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Registration No. 333-________</font></div>
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UNITED STATES</font></div>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div>
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FORM S-8</font></div>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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UNDER</font></div>
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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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__________________</font></div>
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PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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NORTH CAROLINA</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></font></div>
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518 West C Street</font></div>
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Newton, North Carolina 28658</font></font></div>
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2020 Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive
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Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan; and Service
Recognition Program</font></div>
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Lance A. SellersPresident and Chief Executive Officer518 West C
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Newton, North Carolina 28658</font></font></div>
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(828) 464-5620</font></div>
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With Copies To:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Randall
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Brooks,
Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey &amp; Leonard, L.L.P.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">230 N.
Elm Street, Suite 2000</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Greensboro,
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mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of &#x201C;large accelerated
filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;accelerated filer&#x201D; &#x201C;smaller
reporting company&#x201D; and &#x201C;emerging growth company&#x201D;
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Securitiesto be Registered</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 11px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Proposed Maximum
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Aggregate Offering Price</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 11px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Amount of
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Common
stock, no par value per share</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">340,000<font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: top">(1)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">$8,816,200
<font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: top">(2)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">$961.85</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(1)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">This registration
statement on Form S-8 (the &#x201C;Registration Statement&#x201D;)
covers, in addition to the above number of shares of Peoples
Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (&#x201C;Peoples&#x201D; or the
&#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;) common stock, no par value per share (the
&#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D;), an additional indeterminate number of
shares to be offered or issued pursuant to the 2020 Omnibus Stock
Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan, the Omnibus Stock Ownership
and Long Term Incentive Plan, and the Service Recognition Program
(collectively, the &#x201C;Plans&#x201D;) upon adjustments or changes
made to the registered securities by reason of any stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions as permitted by Rule 416(a)
and Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(2)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the
average ($25.93) of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on March 17,
2021.</font></div>
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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The information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of
Form&#xA0;S-8&#xA0;is omitted from this filing in accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to
Part I of Form&#xA0;S-8.&#xA0;These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II of Form&#xA0;S-8,&#xA0;taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section&#xA0;10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></div>
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PART II</font></div>
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Item
3.</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline;">
</font> <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;SEC&#x201D;) allows
Peoples to incorporate by reference the information that Peoples
discloses in its filings with the SEC. Incorporation by reference
means that Peoples can disclose important information by referring
to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information
that Peoples files with the SEC will automatically update and
supersede this information. The following documents previously
filed by Peoples with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), are
incorporated herein by reference:</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with
the SEC on March 19, 2021 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The Company&#x2019;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on
March 25, 2020 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 25, 2021 and March 4, 2021
(other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed)
(SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The description of
the Common Stock contained in Exhibit (4)(ii) to Amendment No. 1 to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020 (SEC File No.
000-27205).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Any
document filed by Peoples pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby
have been sold or that deregisters all the securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such document. Any statement incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</font></div>
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</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;">Item 4.</font>
<font style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Description of Securities.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Item 5.
<font style="text-decoration: underline">Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel</font>.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline">Indemnification of
Directors and Officers</font>.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
North Carolina Business Corporation Act (&#x201C;NCBCA&#x201D;)
provides for indemnification by a corporation of its officers,
directors, employees and agents, and any person who is or was
serving at the corporation&#x2019;s request as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity or enterprise or as a trustee
or administrator under an employee benefit Plans, against liability
and expenses, including reasonable attorneys&#x2019; fees, in any
proceeding (including without limitation a proceeding brought by or
on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as
such or their activities in any of the foregoing
capacities.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Permissible
indemnification.</font> Under the NCBCA, a corporation may, but is
not required to, indemnify any such person against liability and
expenses incurred in any such proceeding, provided such person
conducted himself or herself in good faith and (i) in the case of
conduct in his or her official capacity, reasonably believed that
his or her conduct was in the corporation&#x2019;s best interests,
and (ii) in all other cases, reasonably believed that his or her
conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation&#x2019;s best
interests; and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, where he or
she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. However, a corporation may not indemnify such person
either in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the
corporation in which such person was adjudged liable to the
corporation, or in connection with any other proceeding charging
improper personal benefit to such person (whether or not involving
action in an official capacity) in which such person was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly
received.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Mandatory
indemnification.</font> Unless limited by the corporation&#x2019;s
charter, the NCBCA requires a corporation to indemnify a director
or officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the
merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which such
person was a party because he or she is or was a director or
officer of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Advance for
expenses</font><font style="font-style: italic">.</font> Expenses
incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation in defending a proceeding may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding
as authorized by the board of directors of the specific case, or as
