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Message
215 N. Pine Street
Spartanburg, S.C. 29302

Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

          We cordially invite you to attend the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of First National Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for First National Bank of the South.  At the meeting, we will report on our performance in 2004 and answer your questions.  We are excited about our accomplishments and we look forward to discussing both our accomplishments and our plans with you.  We hope that you can attend the meeting and look forward to seeing you there.

          This letter serves as your official notice that we will hold the meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. at our main office facility at 215 N. Pine St., Spartanburg, South Carolina for the following purposes:            

 

1.

To elect four members to the Board of Directors of the Company; and

 

2.

To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment of the meeting.

          Shareholders owning our common stock at the close of business on March 1, 2005 are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting.  A complete list of these shareholders will be available at our main office prior to the meeting.

          Please use this opportunity to take part in the affairs of your company by voting on the business to come before this meeting.  Even if you plan to attend the meeting, we encourage you to complete and return the enclosed proxy to us as promptly as possible. 

By order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ JERRY L. CALVERT

 

/s/ NORMAN F. PULLIAM


 


Jerry L. Calvert

 

Norman F. Pulliam

President and CEO

 

Chairman

 

 

 

Spartanburg, South Carolina

 

 

March 29, 2005

 

 




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FIRST NATIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.
215 N. Pine Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302

Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be Held on April 19, 2005

          Our Board of Directors is soliciting proxies for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  This proxy statement contains important information for you to consider when deciding how to vote on the matters brought before the meeting.  We encourage you to read it carefully.

Voting Information

          The Board has set March 1, 2005 as the record date for the meeting.  Shareholders owning our common stock at the close of business on that date are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting, with each share entitled to one vote.  There were 1,802,846 shares outstanding on the record date of March 1, 2005. A majority of the outstanding shares of common stock represented at the meeting will constitute a quorum.  We will count abstentions and broker non-votes, which are described below, in determining whether a quorum exists.

          Many of our shareholders hold their shares through a stockbroker, bank, or other nominee rather than directly in their own name.  If you hold your shares in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in street name, and these materials are being forwarded to you by your broker or nominee, which is considered the shareholder of record with respect to those shares. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or nominee how to vote and are also invited to attend the annual meeting. However, since you are not the shareholder of record, you may not vote these shares in person at the meeting unless you obtain a signed proxy from the shareholder of record giving you the right to vote the shares. Your broker or nominee has enclosed or provided a voting instruction card for you to use to direct your broker or nominee how to vote these shares.

          When you sign the proxy card, you appoint Jerry L. Calvert and Norman F. Pulliam as your representatives at the meeting.  Mr. Calvert and Mr. Pulliam will vote your proxy as you have instructed them on the proxy card.  If you submit a proxy but do not specify how you would like it to be voted, Mr. Calvert and Mr. Pulliam will vote your proxy for the election to the Board of Directors of all nominees listed below under “Election Of Directors”. We are not aware of any other matters to be considered at the meeting.  However, if any other matters come before the meeting, Mr. Calvert and Mr. Pulliam will vote your proxy on such matters in accordance with their judgment.

          You may revoke your proxy and change your vote at any time before the polls close at the meeting.  You may do this by signing and delivering another proxy with a later date or by voting in person at the meeting. Brokers who hold shares for the accounts of their clients may vote these shares either as directed by their clients or in their own discretion if permitted by the exchange or other organization of which they are members.  Proxies that brokers do not vote on some proposals but that they do vote on others are referred to as “broker non-votes” with respect to the proposals not voted upon.  A broker non-vote does not count as a vote in favor of or against a particular proposal for which the broker has no discretionary voting authority.  In addition, if a shareholder abstains from voting on a particular proposal, the abstention does not count as a vote in favor of or against the proposal.

          We are paying for the costs of preparing and mailing the proxy materials and of reimbursing brokers and others for their expenses of forwarding copies of the proxy materials to our shareholders.  Upon written or oral request, we will promptly deliver a separate copy of our annual report, our annual report on Form 10-KSB, or this proxy statement to our shareholders at a shared address to which a single copy of the document was delivered.  Our officers and employees may assist in soliciting proxies but will not receive additional compensation for doing so.  We are distributing this proxy statement on or about March 29, 2005.

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Proposal No. 1:  Election of Directors

          The Board of Directors is divided into three classes with staggered terms, so that the terms of only approximately one-third of the Board members expire at each annual meeting.  The current terms of the Class III directors, whose names are listed below, will expire at the meeting:

Class III

C. Dan Adams
Martha Cloud Chapman
Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr.
Coleman L. Young, Jr.

          Shareholders will elect four nominees as Class III directors at the meeting to serve a three-year term, expiring at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.  The directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting.  This means that the four nominees receiving the highest number of votes will be elected. 

          The Board of Directors recommends that you elect C. Dan Adams, Martha Cloud Chapman, Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr., and Coleman L. Young, Jr., as Class III directors.

          If you submit a proxy but do not specify how you would like it to be voted, Mr. Calvert and Mr. Pulliam will vote your proxy to elect Mr. Adams, Ms. Chapman, Dr. Gilmore and Mr. Young.  If any of these nominees is unable or fails to accept nomination or election (which we do not anticipate), Mr. Calvert and Mr. Pulliam will vote instead for a replacement to be recommended by the Board of Directors, unless you specifically instruct otherwise in the proxy.

          Set forth below is certain information about the nominees.  Each of the nominees is also an organizer and director of our subsidiary, First National Bank of the South.

