# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000811589
**File Stem:** 0000811589-25-000079
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 6253
**Document Hash:** 37f27ae0600bc593bd7837eb49ceedad
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000811589-25-000079.hdr.sgml**: 20251212

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000811589-25-000079

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251212

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251212

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251212

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000811589
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 561421916
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NC
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-15572
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251566720

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 300 SW BROAD STREET
- **CITY:** SOUTHERN PINES
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28387
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 910-246-2500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 300 SW BROAD STREET
- **CITY:** SOUTHERN PINES
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28387

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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

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| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): | **December 12, 2025** |

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**First Bancorp** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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| North Carolina | 0-15572 | 56-1421916 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer |
| of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification Number) |

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| 205 SE Broad Street, | | |
| Southern Pines, | NC | 28387 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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(910) 246-2500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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)

 ☐ 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 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

<u>Title of each class</u> <u>Trading symbol</u> <u>Name of each exchange on which registered:</u> <br> Common Stock, No Par Value FBNC The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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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First Bancorp

**INDEX**

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| Item 8.01 – Other Events | 3 |
| Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits | 3 |
| Signatures | 4 |
| <u>[Exhibit 99.1 – News Release dated December 12, 2025](exhibit991newsreleasedated.htm)</u> | 5 |

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Item 8.01 – Other Events

On December 12, 2025, First Bancorp (the "Company") issued a news release to announce a cash dividend.

The Company reported that its board of directors had declared a cash dividend of $0.23 per share on its common stock payable on January 25, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

<u>[Exhibit 99.1 – News Release dated December 12, 2025](exhibit991newsreleasedated.htm)</u>

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**SIGNATURES**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.

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| | | **FIRST BANCORP** |
| December 12, 2025 | <br>By: | <br>/s/ Richard H. Moore |
|  |  | Richard H. Moore |
|  |  | Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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**News Release**

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| For Immediate Release: | For More Information, |
| December 12, 2025 | Contact: Katie Doyle |
| | 336-286-8741 |

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First Bancorp Announces Cash Dividend

**Southern Pines, NC, December 12, 2025 -** The Board of Directors of First Bancorp (NASDAQ: FBNC) (the "Company"), the parent company of First Bank, has declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.23 per share payable on January 25, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025.

Richard Moore, Chief Executive Officer of First Bancorp, stated, "During the third quarter, we maintained strong capital and liquidity and delivered meaningful increases in adjusted net income and adjusted EPS. We remain committed to delivering consistent value for our shareholders and we are pleased to continue providing cash dividends."

First Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, with total assets of $12.8 billion. Its principal activity is the ownership and operation of First Bank, a state-chartered community bank that operates 113 branches in North Carolina and South Carolina. Since 1935, First Bank has taken a tailored approach to banking, combining best-in-class financial solutions, helpful local expertise, and technology to manage a home or business. First Bank also provides SBA loans to customers through its nationwide network of lenders.

Please visit our website at www.LocalFirstBank.com for more information.

First Bancorp's common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "FBNC." Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.

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