| First Bancorp is a bank holding company based in Troy, North Carolina. Its principal activity is the ownership and operation of First Bank, a state-chartered community bank that operates 51 branch offices, with 47 branches operating in a sixteen county market area in the central piedmont region of North Carolina, three branches in Dillon County, South Carolina, and one branch in Wytheville, Virginia, where First Bank does business as First Bank of Virginia. First Bancorp’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol FBNC. |