---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000765207-26-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNLC"
cik: "0000765207"
company_name: "First Bancorp, Inc /ME/"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:27:17.201218+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Bancorp elects Cornelius Russell as board chair; Bruce Tindal retires

## Summary
- Cornelius Russell elected board chair effective April 29, 2026.
- Succeeded Bruce Tindal, who retired from the board after serving as chair since 2023.
- Russell has been a director since 2014 and chaired multiple committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000765207-26-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNLC
- cik: 0000765207
- company_name: First Bancorp, Inc /ME/
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/765207/000076520726000080/0000765207-26-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/765207/000076520726000080/fnlc-20260429.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000765207-26-000080
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000765207-26-000080.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000765207-26-000080.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce Tindal retired as Chair of the Board at First Bancorp, Inc /ME/.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Mr. Russell succeeds Bruce Tindal who has served as the board’s chair since 2023 and retired from the board on April 29, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/765207/000076520726000080/0000765207-26-000080-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cornelius Russell was elected as Chair of the Board at First Bancorp, Inc /ME/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: The First Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNLC), parent company of First National Bank, announced on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, that its board of directors has elected Cornelius “Connie” Russell as the board’s chair.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/765207/000076520726000080/0000765207-26-000080-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.