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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a
Vote of Security Holders </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On April 24, 2012, First Community Bancshares,
Inc., (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), held its annual shareholders&rsquo; meeting. At the meeting, the Company&rsquo;s shareholders:
(i) elected both persons listed below under Proposal 1 to serve as director of the Company for a term that will continue until
the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders; (ii) ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent
registered public accounting firm; and (iii) approved the Company&rsquo;s 2012 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following tables summarize voting results
by the Company&rsquo;s shareholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>Proposal 1: To elect two directors to
serve until the 2015 annual shareholders meeting.</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">I. Norris Kantor</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">10,354,597</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">790,509</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">2,784,095</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">William P. Stafford, II</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">6,325,201</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">4,819,905</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">2,784,095</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment
of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm.</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Votes AGAINST</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">13,603,196</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">86,497</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">239,508</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>Proposal 3: To approve the Company&rsquo;s
2012 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Votes AGAINST</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Votes ABSTAIN</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">10,467,152</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">394,449</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">283,505</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: center">2,784,095</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On April 24, 2012, the Company announced
by press release its quarterly cash dividend to common shareholders of $1.96 million, or eleven cents ($0.11) per common share,
payable on or about May 25, 2012, to shareholders of record on May 11, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt">The following exhibit is included with this report:</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Current Report on Form 8-K contains
forward-looking statements.&nbsp;These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties,
and assumptions.&nbsp;Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may differ materially.&nbsp;These risks include:&nbsp;&nbsp;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&rsquo;s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including
but not limited to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent year ended.&nbsp;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.</P>

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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):
April 24, 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
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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a
Vote of Security Holders
On April 24, 2012, First Community Bancshares,
Inc., (the "Company"), held its annual shareholders' meeting. At the meeting, the Company's shareholders:
(i) elected both persons listed below under Proposal 1 to serve as director of the Company for a term that will continue until
the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders; (ii) ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm; and (iii) approved the Company's 2012 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.
The following tables summarize voting results
by the Company's shareholders.
Proposal 1: To elect two directors to
serve until the 2015 annual shareholders meeting.
Nominee
Votes FOR
Votes WITHHELD
Broker Non-Votes
I. Norris Kantor
10,354,597
790,509
2,784,095
William P. Stafford, II
6,325,201
4,819,905
2,784,095
Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment
of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
Votes FOR
Votes AGAINST
Votes ABSTAIN
13,603,196
86,497
239,508
Proposal 3: To approve the Company's
2012 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.
Votes FOR
Votes AGAINST
Votes ABSTAIN
Broker Non-Votes
10,467,152
394,449
283,505
2,784,095
Item 8.01 Other Events
On April 24, 2012, the Company announced
by press release its quarterly cash dividend to common shareholders of $1.96 million, or eleven cents ($0.11) per common share,
payable on or about May 25, 2012, to shareholders of record on May 11, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits
(d)
The following exhibit is included with this report:
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
99.1
Dividend press release dated April 24, 2012
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:
April 25, 2012
By:
/s/ David D. Brown
David D. Brown
Chief Financial Officer