Eligible Receivables. The definition of “Eligible Receivables” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by # deleting “; or” at the end of [clause (q)] and replacing it with a semicolon, # deleting the period at the end of [clause (r)] and replacing it with “; or”, and # adding the following new [clause (s)] immediately [following clause (r)] therein:

Eligible Executive. “Eligible Executive” means an employee of a Participating Company who is appointed by the Board of Directors as an executive officer and whose annual Compensation is in excess of the limitation in effect under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, but only if the employee is also considered to be a part of a select group of management or highly compensated employees.

Eligible Employee. Eligible Employee means any Employee who is a senior officer of the Company or a Subsidiary and designated by the Committee as an Eligible Employee.

Eligible Employee. An Employee who participates in the Retirement Plan and whose benefits are reduced by Limitations or whose taxable compensation has been reduced as a result of an election by the Employee to defer compensation pursuant to a deferred compensation plan maintained by an Employer.

Employer or Company shall mean First Bancorp and any successor of First

Retirement Eligible. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, if a Participant Terminates Employment while Retirement eligible, the Participant's Option may be exercised, to the extent then exercisable: # for a period of five (5) years from the date of Retirement or # until the expiration of the stated term of such Option, whichever period is shorter.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Participant who is terminated from his/her position through Company-initiated action shall not be eligible to receive severance pay under the Plan if the Participant refuses to accept another position of employment with the Company in the same geographical area at or above such Participant’s current compensation level, except as the Company may determine otherwise.

Eligible Employees. Subject to Section 3.2, below, any person who is an Employee, with the exception of any Employee whose customary employment is not for more than 20 hours per week or five months per year, on the Offering Date in a given Offering Period will be eligible to participate in the Plan for that Offering Period subject to the requirements of Article IV and the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, on a prospective basis, # impose an eligibility service requirement of up to two years of employment, and # exclude from participation in the Plan a designated group of highly compensated employees (within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code) (each Employee eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to this Article III, an “Eligible Employee”); provided, however, that an Eligible Employee who works for a Participating Subsidiary and is a citizen or resident of a jurisdiction other than the United States (without regard to whether such individual also is a citizen or resident of the United States or is a resident alien (within the meaning of [Section 7701(b)(1)(A)] of the Code)) may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the participation of such Eligible Employee is prohibited under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction or if complying with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction would cause the Plan to violate Section 423 of the Code; and, provided further, that, an Eligible Employee (or group of Eligible Employees) may be excluded from participation if the Committee has determined, in its sole discretion, that participation of such Eligible Employee(s) is not advisable or practicable for any reason, provided, however, that no such exclusion shall occur in the event it would jeopardize the compliance of the Plan with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

Eligible Director. “Eligible Director” means a Director who is not an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.

All executive officers, chairmen and vice chairmen of boards, presidents, executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents and vice presidents of Commerce or any of its affiliated banks or subsidiary companies shall be eligible to participate in the Plan, together with such other officers or employees of Commerce and its affiliated banks and subsidiary companies as the Committee shall determine.