First Bancorp Announces Cash Dividend

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Feb 25, 2010, 10:25 ET

TROY, N.C., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of First Bancorp (Nasdaq: FBNC), the parent company of First Bank, has declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per share payable April 23, 2010 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2010. The $0.08 per share dividend rate is the same as the rate declared in the comparable period of 2009.

First Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Troy, North Carolina with total assets of approximately $3.5 billion. Its principal activity is the ownership and operation of First Bank, a state-chartered community bank that operates 91 branches, with 77 branches operating in the central piedmont and coastal regions of North Carolina, 9 branches in South Carolina (Cheraw, Dillon, Florence, Latta, Jefferson, and Little River), and 5 branches in Virginia (Abingdon, Dublin, Fort Chiswell, Radford, and Wytheville), where First Bank does business as First Bank of Virginia. First Bank also has a loan production office in Blacksburg, Virginia. First Bancorp's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "FBNC."