,390

1,859,486

Charles G. Lane

3,030,014

12,075

1,859,486

Linda Bradley McKee, PhD, CPA

3,035,788

6,301

1,859,486

Alan I. Nussbaum, MD

3,032,432

9,657

1,859,486

Karen J. Phillips

3,032,442

9,647

1,859,486

Edmund Rhett, Jr., MD

3,032,951

9,138

1,859,486

Malcolm M. Rhodes, MD

3,036,356

5,733

1,859,486

Sheryl G. Sharry

3,027,597

14,492

1,859,486

Steve D. Swanson

3,034,353

7,736

1,859,486

 

Proposal 2: To approve the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan:

 

For

Against

Abstain

2,886,273

124,053

31,763

 

Proposal 3: To ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

For

Against

Abstain

4,891,193

6,613

3,769

 


Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following Exhibit is filed as part of this report

 

Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated April 14, 2020



 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

The Bank of South Carolina Corporation

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: April 14,2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eugene H. Walpole, IV

 

Eugene H. Walpole, IV

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Executive Vice President