authorized by the charter or bylaws or by any applicable resolution
or contract, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay amounts advanced unless it ultimately is determined
that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation
against such expenses.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Court-ordered
indemnification.</font> Unless otherwise provided in the
corporation&#x2019;s charter, a director or officer of the
corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for
indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to
another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt of an
application, the court, after giving any notice the court deems
necessary, may order indemnification if it determines either (i)
that the director or officer is entitled to mandatory
indemnification as described above, in which case the court also
will order the corporation to pay the reasonable expenses incurred
to obtain the court-ordered indemnification, or (ii) that the
director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether
or not such person met the requisite standard of conduct or was
adjudged liable to the corporation in connection with a proceeding
by or in the right of the corporation or on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received in connection with any other
proceeding so charging (but if adjudged so liable, indemnification
is limited to reasonable expenses incurred).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Voluntary
indemnification.</font> In addition to and separate and apart from
&#x201C;permissible&#x201D; and &#x201C;mandatory&#x201D;
indemnification described above, a corporation may, by charter,
bylaw, contract, or resolution, indemnify or agree to indemnify any
one or more of its directors, officers, employees or agents against
liability and expenses in any proceeding (including any proceeding
brought by or on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of
their status as such or their activities in any of the foregoing
capacities. However, the corporation may not indemnify or agree to
indemnify a person against liability or expenses he may incur on
account of activities which were at the time taken, known or
believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best
interests of the corporation. Any provision in a
corporation&#x2019;s charter or bylaws or in a contract or
resolution may include provisions for recovery from the corporation
of reasonable costs, expenses and attorney&#x2019;s fees in
connection with the enforcement of rights to indemnification
granted therein and may further include provisions establishing
reasonable procedures for determining and enforcing such
rights.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Parties entitled to
indemnification.</font> The NCBCA defines &#x201C;director&#x201D; to
include ex-directors and the estate or personal representative of a
director. Unless its charter provides otherwise, a corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent of
the corporation to the same extent as to a director and also may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent who
is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, as
may be provided in its charter or bylaws, by general or specific
action of its board of directors, or by contract.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Indemnification by
Peoples.</font> Peoples&#x2019; bylaws provide for indemnification
of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law against liability and litigation expense arising out
of such status or activities in such capacity. Peoples&#x2019;
articles of incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent
provided by the NCBCA, no director or former director shall be
personally liable to Peoples or any of its shareholders or
otherwise for monetary damages for breach of any duty as a
director.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Insurance.</font> The NCBCA
provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent to the corporation against certain liabilities incurred by
such persons, whether or not the corporation is otherwise
authorized under North Carolina law to indemnify such party.
Peoples currently maintains directors&#x2019; and officers&#x2019;
insurance policies covering its directors and
officers.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Summary Only.</font> The
foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of North
Carolina law dealing with indemnification of directors and officers
and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, Peoples&#x2019;
articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended, which
contain detailed specific provisions regarding the circumstances
under which, and the person for whose benefit, indemnification
shall or may be made.</font></div>
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</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;">Item 7.</font>
<font style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;">Item&#xA0;8.</font>
<font style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Exhibits.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed on the Exhibit
Index, which appears elsewhere in this Registration Statement and
is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;">Item 9.</font>
<font style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Undertakings.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(1)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post- effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(i)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(ii)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of a prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#x201C;Calculation of Registration Fee&#x201D; table in the
effective Registration Statement;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(iii)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;To
include any material information with respect to the Plans of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(2)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(3)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(4)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
to any purchaser:</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(i)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;If
the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(A)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Each
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall
be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date
the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
Registration Statement; and</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(B)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5)
or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule
430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i),
(vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required
by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part
of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of
the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for
liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that
date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the
securities in the Registration Statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided,
however, that no statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify
any statement that was made in the Registration Statement or
prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made in
any such document immediately prior to such effective date;
or</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(ii)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;If
the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement
relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying
on Rule 430B or other than prospectus filed in reliance on Rule
430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the Registration
Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of
first use.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(5)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under
the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of
the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a
primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant
pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,
if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(i)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(ii)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned Registrant;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(iii)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned
Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant; and</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(iv)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plans&#x2019; annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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<div style="display: table-cell; width: 48px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(h)&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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SIGNATURES</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton,
State of North Carolina, on March 18, 2021.</font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Times New Roman"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">President and Chief
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<a name="poa">P</a>OWER OF ATTORNEY AND
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Lance A. Sellers and Jeffrey N.
