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):  October 19, 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)

 

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ITEM 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On October 19, 2011, First Community Corporation, holding company for First Community Bank, issued a press release announcing its financial results for the period ended September 30, 2011.

 

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

 

ITEM 8.01.  Other Events.

 

The company announced that the Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2011.  The company will pay a $.04 per share dividend to holders of the company’s common stock.  This dividend is payable November 15, 2011, to shareholders of record as of November 1, 2011.

 

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release relating to the announcement of the share dividend, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Earnings Press Release for the period ended September 30, 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

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph G. Sawyer

 

Name:

Joseph G. Sawyer

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Dated: October 20, 2011

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Earnings Press Release the period ended September 30, 2011.

 

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