The Company recorded total stock-based compensation expense of $0.9 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $1.6 million and $2.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These amounts are included in "Total personnel expense" on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The Company recognized income tax benefits related to stock-based compensation expense in its income statement of $218,000 and $261,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively and $371,000 and $520,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

At June 30, 2024, the sole equity-based compensation plan of the Company was the First Bancorp 2024 Equity Plan (the "Equity Plan"), which was approved by shareholders on May 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the Equity Plan had 1,976,567 shares remaining available for grant. During the quarter, the First Bancorp 2014 Equity Plan expired and was replaced by the Equity Plan.

The Equity Plan is intended to serve as a means to attract, retain, and motivate key employees and directors and to associate the interests of the Equity Plan's participants with those of the Company and its shareholders. The Equity Plan allows for both grants of stock options and other types of equity-based compensation, including stock appreciation rights, restricted and unrestricted stock, restricted performance stock, and performance units. For the

last several years, the only equity-based compensation granted by the Company has been shares of restricted stock, as it relates to employees, and unrestricted stock as it relates to non-employee directors.

There have been no material changes to the treatment of stock awards and equity grants as discussed in Note 15 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

In addition to employee equity awards, the Company's practice is to grant unrestricted common shares to each non-employee director (currently twelve in total) in June of each year. The grants were valued at approximately $37,500 in 2024. Compensation expense associated with these director awards is fully recognized by the date of the award since there are no vesting conditions.

The following table presents information regarding the activity for the first six months of 2024 related to the Company’s outstanding restricted stock awards:


	Long-Term Restricted Stock Awards
	Number of Units	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2024	291,291	$	38.01
Granted during the period	20,244	34.10
Vested during the period	(10,614)	41.62
Forfeited or expired during the period	—	—
Nonvested at June 30, 2024	300,921	$	37.31

Total unrecognized compensation expense as of June 30, 2024 amounted to $3.9 million with a weighted average remaining term of 1.5 years. For the nonvested awards that were outstanding at June 30, 2024, the Company expects to record $2.6 million in compensation expense in the next 12 months, $1.7 million of which is expected to be recorded in the remaining quarters of 2024.