UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 29549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   March 30, 2012
   

 

First Bancorp

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

         
North Carolina   0-15572   56-1421916
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)   File Number)   Identification Number)

 

         
341 North Main Street, Troy, North Carolina      

 

27371

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

 

(910) 576-6171

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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First Bancorp
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Item 5.02 -    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.   3  
       
       
Signatures   4  
       

 

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 Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)  Teresa C. Nixon’s employment with First Bancorp terminated on March 30, 2012. Ms. Nixon had been an Executive Vice President of First Bancorp and was the Chief Lending Officer of First Bank, the banking subsidiary of First Bancorp.

 

 

 

 

 

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Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

             
            First Bancorp
             
   

 

April 3, 2012

  

 

By:

  

 

/s/ Jerry L. Ocheltree

            Jerry L. Ocheltree
            President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

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