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):  July 6, 2011

 

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)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

ITEM 2.01.  Financial Information

 

On July 6, 2011, First Community Bank, a wholly owned bank subsidiary of First Community Corporation, issued a press release announcing the expansion of its mortgage division by acquiring substantially all of the assets of Palmetto South Mortgage Company.

 

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)           Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated July 6, 2011.

 

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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: July 7, 2011

By:

/s/ Joseph G. Sawyer

 

Name:

Joseph G. Sawyer

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated July 6, 2011.

 

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