Hooper and each of them, with full power to act without the other,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on March 18, 2021.</font></div>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Lance A.
Sellers</font><br></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Lance
A. Sellers</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">President
and Chief Executive Officer</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(principal
executive officer)</font></div>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Jeffrey N.
Hooper</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Jeffrey
N. Hooper</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and
accounting officer)</font></div>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Robert C.
Abernethy</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Robert
C. Abernethy</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Chairman
of the Board</font></div>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ James S.
Abernethy</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">James
S. Abernethy</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Douglas S.
Howard</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Douglas
S. Howard</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
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</tr><tr>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ John W.
Lineberger, Jr.</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">John W.
Lineberger, Jr.</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
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<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Gary E.
Matthews</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Gary E.
Matthews</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">
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</td>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Billy L. Price,
M.D.</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Billy
L. Price, M.D.</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Larry E.
Robinson</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Larry
E. Robinson</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">
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</td>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ William Gregory
Terry</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">William
Gregory Terry</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">
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</td>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<font style="text-decoration: underline"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">/s/ Dan Ray
Timmerman, Sr.</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Dan Ray
Timmerman, Sr.</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="text-decoration: underline">/s/ Benjamin I.
Zachary</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Benjamin
I. Zachary</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
</td>
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EXHIBIT INDEX</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">
Exhibit</font></div>
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No.<br></font></font></font></div>
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Description</font></font></font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000095010999003230/0000950109-99-003230.txt">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">4.1</font></a></div>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (3)(i) to the Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 2,
1999 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000119312508260655/dex31.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">4.2</font></a></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Articles
of Amendment dated December 19, 2008, regarding the Series A
Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(1) to the
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2008 (SEC File No.
000-27205).</font></div>
</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000165495420011809/pebk_10q.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">4.3</font></a></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Articles
of Amendment dated February 26, 2010 incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (3)(2) to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 25,
2010 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000109367215000033/ex3_ii.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">4.4</font></a></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Second
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (3)(ii) to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
June 24, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/000095010999003230/0000950109-99-003230.txt">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">4.5</font></a></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Specimen
Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (4) to the
Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 2, 1999 (SEC File No.
000-27205).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Description
of Registrant&#x2019;s Securities, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (4)(ii) to Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K filed with the
SEC on March 16, 2020 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Opinion of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey &amp; Leonard, L.L.P.
as to the validity of the shares of the Registrant&#x2019;s common
stock.*</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consent
of Elliott Davis, PLLC, independent registered public accounting
firm of the Registrant.<font style="color: #000000">*</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consent
of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, and Leonard, LLP (included
in Exhibit 5.1).*</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Power
of Attorney (included in the signature page hereof).*</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">2020
Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan, incorporated
herein by reference to Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement
on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 25, 2020 (SEC File No.
000-27205).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Omnibus
Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC
on March 20, 2009 (SEC File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Description
of Service Recognition Program incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10(i) to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2003 (SEC
File No. 000-27205).</font></div>
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pebk_s8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19,
2021.
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
__________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________________
PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NORTH CAROLINA
56-2132396
(State
or jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
Employer
Incorporation
or organization)
Identification
No.)
518 West C Street
Newton, North Carolina 28658
(Address
of principal executive offices)
2020 Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive
Plan;
Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan; and Service
Recognition Program
(Full
title of the Plans)
Lance A. SellersPresident and Chief Executive Officer518 West C
Street
Newton, North Carolina 28658
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(828) 464-5620
(Telephone
Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With Copies To:
Randall
A. Underwood
Brooks,
Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P.
