---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811589-23-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBNC"
cik: "0000811589"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /NC/"
filed_at: "2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:21:33.312848+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/share quarterly cash dividend, payable Jan 25, 2024

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.22 per common share declared, same as prior quarter.
- Payable January 25, 2024 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2023.
- CEO Richard Moore cited return of capital as a key priority amid a difficult industry year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811589-23-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBNC
- cik: 0000811589
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- filed_at: 2023-12-15T23:59:59+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/811589/000081158923000061/0000811589-23-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158923000061/fbnc-20231215.htm

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