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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 17, 2013
 
 
 
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)
 
 
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Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.
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Item 8.01 – Other Events
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Signatures
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Item 8.01.  Other Events

On December 10, 2013, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (the “Company”) received regulatory approval to repurchase and redeem the remaining 12,524 outstanding shares of its Series A preferred stock. It is anticipated that the repurchase and redemption will be completed in January 2014.  The preferred stock was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury in 2008 and subsequently sold to individual investors, not affiliated with the Company, in 2012. The dividend increases from the current annual rate of 5% to 9% in February 2014.

Management expects the repurchase of the Company’s preferred stock, which has a liquidation preference of $12,524,000, to be approximately $0.18 accretive to the Company’s diluted earnings per common share in 2014 based on current interest rates.


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 17, 2013
By:
/s/ A. Joseph Lampron, Jr.  
    A. Joseph Lampron, Jr.  
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
       
 
 

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