Taylor Frederick Leslie 4

What Happened

• Taylor Frederick Leslie, a director of First Bancorp /NC/ (ticker: FBNC), was granted 863 shares on June 1, 2026. The award price per share is reported at $57.99, for a total value of approximately $50,045. This transaction is recorded on a Form 4 and is an acquisition via award (transaction code A), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-01; filing date: 2026-06-03 (Form 4).
• Shares acquired: 863 at $57.99 each; total value ≈ $50,045.
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A).
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the supplied filing details.
• Notable footnotes: none disclosed (no 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding, or cashless sale noted).
• Timeliness: filing appears timely (filed within the SEC’s 2-business-day window).

Context

• This was a compensation-related award to a director, which typically reflects routine director pay or equity-based compensation rather than an open-market investment. Such awards are common and do not, by themselves, indicate the director’s immediate trading intent or broader market view.