---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811589-24-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBNC"
cik: "0000811589"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /NC/"
filed_at: "2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T03:48:28.531461+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Bancorp declares $0.22/share cash dividend, payable Jan 25, 2025

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.22 per share on common stock declared by Board of Directors.
- Payable on January 25, 2025 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2024.
- CEO Richard Moore cites strong capital position enabling continued profitable operations and shareholder returns.
- First Bancorp is a bank holding company with $12.2 billion in total assets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811589-24-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBNC
- cik: 0000811589
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- filed_at: 2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158924000072/0000811589-24-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158924000072/fbnc-20241213.htm

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