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): December 27, 2012

 

FIRST COMMUNITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada		000-19297		55-0694814
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 989 Bluefield, Virginia				24605-0989
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (276) 326-9000

  

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Item5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(d) On December 27, 2012, the Board of Directors of First Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed W. C. Blankenship as director, effective January 1, 2013.  Mr. Blankenship has been a director of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, First Community Bank, since 1996.  Mr. Blankenship is a State Farm Insurance agent from Tazewell, Virginia. The Board will determine Mr. Blankenship’s committee appointments during the course of 2013. 

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Blankenship and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Blankenship was appointed to the Board of Directors.

 

Other than his appointment as a director of the Company, there have been no transactions, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, in which the Company has or is to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which Mr. Blankenship had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

 

 

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 BANCSHARES, INC.
Date:	January 2, 2013		By:	/s/ David D. Brown
				David D. Brown
				Chief Financial Officer