          C. Dan Adams, 45, Class III director, has been the president and principal owner of The Capital Corporation of America, Inc., an investment banking company located in Spartanburg, since 1991.  He is also president and owner of The Capital Finance Group, Inc., a merger and acquisitions company located in Spartanburg.  From 1981 until 1991, he was an employee and vice president of C&S National Bank.  Mr. Adams maintains an active role in the business community with ownership interests in several hotel, assisted living, and restaurant businesses.  Mr. Adams holds SEC Series 22 and SEC Series 63 and Series 62 licenses from the NASD, is a certified business intermediary, and has a Masters Mergers & Acquisitions designation.  He graduated from the University of South Carolina-Upstate in 1983 with a degree in business administration.  He is a graduate of The Banking School of the South (Louisiana State University, 1989) and is a Certified Commercial Investment member.  He is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg.

          Martha Cloud Chapman, 82, Class III director, graduated from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro in 1942 with a degree in art.  Ms. Chapman previously was the first female board member of the Spartanburg County Foundation, the South Carolina Development Board, and the South Carolina Mining Council, and she served as the chairperson of Governor Jim Edward’s Inaugural Ball.  She was also a past board member of the Spartanburg Music Foundation, the South Carolina Election Commission, the South Carolina Health Coordinating Commission, and the Palmetto Conservation Foundation. In addition, she served as a Trustee at Queens College for 12 years and is a past member of Clemson University’s board of visitors.  Ms. Chapman currently serves on the board of directors for the South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind Foundation, Spartanburg Methodist College, the Palmetto Greenway Alliance and Converse College Alumnae Associates.  Ms. Chapman is currently an elder of the First Presbyterian Church, a sustainer of the Junior League of Spartanburg, and a trustee of the YMCA foundation.

          Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr., 61, Class III director, is Vice President/Customer Relations at Compass Learning, Inc. and the retired superintendent of Spartanburg County School District 7, where he has served in numerous capacities since 1965 including principal, assistant principal, teacher, and athletics coach.  He graduated from Livingstone College in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.  Dr. Gilmore earned his Master’s degree in 1971 from Converse College and received his Ed. S. in Educational Administration studies in 1976 from the University of South Carolina – Spartanburg.  Dr. Gilmore has been an active member of many organizations, serving in various capacities, including advisory board member of BB&T Bank, chairman of the local United Way Board, member of the Lander University Board of Trustees, former chairman of the South Carolina State Election Commission, former Grand Basileus of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and member of the Mary Black Foundation Board of Trustees.  He was inducted into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame in June 2004.

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          Coleman L. Young, Jr., 47, Class III director, has been the president of CLY, Inc., a dry cleaning business located in Spartanburg, since 1994.  Mr. Young also serves as property manager for Coleman Young Family Limited Partnership, a real estate development company, and chairman of Upward Unlimited, a non-profit ministry.  Mr. Young graduated from Clemson University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree.  Mr. Young served on the advisory board of First Union Bank in Spartanburg from 1995 until May 1999 and is a former board member of the Better Business Bureau of the Foothills.  He is currently an active member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg.

          Set forth below is also information about each of our other directors and executive officers.  The terms of the Class I directors expire at the 2006 Annual Shareholders Meeting.  The terms of the Class II directors will expire at the 2007 Annual Shareholders Meeting.  Each director is also an organizer and a director of our subsidiary bank.

          Mellnee G. Buchheit, 57, Class I director, has been the president of Buchheit News Management, Inc., a firm specializing in media investments, since 1993.  From 1980 until 1993, Ms. Buchheit worked in the public relations department for Mid-South Management Company, Inc., a media investment company.  She also serves as a director for Wayne Printing Co., Inc. and Hometown News, Inc.  Ms. Buchheit graduated from Winthrop University with a degree in education in 1969.  She currently serves on the board of trustees for Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg Little Theatre and the Walker Foundation.  She is a past board member of the Arts Council, Friends of the Arts, Science Center, Spartanburg Day School and the Spartanburg Regional County Foundation. Ms. Buchheit is presently a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Lady Slipper Garden Club, the Fannie Louise Holcombe Book Club and the Junior League of Spartanburg (sustainer).

          Jerry L. Calvert, 56, Class I director, is the chief executive officer and president of First National Bancshares, Inc. and the First National Bank of the South.  He has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry.  Mr. Calvert was the senior vice president and regional manager for American Federal Bank from 1984 until March 1999, when he resigned to help organize First National Bank of the South.  From 1977 until 1984, he was vice president and city executive for Southern Bank & Trust, located in Gaffney, South Carolina.  From 1974 until 1977, Mr. Calvert was a loan officer with First National Bank of South Carolina.  Mr. Calvert graduated from Wofford College in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.  He is also a graduate of The Bankers School of the South at Louisiana State University and the National Commercial Lending School at the University of Oklahoma.  Mr. Calvert currently serves on the board of directors of Spartanburg March of Dimes and the board of trustees for Spartanburg Methodist College.  He is a former chairman of the board of the Cities and Schools and a former director and chairman of the board of the Big Brothers/Sisters of Spartanburg.  He is serving as the Chair of the Community Bankers Council of the South Carolina Bankers Association.  He is a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Marine Reserves and a Vietnam veteran.  Mr. Calvert was Rotarian of the Year in 1998-1999 and was 2003-2004 president of the Spartanburg Rotary Club. He was the 2000 chairman of the board of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce. 

          W. Russel Floyd, Jr., 54, Class I director, has been the president of W. R. Floyd Services, Inc., a funeral home and cemetery operation located in Spartanburg, since 1978, and the president of Westwood Memorial Gardens, Inc., a cemetery located in Spartanburg, and the vice president of Piedmont Crematory since 1980.  He also has served as the president of Business Communications, Inc., a local provider of telephone services and equipment since 1984.  Mr. Floyd graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, and he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte in 1977.  He served on the advisory board for Wachovia of Spartanburg from 1994 until April 1999 and was past president of the Spartanburg Boy’s Home for two terms while serving on the board from 1986 until 1999.  Mr. Floyd served on the board of deacons at First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg and the board of trustees for the Spartanburg YMCA.  Mr. Floyd is also a member of the Spartanburg Rotary Club. He is currently serving a four year term on the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board which expires January 2009.

