First Community Corporation and DutchFork Bancshares, Inc. Approve Pending Merger

First Community Corporation and DutchFork Bancshares, Inc.
Approve Pending Merger 


LEXINGTON, S.C., Sept. 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Community Corporation
(NASDAQ:FCCO) and DutchFork Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DFBS) announced today that
their shareholders overwhelmingly approved their pending merger at meetings
held yesterday.  The merger is expected to close on or about October 1, 2004
subject to receipt of all regulatory approvals.

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First Community Corporation is the holding company for First Community Bank
which operates seven banking offices in the Midlands of South Carolina with an
eighth office currently under construction.  DutchFork Bancshares, Inc. is the
holding company for Newberry Federal Savings Bank, which operates three banking
offices in Newberry County, South Carolina. 



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DATASOURCE: First Community Corporation



CONTACT:  Michael C. Crapps, President & CEO of First Community

Corporation, [phone]; or J. Thomas Johnson, Chairman & CEO of

DutchFork Bancshares, Inc., [phone]

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