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0000950123-11-004159.txt : 20110120 0000950123-11-004159.hdr.sgml : 20110120 20110120165519 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-004159 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110120 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110120 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000770460 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 640709834 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12103 FILM NUMBER: 11539173 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 152 LAMEUSE STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 529 CITY: BILOXI STATE: MS ZIP: 39530 BUSINESS PHONE: 2284355511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 529 CITY: BILOXI STATE: MS ZIP: 39533-0529 8-K 1 d79118e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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) January 20, 2011

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Mississippi
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


01-12103		64-0709834

(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

152 Lameuse Street Biloxi, MS		39530

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(228) 435-5511
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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 (see General Instructions A.2 below):


o		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230. 425)


o		Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14a-12)


o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14d-2(b))


o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4( c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Item 8.01.		Other Events.

On January 20, 2011, Peoples Financial Corporation issued a press release announcing the declaration of a semi-annual dividend.


Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits


	99.1			Press Release issued by Peoples Financial Corporation dated January 20, 2011, entitled “Peoples Financial Corporation Declares Semiannual Dividend of $.09 Per Share”

SIGNATURES

Pursuant 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.

Dated: January 20, 2011


	PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Chevis C. Swetman
		Chevis C. Swetman
		Chairman, President and CEO

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Exhibit 99.1: Peoples Financial Corporation Press Release Dated January 20, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact:
Investor Relations
228-435-8208
investorrelations@thepeoples.com

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION DECLARES
SEMIANNUAL DIVIDEND OF $.09 PER SHARE

Biloxi, MS (January 20, 2011)—The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Capital Market: PFBX), parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a regular semiannual cash dividend of $.09 per common share, payable February 9, 2011, to stockholders of record February 2, 2011.

Founded in 1896, with $819 million in assets as of September 30, 2010, The Peoples Bank operates 16 branches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Stone counties. In addition to a comprehensive range of retail and commercial banking services, the bank also operates a trust and investment services department that has provided customers with financial, estate and retirement planning services since 1936.

The Peoples Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Peoples Financial Corporation, listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol PFBX. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.thepeoples.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements and reflects industry conditions, company performance and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties which could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ from the anticipated results and expectation expressed in such forward-looking statements.