          Dr. Gaines W. Hammond, Jr., 56, Class II director, is a urologist practicing in Spartanburg since 1980 when he founded Hammond Urology, P.A.  Dr. Hammond graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1971 and from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1974 and received surgery and urologic training at Indiana University.  He founded Medstone International of Irvine, California in 1984.  From 1992 to 1996, he served as Chairman of the Board of Maxum Health Care, Inc. headquartered in Dallas, Texas which provides MRI services in 26 states.  He founded Hammond Capital in 1989 which consults, develops, and invests in the medical technology industry.  He is a consultant to Boston Scientific Corporation and holds numerous patents on medical devices.  He is an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg.  He is a board-certified urologic surgeon, is a member of a number of related professional organizations and served as Chairman of the Board of Profit Lab from 2001 to 2004. He has also served as chairman of the Mary Black Physicians Group and Leadership Council.

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          Benjamin R. Hines, 48, Class II director, has been president of Spencer/Hines Properties, a commercial real estate firm located in Spartanburg since 1986.  He has been involved in numerous real estate brokerage and development projects including retail, office, and industrial facilities.  Mr. Hines was also President of Palmetto Golf, Inc., a golf course management company, and currently serves as a partner in Advance Business Funding, LLC, a local company specializing in factoring.  He also holds South Carolina and North Carolina real estate licenses, and he has been licensed as a Certified Financial Planner since 1989.  Mr. Hines graduated from Wofford College in 1978 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.  He has served on the Eastern Regional Advisory Board of American Federal Bank (CCB Financial) from 1994 until April 1999.  In addition, he has acted as a Board Member for the Pine Street YMCA and the Mary Black Hospital Advisory Committee and was Chairman of the Board for Child Evangelism Fellowship, a non-profit Christian Ministry.

          William A. Hudson, 69, Class I director, founded Diversco, Inc., an outsourcing and contract services business located in Spartanburg, in 1969.  Since 1969, Mr. Hudson has held various positions with Diversco, including chairman and chief executive officer; he is currently vice chairman of Diversco.  He graduated from Clemson University in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education.  Mr. Hudson played professional football for the San Diego Chargers, Boston Patriots, and Montreal Alouettes from 1957 until 1963.  Mr. Hudson remains an active member of the business community maintaining an ownership interest in several real estate entities.  He served on the Wachovia Bank advisory board from 1995 until May 1999.  Mr. Hudson is a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Clemson University Athletic Hall of Fame.  He currently serves on the board of directors for the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Heart Foundation.

          Robert (Bob) W. Murdoch, Jr., 60, is executive vice president and retail banking manager of First National Bank of the South.  He has over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry.  Mr. Murdoch was vice president and executive officer with Spartanburg National Bank from August 1988 until February 2000, when he resigned to join First National Bank of the South.  From 1980 until 1988 he was vice president and regional consumer banking manager with Southern Bank.  From 1970 until 1980, Mr. Murdoch was assistant vice president and branch manager with South Carolina National Bank.  Mr. Murdoch is a 1987 graduate of the Banker’s School of the South at Louisiana State University.  Mr. Murdoch currently serves on the board of directors of the American Institute of Banking and also serves as a board member of the Cancer Association of Spartanburg and Cherokee County.  Mr. Murdoch is also a member of Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Home Builders Association.

          Kitty B. Payne, CPA, 34, is executive vice president and chief financial officer of First National Bancshares, Inc. and First National Bank of the South.  Ms. Payne was most recently employed with KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP as a senior tax manager from 1992 until November 1999 where she worked extensively with community banks in the Carolinas.  Ms. Payne received her bachelor’s degree in financial management and accounting from Clemson University in 1992. She currently serves as president of the Breakfast of Spartanburg Business & Professional Women’s Club.   She is an active member of the Spartanburg board of the Urban League of the Upstate, the Uptown Sertoma Club and Junior Achievement of Spartanburg. She is a member of the Clemson University Department of Finance Advisory Board and serves on the board of the Young Bankers Division of the South Carolina Bankers Association.  She was named the 2002 Young Careerist by the South Carolina Business & Professional Women.

          Norman F. Pulliam, 62, Class I director, is the chairman of our board.  He was president of Pulliam Investment Company from 1970 to 1999, when he was elected chairman of the board of directors.  Pulliam Investment Company is a real estate development, investment and property management firm.  He is a graduate of Clemson University and Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a past member of the board of visitors of Clemson University and the board of trustees of Spartanburg Day School.  He served for thirteen years as co-chairman of the board of directors of the Spartanburg Development Council and has served on the executive committee of the board of directors for the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce.  He is past chairman of the Piedmont Chapter of the American Red Cross, past president of the Spartanburg Boys’ Home, Spartanburg Arts Council, and currently chairman of the board of commissioners for the South Carolina School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Handicapped.  He is trustee of the Walker Foundation, the Spartanburg Regional Foundation and Limestone College.

          Peter E. Weisman, 67, Class II director, is an owner and managing member of Peter Weisman / Kinney Hill Associates, LLC, a real estate development company established in 1989 and located in Spartanburg.  Mr. Weisman has also been a general partner of P & J Realty Co., a real estate development company located in New York, New York, since 1969.  He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961 with a degree in architecture.  Mr. Weisman is an AIA licensed architect and an active member of the Society of 1921 Spartanburg Regional Foundation.

