---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811589-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBNC"
cik: "0000811589"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /NC/"
filed_at: "2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T02:38:57.048498+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Bancorp declares $0.22 per share cash dividend, payable April 25, 2023

## Summary
- Cash dividend of $0.22 per common share declared by First Bancorp board.
- Payable on April 25, 2023 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2023.
- CEO Richard Moore cited strong capital position supporting continued return to shareholders.
- First Bancorp (FBNC) has ~$12B in assets; operates 118 branches via First Bank.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811589-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBNC
- cik: 0000811589
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- filed_at: 2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158923000016/0000811589-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158923000016/fbnc-20230315.htm

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