---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000811589-26-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBNC"
cik: "0000811589"
company_name: "FIRST BANCORP /NC/"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:34:24.199692+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000811589-26-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBNC
- cik: 0000811589
- company_name: FIRST BANCORP /NC/
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158926000070/0000811589-26-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811589/000081158926000070/fbnc-20260428.htm

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