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          Donald B. Wildman, 55, Class II director, is a managing partner of the law firm of Johnson, Smith, Hibbard, and Wildman, LLP.  Mr. Wildman has been a transactions attorney with the firm since 1974.  He maintains an active role in the business community with ownership interests in several real estate properties in the Spartanburg area.  He graduated from Wofford College in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and received his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1974.  He is an active member of the Spartanburg County Home Builders Association, the Spartanburg County Historical Association, and the Real Estate Practices Section Council of the South Carolina Bar Association and a member and elder of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg.  Mr. Wildman has served as chairman of both the City of Spartanburg Board of Architectural Design and Historical Review and the City Planning Commission.

          David H. Zabriskie, 43, is executive vice president, chief lending officer and CRA officer.  He has over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry.  Mr. Zabriskie was first vice president and commercial lending manager with American Federal Bank (CCB Financial) from September 1995 until December 1999, when he resigned to join First National Bank.  Mr. Zabriskie has also served as a bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office of Thrift Supervision.  Mr. Zabriskie received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Furman University in 1984.  He is an active member of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement, the Board of Trustees for the Walker Foundation (School for the Deaf and Blind), the Spartanburg Downtown Rotary Club, the Arts Partnership of Spartanburg County and the Boys and Girls Club.

Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

Summary of Cash and Certain Other Compensation

          The following table shows the compensation we paid to our president and chief executive officer for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and for all other executives who earned over $100,000 for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Summary Compensation Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Long Term
Compensation
Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Compensation

 

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary

 

Other
Annual
Compensation

 

Bonus(1)

 

All Other
Compensation(3)

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Jerry L. Calvert

 

 

2004

 

$

153,375

 

 

(2)

 

$

80,000

 

$

6,381

 

 

—  

 

President, CEO and Director

 

 

2003

 

$

132,001

 

 

(2)

 

$

66,843

 

$

6,678

 

 

—  

 

     of the Company and the Bank

 

 

2002

 

$

121,290

 

 

(2)

 

$

31,256

 

$

3,603

 

 

—  

 

Kitty B. Payne

 

 

2004

 

$

103,562

 

 

(2)

 

$

51,328

 

$

3,107

 

 

—  

 

Executive Vice President and Chief

 

 

2003

 

$

98,875

 

 

(2)

 

$

31,000

 

$

3,536

 

 

—  

 

     Financial Officer of the Company

 

 

2002

 

$

90,738

 

 

(2)

 

$

19,000

 

$

1,361

 

 

—  

 

     and the Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David H. Zabriskie

 

 

2004

 

$

109,000

 

 

(2)

 

$

54,880

 

$

1,111

 

 

—  

 

Executive Vice President and Chief

 

 

2003

 

$

98,901

 

 

(2)

 

$

31,000

 

$

1,769

 

 

—  

 

     Lending Officer of the Bank

 

 

2002

 

$

90,738

 

 

(2)

 

$

19,000

 

$

681

 

 

—  

 

Robert W. Murdoch, Jr.

 

 

2004

 

$

96,165

 

 

(2)

 

$

47,300

 

$

2,894

 

 

—  

 

Executive Vice President and Retail

 

 

2003

 

$

91,804

 

 

(2)

 

$

27,000

 

$

3,230

 

 

—  

 

     Banking Manager of the Bank

 

 

2002

 

$

84,505

 

 

(2)

 

$

15,500

 

$

1,281

 

 

—  

 



(1)

Bonuses awarded for the fiscal year were paid in the subsequent fiscal year.

 

 

(2)

Executive officers also receive indirect compensation in the form of certain prerequisites and other personal benefits which did not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10 percent of the executive’s annual salary and bonus.

 

 

(3)

The amount for Mr. Calvert for 2004 is comprised of (i) $1,780 in term life insurance premiums, not generally available to other employees, paid by us on behalf of Mr. Calvert and (ii) $4,601 contributed to the First National Retirement Savings Plan to match Mr. Calvert’s pre-tax deferral contributions, which have fully vested.  Amounts for all other executives represent amounts contributed to the First National Retirement Savings Plan to match pre-tax deferral contributions, which were fully vested as of March 1, 2005.

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Aggregated Option Exercise and Year-End Option Values

          The following table shows the number of shares covered by both exercisable and non-exercisable options owned by the individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table as of December 31, 2004.   Also reported are the values for “in-the-money” options, which represent the positive spread between the exercise price of any such existing options and the year-end price of First National Bancshares, Inc. common stock. There were no stock option exercises by these individuals during the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

 

Number of Unexercised Securities Underlying Options at Fiscal Year End

 

Value of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at
Fiscal Year End (1)

 

Name

 

Exercisable/Non-exercisable

 

Exercisable/Non-exercisable

 


 


 


 

Jerry L. Calvert

 

 

96,000/24,000

 

$

1,903,680/$475,920

 

Kitty B. Payne

 

 

12,900/3,600

 

$

255,330/$71,070

 

David  H. Zabriskie

 

 

12,900/3,600

 

$

255,330/$71,070

 

Robert W. Murdoch, Jr.

 

 

12,900/3,600

 

$

255,330/$71,070

 



(1)

The values shown equal the difference between the exercise price of unexercised in-the-money options and the closing market price of the underlying common stock at December 31, 2004 of $26.50 per share.  We determined the market price by using the last trade of which we are aware on or before December 31, 2004.  Options are in-the-money if the fair market value of the common stock exceeds the exercise price of the option. The number of unexercised securities underlying options at fiscal year end reflects the 3 for 2 stock split distributed on March 1, 2004.

Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year

          In 2004, we granted 16,250 options to employees at an exercise price equal to the market value of the company’s common stock on the date of the grant. The shares were granted pursuant to the First National Bancshares, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, approved by our board of directors and shareholders. No named executive officers received grants during 2004. We may grant a total of 270,000 stock options under the plan to our officers, directors and employees. The number of stock options reflects the 3 for 2 stock split distributed on March 1, 2004.

Employment Agreements

          On September 10, 2004, First National Bancshares, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, First National Bank of the South, entered into a new employment agreement with Jerry L. Calvert to serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company and the bank.  This agreement is for a term of three years and is extended automatically at the end of each year so that the remaining term continues to be three years.  Under the agreement, Mr. Calvert will receive a base salary of $160,000 per year, which may be increased from time to time with the approval from the board of directors.  He will also receive his medical insurance premium.  He is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus of up to 50% of his base salary based on the accomplishment of performance goals established by the board of directors.  Mr. Calvert is entitled to a term life insurance policy in the amount of $500,000 payable to his designated beneficiaries and an accident liability policy totaling $1,000,000.  Mr. Calvert will receive an automobile or an automobile allowance and is entitled to participate in all retirement, welfare, and other benefit plans of the company and the bank.  During his employment and for a period of one year thereafter, or during any period that Mr. Calvert is receiving a severance payment under the agreement, he is prohibited from (a) competing with company or the bank within a radius of 40 miles of the main office or any branch or loan production office; (b) soliciting the company’s or the bank’s customers for a competing business; or (c) soliciting the company’s or bank’s employees for a competing business.

          If we terminate the employee agreements for Mr. Calvert without cause, or if Mr. Calvert terminates his agreement for good reason within the 90-day period beginning on the 30th day after a change in control or within the 90-day period beginning on the one year anniversary of a change in control, he will be entitled to severance in an amount equal to his then current monthly base salary multiplied by 36 (24 for a termination without cause), plus any bonus which may have been earned or accrued through the date of termination (including any amounts awarded for previous years but which were not yet vested) and a pro rata share of any bonus with respect to the current fiscal year which may have been earned as of the date of termination.

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          On January 31, 2005, First National Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, First National Bank of the South, entered into employment agreements with Kitty B. Payne, Robert W. Murdoch, Jr., and David H. Zabriskie.  Pursuant to the agreements, Ms. Payne serves as an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the company and the bank and receives an annual base salary of $104,570, Mr. Murdoch serves as an Executive Vice President and Retail Banking Manager of the bank and receives an annual base salary of $96,530, and David Zabriskie serves as an Executive Vice President and Senior Lending Officer of the bank and receives an annual base salary of $112,000.  Each executive’s annual base salary may be increased from time to time with the approval of the board of directors.

          Each agreement is for a term of two years and is extended automatically at the end of each year so that the remaining term continues to be two years; however, the executive or the employer may at any time fix the term to a finite period of two years.  Each executive is entitled to participate in all employee benefit plans or programs of the company and the bank, as well as club dues.  In addition, Messrs. Murdoch and Zabriskie are entitled to the use of an automobile owned or leased by the bank.  During each executive’s employment and for a period of one year thereafter, each executive is prohibited from   (a) competing with the company or the bank within a radius of 30 miles or any office or branch;  (b) soliciting the company’s or bank’s customers for a competing business; or (c) soliciting the company’s or the bank’s employees for a competing business.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each executive may serve as an officer of or consultant to a depository institution or holding company with offices in the restricted territory, if such employment does not involve the restricted territory.  In consideration for the restrictive covenants, each executive received stock options for 2,500 shares with an exercise price of $25.50 per share.

          If we terminate the employment agreements for Ms. Payne or Messrs. Murdoch and Zabriskie without cause, or if Ms. Payne or Messrs. Murdoch and Zabriskie terminate their agreement for good reason within the 90-day period beginning on the 30th day after a change in control, they will be entitled to severance in an amount equal to their then current monthly base salary multiplied by 12, plus any bonus which may have been earned or accrued through the date of termination (including any amounts awarded for previous years but which were not yet vested) and a pro rata share of any bonus with respect to the current fiscal year which may have been earned as of the date of termination.

Report of the Compensation Committee

          The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company is responsible for establishing, implementing and monitoring all compensation policies of the Company and its bank subsidiary, First National Bank of the South. The committee is also responsible for evaluating the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and recommending appropriate compensation levels. The Chief Executive Officer evaluates the performance of the executive officers of the Company and recommends individual compensation levels to the Compensation Committee.

Director Compensation

          During 2004, we paid our outside directors $400 for each board meeting they attended and $200 for each committee meeting they attended.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

          The following table shows how much of our common stock is considered to be beneficially owned by the directors, certain executive officers, and owners of more than 5% of the outstanding common stock, as of March 1, 2005.  Each organizer received a warrant to purchase two shares of common stock at a purchase price of $6.67 per share for every three shares purchased by that organizer in the offering, for a total of 470,000 shares.  These figures reflect the 3 for 2 stock split distributed on March 1, 2004. The warrants, which are represented by separate warrant agreements, vest over a five year period beginning on February 10, 2001 and will be exercisable in whole or in part during the ten-year period following the grant date of February 10, 2000.  Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner is c/o First National Bancshares, Inc., 215 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina  29302.

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Name

 

Shares Beneficially
Owned (1)

 

Right To
Acquire (2)

 

Percent (3)

 


 



 



 



 

C. Dan Adams

 

 

75,000

 

 

50,000

 

 

6.75

%

Mellnee G. Buchheit

 

 

45,000

 

 

30,000

 

 

4.09

%

Jerry L. Calvert  (4)

 

 

45,450

 

 

120,000

 

 

8.60

%

Martha C. Chapman

 

 

30,000

 

 

20,000

 

 

2.74

%

W. Russel Floyd, Jr.

 

 

45,000

 

 

30,000

 

 

4.09

%

Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr.

