UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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 17, 2017

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COMMUNITY BANKERS TRUST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-32590

(Commission

File Number)

20-2652949

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

     

9954 Mayland Drive, Suite 2100

Richmond, Virginia

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

23233

(Zip Code)

       

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 934-9999

 

Not Applicable

(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 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On March 17, 2017, Community Bankers Trust Corporation (the “Company”) appointed William E. Hardy to its Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Essex Bank, the Company’s subsidiary. The Company named Mr. Hardy to the Board’s Audit Committee in connection with his appointment as a director, but it has not yet determined the additional Board committees to which he will be named. Mr. Hardy will be compensated in the same manner as the other directors of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  COMMUNITY BANKERS TRUST CORPORATION
      (Registrant)  
         
         
         
Date:  March 23, 2017 By: /s/ John M. Oakey, III  
    John M. Oakey, III  
    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
   Secretary