8-K for December 6, 2006

 
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 6, 2006
 
 
 
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:
 
   
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Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.
 
INDEX
 
   
Page
  
Item 8.01 - Other Matters
  
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Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
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Signatures
  
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Exhibit (99)(a) Press release dated December 6, 2006
  
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Item 8.01.
Other Matters
 
On December 6, 2006, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. issued a press release announcing the renewal of its stock repurchase program.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit (99)(a) and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
     
 
(d)
Exhibits
     
 
(99)(a)
Press release, dated December 6, 2006
 
 
Disclosure about forward-looking statements

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rate environment, management’s business strategy, national, regional, and local market conditions and legislative and regulatory conditions.

Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s view only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Readers should also carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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: December 12, 2006
  
By:
/s/ A. Joseph Lampron
   
A. Joseph Lampron
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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