 

 

15,000

 

 

10,000

 

 

1.38

%

Dr. Gaines W. Hammond, Jr.

 

 

98,272

 

 

60,000

 

 

8.50

%

Benjamin R. Hines

 

 

63,000

 

 

42,000

 

 

5.69

%

Robert W. Murdoch, Jr.

 

 

0

 

 

15,900

 

 

0.87

%

William A. Hudson  (5)

 

 

108,000

 

 

60,000

 

 

9.02

%

Kitty B. Payne

 

 

2,250

 

 

15,900

 

 

1.00

%

Norman F. Pulliam

 

 

94,950

 

 

60,000

 

 

8.32

%

Peter E. Weisman

 

 

49,500

 

 

33,000

 

 

4.49

%

Donald B. Wildman  (6)

 

 

30,150

 

 

20,100

 

 

2.76

%

Coleman L. Young, Jr.

 

 

37,500

 

 

25,000

 

 

3.42

%

David H. Zabriskie

 

 

1,650

 

 

15,900

 

 

0.96

%

All directors & executive officers as a group (16 persons)

 

 

740,722

 

 

607,800

 

 

55.94

%



(1)

Includes shares for which the named person:

 

has sole voting and investment power,

 

has shared voting and investment power with a spouse or other immediate family member in trust, or

 

holds in an IRA or other retirement plan program, unless otherwise indicated in these footnotes.

 

does not include shares that may be acquired by exercising stock options or warrants.

 

 

 

(2)

Includes shares that may be acquired within the next 60 days by exercising vested stock options or warrants but does not include any other stock options or warrants.

 

 

(3)

Based on 1,802,846 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding immediately as of the record date of March 1, 2005 plus the number of shares which the named person exercising all options or warrants has the right to acquire within 60 days, but that no other persons exercise any options or warrants.

 

 

(4)

Includes 150 shares owned by his son Jerry Calvert, Jr., 150 shares owned by his son Timothy R. Calvert and 150 shares owned by his daughter Casey M. Calvert in a trust in which he acts as trustee.

 

 

(5)

Includes 3,000 shares in trust for Alexa S. Hudson, 3,000 shares in trust for Lanie Ann Hudson, 3,000 shares in trust for William Alex Hudson, II, 3,000 shares in trust for John M. Hammond, 3,000 shares in trust for Lillian Grace Hammond and 3,000 shares in trust for Ross H. Hammond in which he acts as trustee.

 

 

(6)

Includes 150 shares in trust for William Reid Wildman in which he acts as custodian.

Corporate Governance

          We periodically review our corporate governance policies and procedures to ensure that we meet the highest standards of ethical conduct, report results with accuracy and transparency and maintain full compliance with the laws, rules and regulations that govern our operations. As part of this periodic review, the Board of Directors reviews and adopts best corporate governance policies and practices for us.

Code of Ethics

          We have adopted a Code of Ethics that is designed to ensure that our directors, executive officers and employees meet the highest standards of ethical conduct. The Code of Ethics requires that our directors, executive officers and employees avoid conflicts of interest, comply with all laws and other legal requirements, conduct business in an honest and ethical manner and otherwise act with integrity and in our best interest. Under the terms of the Code of Ethics, directors, executive officers and employees are required to report any conduct that they believe in good faith to be an actual or apparent violation of the Code of Ethics.

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          As a mechanism to encourage compliance with the Code of Ethics, we have adopted a policy regarding our method of receiving, retaining and treating complaints received regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters. This policy ensures that employees may submit concerns in good faith regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters in a confidential and anonymous manner without fear of dismissal or retaliation of any kind.

Meetings and Committees of the Board of Directors

          Our board of directors has appointed a number of committees, including an audit committee and a compensation committee.  During the year ended December 31, 2004, our board and our bank’s board of directors held twelve meetings. All of our directors are determined to be independent under NASDAQ Rule 4200(a)(15) except our chief executive officer due to his service as our employee. All of our directors and the directors of the bank attended at least 75% of the aggregate of such board and committee meetings. All of our directors attended our 2004 annual meeting. Our board has adopted an attendance policy which requires our directors to attend the annual meeting unless the absence is excused in advance by our board chairman. We have established a process for our shareholders to send communications to our directors. Each of our directors may receive mail at the location of our principal executive offices at 215 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302.

          The audit committee is composed of Coleman L. Young, Jr., Donald B. Wildman (nonvoting member), Mellnee Buchheit, Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr., Dr. Gaines W. Hammond, Jr. and W. Russel Floyd, Jr.  The audit committee met five times in 2004.

          The functions of the audit committee are set forth in its charter, which is included as Appendix A. The initial charter was adopted in March 2000, and amended in February 2002 and November 2003 and was most recently ratified in February 2004 and 2005.   The audit committee has the responsibility of reviewing our financial statements, evaluating internal accounting controls, reviewing reports of regulatory authorities, and determining that all audits and examinations required by law are performed. The audit committee is responsible for overseeing the entire audit function and appraising the effectiveness of internal and external audit efforts.  The audit committee reports its findings to the board of directors.

          The compensation committee is composed of William A. Hudson, Mellnee Buchheit, Martha C. Chapman, Norman F. Pulliam and Coleman L. Young, Jr.  The compensation committee met five times in 2004.

          We do not have a nominating committee or a committee serving a similar function since our entire board of directors considers board nominees for election.

          Our board of directors will consider director candidates recommended by shareholders who submit nominations in accordance with our bylaws.  Shareholders must deliver nominations in writing either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the company no later than (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of shareholders, ninety days in advance of such meeting; and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, following the close of business on the seventh day after notice of the date on which notice of such special meeting is given to shareholder.  Each notice shall set forth: (i) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (ii) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the company entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder; (iv) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the board of directors; and (v) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the company if so elected.  The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure. 

