firstbanc_8k-030811.htm
 



 
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)
March 7, 2011
 
 

 
The First Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
Mississippi
33-94288
64-0862173
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 

 
6480 U.S. Hwy 98 West, Hattiesburg, MS
 
39402
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(601) 268-8998
 

 
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
 
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
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Item 8.01  Other Events.

Legal Proceedings.  On March 7, 2011 an Agreed Order of Dismissal was entered in the litigation styled Nick D. Welch v. Oak Grove Land Company, Inc., Fred McMurry, David E. Johnson, J. Douglas Seidenburg, The First, a National Banking Association, The First Bancshares, Inc., and John Does 1 through 10, Civil Action No. 2006-236-CV4.  The litigation had been pending in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi, Second Judicial District, as previously disclosed by the Company.





 
 

 

  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.


Dated:         March 8, 2011

                    THE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.


                          By: /s/ DeeDee Lowery                                              
                          Name: DeeDee Lowery
                          Title:   Chief Financial Officer