# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000765207
**File Stem:** 0000765207-25-000061
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 6666
**Document Hash:** 05366391ca503a707a58156821e7963a
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000765207-25-000061.hdr.sgml**: 20251218

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000765207-25-000061

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251218

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251218

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251218

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** First Bancorp, Inc /ME/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000765207
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 010404322
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** ME
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-26589
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251583264

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** P.O. BOX 940
- **STREET 2:** MAIN STREET
- **CITY:** DAMARISCOTTA
- **STATE:** ME
- **ZIP:** 04543
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2075633195

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** P.O. BOX 940
- **CITY:** DAMARISCOTTA
- **STATE:** ME
- **ZIP:** 04543

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST NATIONAL LINCOLN CORP /ME/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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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): December 18, 2025

**THE FIRST BANCORP, INC.**

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

Maine

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

0-26589 01-0404322 <br> (Commission file number) (IRS employer identification no.)

223 Main Street Damariscotta Maine 04543 <br> (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(207) 563-3195

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is

intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations

of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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

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

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

Securities registered pursuit to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **Title of Each Class** | **Trading Symbol** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | FNLC | NASDAQ Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

Item 8.01 Other Events&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page 1

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page 1

Signatures &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page 2

Exhibit Index&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page 3

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 18, 2025, the Registrant issued the press release filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 announcing the declaration of a cash dividend.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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The following Exhibit is being furnished herewith:

<u>[99.1 Registrant's Press Release](a8-k20251218x99.htm)</u>

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SIGNATURE

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.

THE FIRST BANCORP, INC.

By: /s/ Richard M. Elder

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Richard M. Elder

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

December 18, 2025

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Exhibit Index

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Exhibit

Number Description of Exhibit

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<u>[99.1 Registrant's Press Release](a8-k20251218x99.htm)</u>

## Exhibit 99.1

**<u>Exhibit 99.1</u>**

**<u>The First Bancorp Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend</u>**

DAMARISCOTTA, ME--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The First Bancorp (NASDAQ: FNLC), the parent company of First National Bank, today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 37 cents per share. This fourth quarter dividend is payable January 16, 2026 to shareholders of record as of January 6, 2026.

"The Board of Directors today authorized a dividend of 37 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2025," remarked President & Chief Executive Officer, Tony C. McKim. "We are pleased to close out a successful year by declaring a cash distribution to our shareholders. Based on a closing price of $28.29 per share on December 17, 2025, the annualized dividend of $1.48 per share represents an attractive yield of 5.23%."

The First Bancorp, headquartered in Damariscotta, Maine, is the holding company for First National Bank. Founded in 1864, the Bank serves Mid-Coast and Down East Maine with eighteen offices in Lincoln, Knox, Hancock, Penobscot, Waldo and Washington Counties. The Bank provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking products and services. First National Wealth Management, a division of First National Bank, provides investment management and trust services from five offices in Lincoln, Knox, Penobscot and Hancock Counties.

Forward-looking and cautionary statements: except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially, as discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Category: Dividends

Source: The First Bancorp

The First Bancorp

Richard M. Elder, EVP, Chief Financial Officer

207-563-3195

rick.elder@thefirst.com

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