          Our board uses a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating nominees for director. They regularly assess the appropriate size of the board of directors, and whether any vacancies are expected due to retirement or otherwise. If vacancies are anticipated, or otherwise arise, the board considers various potential candidates for director. Candidates may come to their attention through current members of the board, shareholders, or other persons. These candidates are evaluated at regular or special meetings of the board, and may be considered at any point during the year. The board considers properly submitted shareholder recommendations for candidates. In evaluating such recommendations, the board uses the qualifications and standards discussed above and seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on the board of directors.

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Report of the Audit Committee of the Board

          The report of the audit committee shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate the information contained in the report by reference, and shall not be deemed filed under such acts.

          The audit committee has reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements. Management has represented to the audit committee that the financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The audit committee has discussed with the independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61.  The audit committee has received from the independent auditors the written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (“Independence Discussions with Audit Committees”) and has discussed with our independent auditors the independent auditor’s independence from us and our management.  In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the audit committee recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on SEC Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 for filing with the SEC.

          The report of the audit committee is included herein at the direction of its members Coleman L. Young, Jr., Donald B. Wildman (nonvoting member), Mellnee Buchheit, Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr., Dr. Gaines W. Hammond, Jr. and W. Russel Floyd, Jr.  Each of these members is considered independent under Rule 4350 of the National Association of Securities Dealers’ listing standards except for Mr. Wildman who is a nonvoting member. The audit committee does not include an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission as no individual committee member meets the five attributes and qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert”.  However, we believe that our committee members collectively are capable of (i) understanding generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and financial statements, (ii) assessing the general application of GAAP in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves, (iii) analyzing and evaluating our financial statements, (iv) understanding internal controls and procedures for financial reporting, and (v) understanding audit committee functions, all of which are attributes of an audit committee financial expert under the rule adopted by the SEC.  However, to qualify as an audit committee financial expert under these new rules, an individual must also have experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements for a company similar to ours, such as a former chief financial officer or auditor of a community bank.  The board believes that each current member of our audit committee is fully qualified to monitor the performance of management, the public disclosures by the company of its financial condition and performance, our internal accounting operations, and our independent auditors.

Oversight of Accountants; Approval of Accounting Fees

          Under the provisions of its charter, the audit committee recommends to the board the appointment of the independent auditors for the next fiscal year, reviews and approves the auditor’s audit plans, and reviews with the independent auditors the results of the audit and management’s responses. The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures for audit and non-audit services. The pre-approval process requires all services to be performed by our independent auditor to be approved in advance, regardless of amount. These services may include audit services, audit related services, tax services and other services.

Consolidated Audit Fees

          The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Elliott Davis, LLC during the years ended 2004 and 2003 for audit of our annual financial statements and reviews of those financial statements included in our quarterly reports filed on SEC Form 10-QSB totaled $10,342 and $15,610, respectively. The independent auditors billed an additional $15,578 and $7,630 during January 2005 and 2004, respectively, for the above services.

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Audit – Related Fees

          We did not engage the independent auditors to provide, and the independent auditors did not bill for any audit-related fees during the year ended December 31, 2004. The aggregate fees billed for non-audit services, exclusive of the fees disclosed relating to audit fees, rendered by Elliott Davis, LLC during the year ended December 31, 2003 were $1,090. These services principally include the assistance related to the issuance of the Private Placement Memorandum for the offering of trust preferred securities completed in December 2003.

Tax Fees

          We did not engage the independent auditors to provide, and the independent auditors did not bill for, any tax services during the years ended December 31, 2004 or 2003.

All Other Fees

          We did not engage the independent auditors to provide, and the independent auditors did not bill for, any other services during the years ended December 31, 2004 or 2003.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Interests of Management and Others in Certain Transactions

          We enter into banking and other transactions in the ordinary course of business with our directors and officers and their affiliates.  It is our policy that these transactions be on substantially the same terms (including price, or interest rates and collateral) as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with unrelated parties.  We do not expect these transactions to involve more than the normal risk of collectibility nor present other unfavorable features to us or the bank.  Loans to individual directors and officers must also comply with the bank’s lending policies and statutory lending limits, and directors with a personal interest in any loan application are excluded from the consideration of the loan application.  We intend for all of our transactions with our affiliates to be on terms no less favorable to us than could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party and to be approved by a majority of disinterested directors.

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

          As required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, our directors and executive officers and certain other individuals are required to report periodically their ownership of our common stock and any changes in ownership to the SEC.  Based on a review of Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any representations made to us, it appears that these forms were filed in a timely fashion during 2004.

Independent Auditors

          We have selected Elliott Davis, LLC to serve as our independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2005.   We expect that a representative from this firm will be present and available to answer appropriate questions at the annual meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so.

Shareholder Proposals for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

          If shareholders wish a proposal to be included in our proxy statement relating to the 2006 annual meeting, they must deliver a written copy of their proposal to our principal executive offices no later than November 30, 2005.  To ensure we have prompt receipt, the proposal should be sent certified mail, return receipt requested.  Proposals must comply with our bylaws relating to shareholder proposals in order to be included in our proxy materials.

          Any shareholder proposal to be made at our annual meeting, but which is not requested to be included in our proxy materials, must comply with our bylaws.  Proposals must be delivered to our principal executive offices not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the annual meeting provided, however, that if less than 31 days’ notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such written notice must be delivered no later than 10 days after notice of the annual meeting is mailed to shareholders.

          March 29, 2005

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Appendix A

First National Bancshares, Inc.
Charter of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

I.

