---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811589-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBNC"
cik: "0000811589"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /NC/"
filed_at: "2025-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T19:37:57.443820+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Bancorp declares $0.22 per share cash dividend, payable April 25, 2025

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.22 per share declared on common stock (NASDAQ: FBNC).
- Payable on April 25, 2025 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2025.
- CEO Richard Moore cited strong Q4 performance with increased adjusted net income and EPS.
- First Bancorp has $12.1B total assets and operates 113 branches in NC and SC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811589-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBNC
- cik: 0000811589
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- filed_at: 2025-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158925000012/0000811589-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158925000012/fbnc-20250314.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000811589-25-000012.txt

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