230 N.
Elm Street, Suite 2000
Greensboro,
North Carolina 27401
Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" "smaller
reporting company" and "emerging growth company"
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large
accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated
filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☒
Smaller
reporting company
☒
Emerging
growth company
☐
Title of
Securitiesto be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common
stock, no par value per share
340,000
(1)
$25.93
(2)
$8,816,200
(2)
$961.85
(1)
This registration
statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
covers, in addition to the above number of shares of Peoples
Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. ("Peoples" or the
"Registrant") common stock, no par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), an additional indeterminate number of
shares to be offered or issued pursuant to the 2020 Omnibus Stock
Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan, the Omnibus Stock Ownership
and Long Term Incentive Plan, and the Service Recognition Program
(collectively, the "Plans") upon adjustments or changes
made to the registered securities by reason of any stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions as permitted by Rule 416(a)
and Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
(2)
Estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the
average ($25.93) of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on March 17,
2021.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of
Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to
Part I of Form S-8. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") allows
Peoples to incorporate by reference the information that Peoples
discloses in its filings with the SEC. Incorporation by reference
means that Peoples can disclose important information by referring
to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information
that Peoples files with the SEC will automatically update and
supersede this information. The following documents previously
filed by Peoples with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated herein by reference:
2
●
Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with
the SEC on March 19, 2021 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
●
The Company's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on
March 25, 2020 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
●
Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 25, 2021 and March 4, 2021
(other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed)
(SEC File No. 000-27205).
●
The description of
the Common Stock contained in Exhibit (4)(ii) to Amendment No. 1 to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020 (SEC File No.
000-27205).
Any
document filed by Peoples pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby
have been sold or that deregisters all the securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such document. Any statement incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel
.
Not
applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
.
The
North Carolina Business Corporation Act ("NCBCA")
provides for indemnification by a corporation of its officers,
directors, employees and agents, and any person who is or was
serving at the corporation's request as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity or enterprise or as a trustee
or administrator under an employee benefit Plans, against liability
and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in any
proceeding (including without limitation a proceeding brought by or
on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as
such or their activities in any of the foregoing
capacities.
Permissible
indemnification.
Under the NCBCA, a corporation may, but is
not required to, indemnify any such person against liability and
expenses incurred in any such proceeding, provided such person
conducted himself or herself in good faith and (i) in the case of
conduct in his or her official capacity, reasonably believed that
his or her conduct was in the corporation's best interests,
and (ii) in all other cases, reasonably believed that his or her
conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation's best
interests; and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, where he or
she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. However, a corporation may not indemnify such person
either in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the
corporation in which such person was adjudged liable to the
corporation, or in connection with any other proceeding charging
improper personal benefit to such person (whether or not involving
action in an official capacity) in which such person was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly
received.
Mandatory
indemnification.
Unless limited by the corporation's
charter, the NCBCA requires a corporation to indemnify a director
or officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the
merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which such
person was a party because he or she is or was a director or
officer of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
Advance for
expenses
.
Expenses
incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation in defending a proceeding may be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding
as authorized by the board of directors of the specific case, or as
authorized by the charter or bylaws or by any applicable resolution
or contract, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay amounts advanced unless it ultimately is determined
that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation
against such expenses.
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Court-ordered
indemnification.
Unless otherwise provided in the
corporation's charter, a director or officer of the
corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for
indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to
another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt of an
application, the court, after giving any notice the court deems
necessary, may order indemnification if it determines either (i)
that the director or officer is entitled to mandatory
indemnification as described above, in which case the court also
will order the corporation to pay the reasonable expenses incurred
to obtain the court-ordered indemnification, or (ii) that the
director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether
or not such person met the requisite standard of conduct or was
adjudged liable to the corporation in connection with a proceeding
by or in the right of the corporation or on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received in connection with any other
proceeding so charging (but if adjudged so liable, indemnification
is limited to reasonable expenses incurred).
Voluntary
indemnification.
In addition to and separate and apart from
"permissible" and "mandatory"
indemnification described above, a corporation may, by charter,
bylaw, contract, or resolution, indemnify or agree to indemnify any
one or more of its directors, officers, employees or agents against
liability and expenses in any proceeding (including any proceeding
brought by or on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of
their status as such or their activities in any of the foregoing
capacities. However, the corporation may not indemnify or agree to
indemnify a person against liability or expenses he may incur on
account of activities which were at the time taken, known or
believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best
interests of the corporation. Any provision in a
corporation's charter or bylaws or in a contract or
resolution may include provisions for recovery from the corporation
of reasonable costs, expenses and attorney's fees in
connection with the enforcement of rights to indemnification
granted therein and may further include provisions establishing
reasonable procedures for determining and enforcing such
rights.
Parties entitled to
indemnification.
The NCBCA defines "director" to
include ex-directors and the estate or personal representative of a
director. Unless its charter provides otherwise, a corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent of
the corporation to the same extent as to a director and also may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee or agent who
is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, as
may be provided in its charter or bylaws, by general or specific
action of its board of directors, or by contract.
Indemnification by
Peoples.
