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Registration No. 333-65296
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
To
Form S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________
 
FIRST BANCORP
(Exact name of Registrant, as Specified in Its Charter)
 
North Carolina
  
56-1421916
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer)
Identification No.)

341 North Main Street, Troy, North Carolina 27371-0508
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

First Bancorp Century Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)

 
Jerry L. Ocheltree
President and Chief Executive Officer
First Bancorp
341 North Main Street
Post Office Box 508
Troy, North Carolina 27371-0508
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
 
(910) 576-6171
 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
_____________________
 
Copy to:
Henry H. Ralston
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1900
Charlotte, North Carolina  28246
(704) 377-2536
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
¨ Large accelerated filer
x Accelerated filer
¨ Non-accelerated filer
¨ Smaller reporting company
   
(Do not check if smaller
  
   
reporting company)
  


 
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
First Bancorp (the “Company”) registered 18,656 shares of its common stock, no par value (“Common Stock”), for issuance under the First Bancorp Century Stock Option Plan (the “Century Plan”) pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-65296 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2001 (the “Registration Statement”).  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of registered shares automatically increased to 27,984 shares in connection with the Company’s three-for-two stock split that was completed on November 15, 2004. As of the date hereof, all of the registered shares have been sold and no further awards will be made or remain outstanding under the Century Plan.
 
The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to report that all shares of Common Stock that were registered under the Registration Statement have been sold and that no further shares of Common Stock will be issued under the Century Plan.


 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Troy, State of North Carolina on this 29th day of June, 2010.
 
 
FIRST BANCORP
     
 
By:
/s/ Jerry L. Ocheltree
   
Jerry L. Ocheltree
   
President and Chief Executive Officer


Signature
  
Title
Date
       
/s/ Jerry L. Ocheltree
Jerry L. Ocheltree
 
  
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Anna G. Hollers
Anna G. Hollers
 
  
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
June 29, 2010
/s/ Eric P. Credle
Eric P. Credle
 
  
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
June 29, 2010
/s/ Daniel T. Blue, Jr.
Daniel T. Blue, Jr.
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Jack D. Briggs
Jack D. Briggs
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ R. Walton Brown
R. Walton Brown
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ David L. Burns
David L. Burns
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ John F. Burns
John F. Burns
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Mary Clara Capel
Mary Clara Capel
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ James C. Crawford, III
James C. Crawford, III
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ R. Winston Dozier
R. Winston Dozier
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
       


 
 
 


/s/ James G. Hudson, Jr.
James G. Hudson, Jr.
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Richard H. Moore
Richard H. Moore
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ George R. Perkins, Jr.
George R. Perkins, Jr.
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Thomas F. Phillips
Thomas F. Phillips
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Frederick L. Taylor II
Frederick L. Taylor II
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Virginia C. Thomasson
Virginia C. Thomasson
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
 
Goldie H. Wallace
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ Dennis A. Wicker
Dennis A. Wicker
 
  
Director
June 29, 2010
/s/ John C. Willis
John C. Willis
  
Director
June 29, 2010