{"url_path":"/sec/pebk/8-k/2026-07-20/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/0001654954-26-006729-index.html","accession_number":"0001654954-26-006729","cik":"0001093672","ticker":"PEBK","issuer_name":"PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093672/0001654954-26-006729-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001093672","primary_entity_name":"PEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA INC"},"word_count":276,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits**\n\n \n\n(d) Exhibits\n\n \n\n \n\n[(99)(a)](pebk_ex99a.htm)\n\n[Press Release dated July 20, 2026](pebk_ex99a.htm)\n\n \n\n**Disclosure about forward-looking statements**\n\n \n\nStatements made in this Form 8-K, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of management and on the information available to management at the time that this report was prepared.  These statements can be identified by the use of words like “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” and “believe,” variations of these words and other similar expressions.  Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.** **Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, changes in interest rate environment, management’s business strategy, national, regional, and local market conditions and legislative and regulatory conditions.\n\n \n\nThe Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.  Readers should also carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.\n\n \n\n \n\n3\n\n*Table of Contents*\n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant 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.\n\n \n\n \n\nPEOPLES BANCORP OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDate: July 20, 2026\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Jeffrey N. Hooper\n\n \n\n \n\nJeffrey N. Hooper\n\n \n\n \n\nExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n4"}