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): May 4, 2023

 

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

North Carolina 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 

 

000-27205

 

56-2132396

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

518 West C Street, Newton, North Carolina

 

28658

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(828) 464-5620 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 

 

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))

 

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. 

 

 

 

  

INDEX

 

 

 

Page

 

Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

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Signatures

 

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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

(a)

Annual Shareholders’ Meeting – May 4, 2023

 

 

 

 

(b)

Directors elected at the meeting are as follows: James S. Abernethy, Robert C. Abernethy, Kim Boyd-Leaks, Douglas S. Howard, John W. Lineberger, Jr., Gary E. Matthews, Billy L. Price, Jr. MD, Larry E. Robinson, William Gregory Terry, Dan Ray Timmerman, Sr. and Benjamin I. Zachary

 

 

 

 

 

At the May 4, 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting the following items were submitted to a vote of shareholders:

 

 

1)

Election of Directors:

 

 

 

 Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

 Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-votes

 

James S. Abernethy

 

 

3,995,327

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

453,026

 

 

 

648,495

 

Robert C. Abernethy

 

 

3,984,631

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

463,722

 

 

 

648,495

 

Kim Boyd-Leaks

 

 

4,116,577

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

331,776

 

 

 

648,495

 

Douglas S. Howard

 

 

3,996,327

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

452,026

 

 

 

648,495

 

John W. Lineberger, Jr.

 

 

4,100,414

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

347,939

 

 

 

648,495

 

Gary E. Matthews

 

 

4,128,730

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

319,623

 

 

 

648,495

 

Billy L. Price, Jr. MD

 

 

4,114,458

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

333,895

 

 

 

648,495

 

Larry E. Robinson

 

 

4,127,625

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

320,728

 

 

 

648,495

 

William Gregory Terry

 

 

3,962,327

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

486,026

 

 

 

648,495

 

Dan Ray Timmerman, Sr.

 

 

3,995,222

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

453,131

 

 

 

648,495

 

Benjamin I. Zachary

 

 

4,114,510

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

333,843

 

 

 

648,495

 

 

 

2)

Ratification of appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Elliott Davis, PLLC Votes For – 4,891,829;

 

 

 

 

 

Votes Against – 118,025; Votes Abstained – 86,994; Broker Non-votes – 0

 

 

(c)

Not applicable

 

 

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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. 

 

 

PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 5, 2023

By:

/s/ Jeffrey N. Hooper

 

 

 

Jeffrey N. Hooper

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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