First Bancorp shareholders elect all 11 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

FIRST BANCORP /NC/

All 11 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 27.3M to 31.6M, with ~4.75M broker non-votes.
Ratification of Crowe, LLP as independent auditor: 36.6M for, 2,200 against, 62,998 abstain.
Non-binding advisory say-on-pay approved: 30.5M for, 1.39M against, 45,780 abstain, 4.75M broker non-votes.
Annual meeting held April 28, 2026; results reported on Form 8-K filed April 29, 2026.

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