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First Bancorp401(k)

FIRST BANCORP EMPLOYEES' 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · SOUTHERN PINES, NC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.12%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

First Bancorp reported $202,182 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,382 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.10% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 126th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 607th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,169 to 1,422 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$187,001,142
Participants with balances1,692
Active participants1,422
Employer contributions$6,231,911
Employee contributions$8,799,891
Employer contribution per active participant$4,382
Average account balance$110,521
Benefits paid to participants$20,368,321
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$187.0M · 1,692 accts · $6.2M emplr
2024$164.2M · 1,630 accts · $7.1M emplr
2023$138.4M · 1,625 accts · $6.3M emplr
2022$107.9M · 1,364 accts · $5.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$102,783
Investment management$39,549
Audit (IQPA)$59,850
Total administrative$202,182
The First Bancorp 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,382
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$4,382 per active participant
2024$5,078 per active participant
2023$4,544 per active participant
2022$4,336 per active participant

First Bancorp's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$102,779
CROWE LLP · Accounting / audit$59,850
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$39,549

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$202,182 · 0.12%
2024$125,906 · 0.08%
2023$106,052 · 0.09%
2022$113,000 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561421916 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.