- Termination of Registration of a Class of Security under Section 12(g) (15-12G)

 

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	FORM 15

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS

UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 .

 

Commission File Number   000-22842

 

First Bancshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

142 East First Street, Mountain Grove, Missouri, 65711, [phone]

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Common Stock, $.01 par value

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

 

 

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)	x
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)	o
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)	x
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)	o
Rule 15d-6	o

 

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 398

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 First Bancshares, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

Date:	June 8, 2012		By:	/s/R. Bradley Weaver
				R. Bradley Weaver, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

 

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