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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  May 16, 2016</B><BR>
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New Peoples Bankshares,
  Inc. </B><BR>
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
  
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      (State or other jurisdiction<BR>
      of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 30%; padding: 5.25pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>000-33411</B><BR>
      (Commission<BR>
      File Number)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 31%; padding: 5.25pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>31-1804543</B><BR>
      (IRS Employer<BR>
      Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>67 Commerce Drive</B> <B>Honaker, Virginia 24260</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center">(<B>276) 873-7000</B></P>
  
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  area code)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>n/a</B></P>
  
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  since last report)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"> <B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt"><B>CAUTIONARY
  NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">Our disclosure and analysis in Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Current Report on Form
  8-K contains some 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 most recent quarterly report filed on Form 10-Q, current reports filed on Form 8-K, and the Annual Report
  on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year end. 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.<B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 5.07</B> <B>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</B></P>
  
  
  
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
  held its 2017 Annual Shareholders&rsquo; Meeting (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;) on May 16, 2017. A total of 23,355,457 shares
  of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock were entitled to vote as of March 22, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting. There
  were 15,671,087 shares present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, and the shareholders voted on three proposals.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 1:&#9;Election of Directors</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">The shareholders elected three directors to
  serve three-year terms expiring in 2020. The three directors elected to serve the three-year terms were John D. Cox, Charles H.
  Gent, Jr., and Eugene S. Hearl. The results of the vote were as follows:</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Nominees</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      FOR</B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      Withheld</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Broker
      Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Uncast
      Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">John
      D. Cox</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14,092,192</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">87,987</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1,485,188</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,720</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Charles
      H. Gent, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14,100,053</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">85,846</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1,485,188</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eugene
      S. Hearl</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">14,057,358</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">128,541</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1,485,188</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">-</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 2:&#9;Advisory Vote to Approve
  Named Executive Officer Compensation</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">The shareholders approved a non-binding advisory
  resolution to approve the compensation of the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers. The results of the vote follow:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      FOR</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      AGAINST</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      ABSTAIN</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Broker
      Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Uncast
      Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">13,821,696</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">168,279</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">190,204</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1,485,188</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,720</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Proposal 3:&#9;Ratification of the Appointment
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">The shareholders voted to ratify the Company&rsquo;s
  Audit Committee of the Board of Directors&rsquo; appointment of Elliott Davis Decosimo, LLC to serve as its independent registered
  public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017. The results of the vote follow:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      FOR</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      AGAINST</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Votes
      ABSTAIN</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Uncast
      Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">15,549,855</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">40,852</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">74,660</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,720</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
                            8.01</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Other
                                           Events</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">On May 16, 2017, members of management of
  the Company made a presentation at the Annual Meeting. A copy of the presentation is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and
  is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for any purpose.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Financial
      Statements and Exhibits</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 24px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The following
      exhibit is included with this report:</FONT></TD></TR>
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                                           Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 89%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="npbs8k051817ex99_1.htm">Presentation of the Company delivered at the 2017 Annual Shareholders&rsquo; Meeting</A></FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">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.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">New Peoples Bankshares, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date: &nbsp;May 19, 2017</FONT></TD>
      <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 20pt; text-indent: -20pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph
          D. Pennington</FONT></P>
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Joseph D. Pennington</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President
      and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: 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 16, 2016
  New Peoples Bankshares,
  Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Virginia
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  000-33411
  (Commission
  File Number)
  31-1804543
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  67 Commerce Drive
  Honaker, Virginia 24260
  (Address of principal offices, including zip code)
  (
  276) 873-7000
  (Registrant's telephone number, including
  area code)
  n/a
  (Former name or former address, if changed
  since last report)
  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
  (
  see
  General Instruction A.2. below):
  [ ]
  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))
  CAUTIONARY
  NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
  Our disclosure and analysis in Exhibit 99.1 attached to this Current Report on Form
  8-K contains some 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 most recent quarterly report filed on Form 10-Q, current reports filed on Form 8-K, and the Annual Report
  on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year end. 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.
  Item 5.07
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company")
  held its 2017 Annual Shareholders' Meeting (the "Annual Meeting") on May 16, 2017. A total of 23,355,457 shares
  of the Company's Common Stock were entitled to vote as of March 22, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting. There
  were 15,671,087 shares present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, and the shareholders voted on three proposals.
  Proposal 1:	Election of Directors
  The shareholders elected three directors to
  serve three-year terms expiring in 2020. The three directors elected to serve the three-year terms were John D. Cox, Charles H.
  Gent, Jr., and Eugene S. Hearl. The results of the vote were as follows:
  Nominees
  Votes
      FOR
  Votes
      Withheld
  Broker
      Non-Votes
  Uncast
      Votes
  John
      D. Cox
  14,092,192
  87,987
  1,485,188
  5,720
  Charles
      H. Gent, Jr.
  14,100,053
  85,846
  1,485,188
  -
  Eugene
      S. Hearl
  14,057,358
  128,541
  1,485,188
  -
  Proposal 2:	Advisory Vote to Approve
  Named Executive Officer Compensation
  The shareholders approved a non-binding advisory
  resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. The results of the vote follow:
  Votes
      FOR
  Votes
      AGAINST
  Votes
      ABSTAIN
  Broker
      Non-Votes
  Uncast
      Votes
  13,821,696
  168,279
  190,204
  1,485,188
  5,720
  Proposal 3:	Ratification of the Appointment
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  The shareholders voted to ratify the Company's
  Audit Committee of the Board of Directors' appointment of Elliott Davis Decosimo, LLC to serve as its independent registered
  public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017. The results of the vote follow:
  Votes
      FOR
  Votes
      AGAINST
  Votes
      ABSTAIN
  Uncast
      Votes
  15,549,855
  40,852
  74,660
  5,720
  Item
                            8.01
  Other
                                           Events
  On May 16, 2017, members of management of
  the Company made a presentation at the Annual Meeting. A copy of the presentation is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and
  is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed "filed" for any purpose.
  Item 9.01
  Financial
      Statements and Exhibits
  (d)
  The following
      exhibit is included with this report:
  Exhibit No.
  Exhibit
                                           Description
  99.1
  Presentation of the Company delivered at the 2017 Annual Shareholders' Meeting
  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.
  New Peoples Bankshares, Inc.
  Date:  May 19, 2017
  /s/   Joseph
          D. Pennington
  Joseph D. Pennington
  Senior Vice President
      and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary