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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2008

Registration No. __________
 

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 2004 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
 



 
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE:  DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
 
First Bancorp (the “Company”) registered 850,000 shares of its common stock, no par value (“Common Stock”), for issuance under the First Bancorp 2004 Stock Option Plan  (the “2004 Plan”) pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-118570 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2004 (the “Registration Statement”).  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of registered shares automatically increased to 1,275,000 shares in connection with the Company’s three-for-two stock split that was completed on November 15, 2004.  Upon shareholder approval of the First Bancorp 2007 Equity Plan (the “2007 Plan”) at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 2, 2007, the 2007 Plan replaced the 2004 Plan, and no further awards will be made under the 2004 Plan.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement is being filed to deregister 1,180,250 shares of Common Stock that have not been issued and are not subject to issuance pursuant to outstanding awards under the 2004 Plan.  Accordingly, the Company hereby withdraws these 1,180,250 shares of Common Stock from registration under the Registration Statement.

 

 
 
 

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 25th day of March, 2008.

 
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, Treasurer and Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Anna G. Hollers
Anna G. Hollers
  
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Eric P. Credle
Eric P. Credle
  
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Jack D. Briggs
Jack D. Briggs
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ R. Walton Brown
R. Walton Brown
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ David L. Burns
David L. Burns
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ John F. Burns
John F. Burns
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Mary Clara Capel
Mary Clara Capel
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ James G. Hudson, Jr.
James G. Hudson, Jr.
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ George R. Perkins, Jr.
George R. Perkins, Jr.
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Thomas F. Phillips
Thomas F. Phillips
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Frederick L. Taylor II
Frederick L. Taylor II
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ Virginia C. Thomasson
Virginia C. Thomasson
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
 
Goldie H. Wallace
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ A. Jordan Washburn
A. Jordan Washburn
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
   
Dennis A. Wicker
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008
         
/s/ John C. Willis
John C. Willis
  
Director
  
March 25, 2008