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): July 15, 2016

 

 

  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

 

 

 

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:

 

¨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))

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01Other Events.

 

On July 15, 2016, First Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced branch exchange with First Bank, North Carolina, pursuant to which First Community Bank (the “Bank”) swapped a portion of its North Carolina branch network for First Bank’s Virginia branch network. Under the agreements, the Bank acquired seven branches in southwestern Virginia with deposits totaling approximately $134 million and sold six branches in the Winston-Salem and Mooresville areas of North Carolina with deposits totaling approximately $111 million. Additionally, the swap included approximately $154 million of loans. The branch exchange complements the Bank’s 2014 acquisition of seven branches from Bank of America.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially. These risks include:  changes in business or other market conditions; the timely development, production and acceptance of new products and services; the challenge of managing asset/liability levels; the management of credit risk and interest rate risk; the difficulty of keeping expense growth at modest levels while increasing revenues; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent year ended. Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.

 

 

 

 

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: July 19, 2016   By: /s/ David D. Brown  
       
    David D. Brown  
    Chief Financial Officer