UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

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

     
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   May 7, 2015

 

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)

 

300 SW Broad Street,

Southern Pines, NC

      

 

28387

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

 

(910) 246-2500

 

(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 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     3  
         
Signatures     4  
         
     

 

 

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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 7, 2015, First Bancorp held its annual meeting of shareholders. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected each of the nine persons listed below under Proposal 1 to serve as a director of the Company until the 2016 annual meeting; (ii) ratified the appointment of Elliott Davis Decosimo, PLLC as the independent auditors of the Company for 2015; and (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation (“Say on Pay”).

The following table describes the results of the voting at the annual meeting.

Proposal or Name of Nominee  Shares
Voted “For”		  Shares
Voted
“Against”		  Shares
Withheld		  Shares
Abstained		  Broker
Non-
Votes
Proposal 1:  To elect nine nominees to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified                         
     Daniel T. Blue, Jr.   12,511,271    —    48,215    —    2,837,835 
     Mary Clara Capel   12,480,062    —    79,424    —    2,837,835 
     James C. Crawford, III   12,515,458    —    44,028    —    2,837,835 
     Richard H. Moore   12,507,424    —    52,062    —    2,837,835 
     Thomas F. Phillips   12,471,508    —    87,978    —    2,837,835 
     O. Temple Sloan, III   12,370,321    —    189,165    —    2,837,835 
     Frederick L. Taylor II   12,460,312    —    99,174    —    2,837,835 
     Virginia C. Thomasson   12,496,518    —    62,968    —    2,837,835 
     Dennis A. Wicker   12,494,509    —    64,977    —    2,837,835 
                          
Proposal 2:  To ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis Decosimo, PLLC as the independent auditors of the Company for 2015.   15,258,499    114,999    —    23,823    — 
                          
Proposal 3:  To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation (“Say on Pay”).   12,294,141    196,232    —    69,113    2,837,835 
                          
                          

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

             
            First Bancorp
             
   

 

May 11, 2015

  

 

By:

  

 

/s/ Richard H. Moore

            Richard H. Moore
            President and Chief Executive Officer

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