UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

Form 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 30, 2020

First BanCorp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Puerto Rico
 001-14793
66-0561882
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1519 Ponce de Leon Ave.
P.O. Box 9146
San Juan, Puerto Rico
  
 
00908-0146
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(787) 729-8200
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock ($0.10 par value)
FBP
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On November 5, 2020, First BanCorp (the “Corporation”), the bank holding company of FirstBank Puerto Rico (the “Bank”), filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial 8-K”) disclosing that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation and the Bank, had elected Mr. Félix M. Villamil to serve as a director on the Corporation’s and the Bank’s Board effective October 30, 2020. Committee assignments for Mr. Villamil had not been determined as of the filing of the Initial 8-K.

On March 31, 2021, effective May 21, 2021, the Board appointed Mr. Villamil as a member of the Corporation’s Audit Committee and Credit Committee.

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SIGNATURE

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.

Date: April 1, 2021
First BanCorp.
     
 
By:
/s/ Lawrence Odell
  
 
Name:
Lawrence Odell
 
Title:
EVP and General Counsel


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