Peoples' bylaws provide for indemnification
of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law against liability and litigation expense arising out
of such status or activities in such capacity. Peoples'
articles of incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent
provided by the NCBCA, no director or former director shall be
personally liable to Peoples or any of its shareholders or
otherwise for monetary damages for breach of any duty as a
director.
Insurance.
The NCBCA
provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent to the corporation against certain liabilities incurred by
such persons, whether or not the corporation is otherwise
authorized under North Carolina law to indemnify such party.
Peoples currently maintains directors' and officers'
insurance policies covering its directors and
officers.
Summary Only.
The
foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of North
Carolina law dealing with indemnification of directors and officers
and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the relevant statutes, Peoples'
articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended, which
contain detailed specific provisions regarding the circumstances
under which, and the person for whose benefit, indemnification
shall or may be made.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed on the Exhibit
Index, which appears elsewhere in this Registration Statement and
is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post- effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)           To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)           To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of a prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement;
(iii)           To
include any material information with respect to the Plans of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)           That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)           To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4)           That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
to any purchaser:
(i)           If
the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A)           Each
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall
be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date
the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
Registration Statement; and
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(B)           Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5)
or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule
430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i),
(vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required
by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part
of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of
the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for
liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that
date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the
securities in the Registration Statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided,
however, that no statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify
any statement that was made in the Registration Statement or
prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made in
any such document immediately prior to such effective date;
or
(ii)           If
the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement
relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying
on Rule 430B or other than prospectus filed in reliance on Rule
430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the Registration
Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of
first use.
(5)           That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under
the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of
the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a
primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant
pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,
if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)           Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
(ii)           Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned Registrant;
(iii)           The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned
Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant; and
(iv)           Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plans' annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h)
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton,
State of North Carolina, on March 18, 2021.
PEOPLES BANCORP OF
NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
By:
/s/
Lance A.
Sellers
Lance A.
Sellers
President and Chief
Executive Officer
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P
OWER OF ATTORNEY AND
SIGNATURES
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Lance A. Sellers and Jeffrey N.
Hooper and each of them, with full power to act without the other,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on March 18, 2021.
Signatures
Title
/s/ Lance A.
Sellers
Lance
A. Sellers
President
and Chief Executive Officer
(principal
executive officer)
/s/ Jeffrey N.
Hooper
Jeffrey
N. Hooper
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and
accounting officer)
/s/ Robert C.
Abernethy
Robert
C. Abernethy
Chairman
of the Board
/s/ James S.
Abernethy
James
S. Abernethy
Director
/s/ Douglas S.
Howard
Douglas
S. Howard
Director
/s/ John W.
Lineberger, Jr.
John W.
Lineberger, Jr.
Director
/s/ Gary E.
Matthews
Gary E.
Matthews
Director
/s/ Billy L. Price,
M.D.
Billy
L. Price, M.D.
Director
/s/ Larry E.
Robinson
Larry
E. Robinson
Director
/s/ William Gregory
Terry
William
Gregory Terry
Director
/s/ Dan Ray
Timmerman, Sr.
Dan Ray
Timmerman, Sr.
Director
/s/ Benjamin I.
Zachary
Benjamin
I. Zachary
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (3)(i) to the Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 2,
1999 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
4.2
Articles
of Amendment dated December 19, 2008, regarding the Series A
Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(1) to the
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2008 (SEC File No.
000-27205).
4.3
Articles
of Amendment dated February 26, 2010 incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (3)(2) to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 25,
2010 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
4.4
Second
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (3)(ii) to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
June 24, 2015 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
4.5
Specimen
Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (4) to the
Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 2, 1999 (SEC File No.
000-27205).
4.6
Description
of Registrant's Securities, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (4)(ii) to Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K filed with the
SEC on March 16, 2020 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
5.1
Opinion of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P.
as to the validity of the shares of the Registrant's common
stock.*
23.1
Consent
of Elliott Davis, PLLC, independent registered public accounting
firm of the Registrant.
*
23.2
Consent
of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, and Leonard, LLP (included
in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1
Power
of Attorney (included in the signature page hereof).*
99.1
2020
Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan, incorporated
herein by reference to Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement
on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 25, 2020 (SEC File No.
000-27205).
99.2
Omnibus
Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10(o) to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC
on March 20, 2009 (SEC File No. 000-27205).
99.3
Description
of Service Recognition Program incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10(i) to the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2003 (SEC
File No. 000-27205).
* Filed
herewith
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