Audit Committee Purpose

 

 

 

The Audit Committee is a standing committee appointed by the Board of Directors to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities.  The Audit Committee’s primary duties and responsibilities are to:

 

 

 

Monitor the integrity of the Company’s financial reporting process and systems of the internal controls regarding finance, accounting, and legal compliance.

 

 

 

 

Monitor the independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors.

 

 

 

 

Provide an avenue of communication among the independent auditors, management, internal auditors and the Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

The Audit Committee has the authority to conduct any investigation appropriate to fulfilling its responsibilities, and it has direct access to the independent auditors as well as anyone in the organization.  The Audit Committee has the ability to retain, at the Company’s expense, special legal, accounting, or other consultants or experts it deems necessary in the performance of its duties.

 

 

II.

Audit Committee Composition and Meetings

 

 

 

The Audit Committee shall be comprised of independent nonexecutive directors, who are “independent” under the applicable requirements of the SEC and the national securities exchange on which the Company’s stock is listed, including any additional requirements for audit committee members, as interpreted by the Board of Directors in its business judgment.  Members of the committee should have a basic understanding of finance and accounting and be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements.  At least one member of the committee shall have accounting or related financial management expertise.

 

 

 

Audit Committee members shall be appointed by the Board.  The committee shall meet at least annually or more frequently as circumstances dictate.  The committee will meet at least annually with senior management and the independent auditors.

 

 

III.

Audit Committee Responsibilities and Duties

 

 

 

Review Procedures of the Audit Committee are:

 

 

 

Review and reassess the adequacy of the Charter at least annually. Submit the Charter to the Board of Directors for approval and have the document published at least every three (3) years in accordance with the SEC regulations and other regulations as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

Review the Company’s annual financial statements prior to filing or distribution.

 

 

 

 

Review significant findings prepared by the independent auditors and any internal auditors together with the management’s responses.

 

 

 

 

Review with financial management and the independent auditors the company’s quarterly financial results prior to the release of earnings and/or the company’s quarterly financial statements prior to filing or distribution.  The Chair of the Committee may represent the entire Audit Committee for purposes of this review.

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It is the responsibility of the Company’s management to ensure that the Company’s financial statements are complete, accurate and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  The Company’s management is also responsible for compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and accounting and financial controls and standards.

 

 

 

 

With respect to independent Auditors:

 

 

 

The independent auditor is ultimately accountable to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.  The Audit Committee should review the independence and performance of the auditors and annually recommend to the Board of Directors the appointment of the independent auditors and discharge of auditors when circumstances warrant.

 

 

 

 

The Audit Committee should receive information and reports regarding audit and non-audit services provided by the independent auditors, including a formal written statement, provided by the independent auditors, delineating all relationships between the independent auditors and the Company, addressing at least the matters set forth in Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 and to discuss with management, the internal auditor, the independent auditors and the board of directors, as appropriate, the above information and reports, and any relationships or services disclosed in the independent auditors’ statement as to independence that may impact the objectivity and independence of the independent auditors, for purposes of assessing the independent auditors’ independence.

 

 

 

 

The Audit Committee shall pre-approve all audit and permitted non-audit services provided by the independent auditors (including the fees and terms thereof) in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Committee and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

 

 

 

 

The Audit Committee shall have the sole authority to appoint, determine funding for, and oversee the independent auditor.

 

 

 

 

The Audit Committee shall discuss and receive information from internal audit, management and the independent auditors, as appropriate, on complaints or concerns regarding the Company’s accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters that are received by the Company, including any anonymous complaints or concerns and the procedures for receiving and handling any such complaints and concerns.

 

 

 

 

On an annual basis, the Audit Committee should review and discuss with the independent auditors all significant relationships they have with the Company that could impair the auditors’ independence.

 

 

 

 

Other Audit Committee Responsibilities are:

 

 

 

Annually prepare a report to shareholders as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The report should be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement.

 

 

 

 

Perform any other activities consistent with this Charter, the Company’s by-laws and governing law, as the Audit Committee or the Board of Directors deem necessary or appropriate.

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PROXY SOLICITED FOR ANNUAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
FIRST NATIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.
to be held on April 19, 2005

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

          The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Jerry L. Calvert and Norman F. Pulliam, and each of them, his or her true and lawful agents and proxies with full power of substitution in each, to represent and vote, as indicated below, all of the shares of common stock of First National Bancshares, Inc. that the undersigned would be entitled to vote at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held at 215 N. Pine Street, Spartanburg, S.C. 29302, at 5:30 p.m. local time, and at any adjournment, upon the matters described in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement, receipt of which is acknowledged.  These proxies are directed to vote on the matters described in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement as follows:

          This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder.  If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted:  (i) “for” Proposal No. 1 to elect the four identified Class III directors to serve on the Board of Directors for three-year terms.

1.

PROPOSAL to elect the four identified Class III directors to serve for three year terms

 

Class III:

 

 

C. Dan Adams

 

 

 

 

Martha C. Chapman

 

 

 

 

Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore, Sr.

 

 

 

 

Coleman L. Young, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

FOR all nominees

o

WITHHOLD AUTHORITY

 

 

listed (except as marked to

 

to vote for all nominees

 

 

the contrary)

 

 


 

(INSTRUCTION:

To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), write that nominees name(s)  in the space provided below).


 

 

Dated:_______________, 2005

 

 

 

Signature of Shareholder(s)

 

Signature of Shareholder(s)

 

 

 

Please print name clearly

 

Please print name clearly

Please sign exactly as name or names appear on your stock certificate.  Where more than one owner is shown on your stock certificate, each owner should sign.  Persons signing in a fiduciary or representative capacity shall give full title.  If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by authorized officer.  If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.