---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811589-24-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBNC"
cik: "0000811589"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /NC/"
filed_at: "2024-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:05:46.641743+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 dividend payable Oct 25, 2024

## Summary
- Board declared $0.22 per share cash dividend, same level as prior quarter.
- Payable October 25, 2024 to shareholders of record on September 30, 2024.
- CEO cited strong Q2 2024 performance, improved liquidity, solid capital growth, and credit quality.
- Dividend covers FBNC common stock; company has $12.1B in total assets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811589-24-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBNC
- cik: 0000811589
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- filed_at: 2024-09-13T23:59:59+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/811589/000081158924000059/0000811589-24-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158924000059/fbnc-20240913.htm

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