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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): October 28, 2011

FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri
  
000-22842
  
43-1654695
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

142 East First Street, Mountain Grove, Missouri
  
65711
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (417) 926-5151


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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) 
First Bancshares, Inc. (“Company”), the holding company for First Home Savings Bank, held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Friday, October 28, 2011 in Mountain Grove, Missouri (“Annual Meeting”).  

(b) 
There were a total of 1,550,815 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  At the Annual Meeting, 875,625 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy, therefore a quorum was present.

The results of the vote for the item presented at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

1.  
Election of Directors:

Stockholders elected the following nominees to the Board of Directors for a three-year term ending 2014 by the following vote:

 
For
  
Withheld
  
Broker
Non-Votes
  
 
Number
of Votes
 
Percentage
  
Number
of Votes
 
Percentage
  
Number
of Votes
  
Thomas M. Sutherland
862,909
98.5%
  
12,716
1.5%
  
545,134
  
D. Mitch Ashlock
870,374
99.4%
  
   5,251
0.6%
  
545,134
  


The following directors, who were not up for re-election at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, will continue to serve as directors: Harold F. Glass, R.J. Breidenthal, Jr., Billy E. Hixon, John B. Moody and R. Bradley Weaver.

(c)None.

(d)Not applicable.



 
 
 
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.
 
 
Date:  October 31, 2011  FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
   
   
  /s/ R. Bradley Weaver                                  
 
R. Bradley Weaver
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer