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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FIRST BANCORP.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Puerto Rico</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>66-0561882</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>1519 Ponce de Leon<BR>
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0146<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>FIRST BANCORP 2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Lawrence Odell<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel<BR>
and Secretary of the Board<BR>
1519 Ponce de Leon<BR>
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0146<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(787)&nbsp;729-8252<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,800,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">9.865</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">37,487,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,473.24</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate number of shares of First BanCorp Common Stock which
may be issued from time to time under the First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends, or similar transactions involving First BanCorp&#146;s Common
Stock in accordance with the antidilution provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), based upon the average of
the high and low sale prices per share of First BanCorp&#146;s Common
Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November&nbsp;24, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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    <TD><B>Plan Information. *</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *</B></TD>
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    <TD>The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given by First BanCorp (the &#147;Corporation&#148;) to
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement
pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Upon written or oral request, the
Corporation will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated
by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement. The
Corporation will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral
request, other documents required to be delivered to employees
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b). Any such request should be directed to
Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Board, at First BanCorp, 1519 Ponce de Le&#243;n Avenue,
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00908, telephone number 787-729-8252.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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    <TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the SEC by the Corporation are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 filed on February&nbsp;29, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, June&nbsp;30, 2008 and September&nbsp;30, 2008
filed on May&nbsp;12, 2008, August&nbsp;11, 2008 and November&nbsp;10, 2008,
respectively.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Corporation&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;8,
2008, February&nbsp;6, 2008, March&nbsp;6, 2008, March&nbsp;19, 2008, April&nbsp;4, 2008,
May&nbsp;1, 2008, June&nbsp;4, 2008, June&nbsp;30, 2008, July&nbsp;7, 2008, August&nbsp;6,
2008, September&nbsp;3, 2008, October&nbsp;2, 2008, November&nbsp;3, 2008, and
November&nbsp;6, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Corporation&#146;s Common Stock set forth in the
Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC
on January&nbsp;28, 1999, which in turn incorporated such description from
the sections titled &#147;Differences in Stockholder Rights&#148; on pages 29 to
31 and &#147;Description of First BanCorp&#146;s Capital Stock&#148; on pages 40 to
42 of the Proxy Prospectus of the Corporation filed with the SEC on
April&nbsp;24, 1998 as part of Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (file 333-08460).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Corporation pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement, or
in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement
contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable, the Corporation&#146;s Common Stock is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange
Act.
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    <TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for the Corporation by
Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation. Mr.&nbsp;Odell is an employee of the Corporation, as of November&nbsp;26, 2008
beneficially owned approximately 10,000 shares of Common Stock of the Corporation and is entitled
to participate in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement and other employee benefit plans
offered by the Corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Article&nbsp;NINTH of the Corporation&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provides for indemnification
of directors and officers and reads as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if it is formally determined by the Board of Directors, or other committee or
entity empowered to make such determination, that he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon
a plea of <I>nolo contendere </I>or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the written request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney&#146;s fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense of settlement of such action or suit if it is
formally determined by the Board of Directors, or other committee or entity
empowered to make such determination, that he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action
was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court
shall deem proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in a paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article
NINTH, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(4)&nbsp;Any indemnification under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article&nbsp;NINTH (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth therein. Such determination shall
be made (a)&nbsp;by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting
of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (b)&nbsp;if
such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or (c)&nbsp;by the stockholders.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(5)&nbsp;Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in
the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall
ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation as authorized in this Article&nbsp;NINTH.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(6)&nbsp;The indemnification provided by this Article&nbsp;NINTH shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be
entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(7)&nbsp;By action of its Board of Directors, notwithstanding any interest of the
directors in the action, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance,
in such amounts as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(8)&nbsp;Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no
indemnification may be made by the Corporation to any person if it relates to
the imposition of a fine for an infraction or violation of any provision of the
law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Article&nbsp;1.02(b)(6) of the Puerto Rico General Corporation Law of 1995, as amended (the
&#147;PR-GCL&#148;), provides that a corporation may include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of members of its board of directors or governing
body for breach of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty of care. However, no such provision may eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith,
engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, paying an unlawful dividend or
approving an unlawful stock repurchase or obtaining an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Article&nbsp;4.08 of the PR-GCL authorizes a Puerto Rico corporation to indemnify its officers
and directors against liabilities arising out of pending or threatened actions, suits or
proceedings to which such officers and directors are or may be made parties by reason of being
officers or directors. Such rights of indemnification are not exclusive of any other rights to
which such officers or directors may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders
or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;Article&nbsp;2.02(n) of the PR-GCL states that every corporation created under the provisions
of the PR-GCL shall have the power to reimburse to all directors and officers or former directors
and officers the expenses which necessarily or in fact were incurred with respect to the defense in
any action, suit or proceeding in which such persons, or any of them, are included as a party or
parties for having been directors or officers of one or another corporation, pursuant to the
provisions of Article&nbsp;4.08 of the PR-GCL described above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;The Corporation maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance on behalf of its
directors and officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of First BanCorp, incorporated by reference to Amendment
No.&nbsp;2 to the Form&nbsp;S-4 Registration Statement (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-08640), filed by First BanCorp with
the Commission on April&nbsp;24, 1998, as amended.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the
Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed by the
Corporation on May&nbsp;12, 2008.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The Corporation&#146;s By-Laws, as amended effective April&nbsp;29, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2008 filed by the Corporation on November&nbsp;10, 2008.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The Corporation&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, as amended effective April&nbsp;30, 2008.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Lawrence Odell (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November&nbsp;26, 2008.</DIV>


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">FIRST BANCORP<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Luis Beauchamp
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Luis Beauchamp&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Luis M. Beauchamp and Fernando
Scherrer, and each of them, the individual&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all post-effective amendments to the registration statement,
new registration statements pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 pertaining to the
registration of additional securities and post-effective amendments thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Luis M. Beauchamp
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Luis M. Beauchamp</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chairman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">President and Chief Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Aurelio Alem&#225;n<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Aurelio Alem&#225;n</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Senior Executive Vice President and</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chief Operating Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Fernando Scherrer<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fernando Scherrer, CPA</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Executive Vice President and</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chief Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Pedro Romero<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Pedro Romero, CPA</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Senior Vice President and</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chief Accounting Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Fernando Rodr&#237;guez-Amaro<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fernando Rodr&#237;guez Amaro,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jorge L. D&#237;az
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jorge L. D&#237;az,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sharee Ann Umpierre-Catinchi<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sharee Ann Umpierre-Catinchi,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jos&#233; Teixidor<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jos&#233; Teixidor, Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jos&#233; L. Ferrer-Canals
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jos&#233; L. Ferrer-Canals, Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jos&#233; Men&#233;ndez-Cortada<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jos&#233; Men&#233;ndez-Cortada, Lead</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank Kolodziej<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Frank Kolodziej, Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H&#233;ctor M. Nevares
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">H&#233;ctor M. Nevares, Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jos&#233; F. Rodr&#237;guez
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Date: 11/26 /08</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jos&#233; F. Rodr&#237;guez, Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;Index</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of First BanCorp, incorporated by reference to Amendment
No.&nbsp;2 to the Form&nbsp;S-4 Registration Statement (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-08640), filed by First BanCorp with
the Commission on April&nbsp;24, 1998, as amended.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the
Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed by the
Corporation on May&nbsp;12, 2008.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The Corporation&#146;s By-Laws, as amended effective April&nbsp;29, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2008 filed by the Corporation on November&nbsp;10, 2008.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The Corporation&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, as amended effective April&nbsp;30, 2008.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Lawrence Odell (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</DIV></TD>
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FIRST BANCORP
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST BANCORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Puerto Rico
66-0561882
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1519 Ponce de Leon
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0146
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
FIRST BANCORP 2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Lawrence Odell
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of the Board
1519 Ponce de Leon
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0146
(Name and address of agent for service)
(787) 729-8252
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Share
(2)
Price
(2)
Fee
(2)
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(2)
3,800,000
$
9.865
$
37,487,000
$
1,473.24
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate number of shares of First BanCorp Common Stock which
may be issued from time to time under the First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends, or similar transactions involving First BanCorp's Common
Stock in accordance with the antidilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), based upon the average of
the high and low sale prices per share of First BanCorp's Common
Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November 24, 2008.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information. *
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given by First BanCorp (the "Corporation") to
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Upon written or oral request, the
Corporation will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated
by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement. The
Corporation will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral
request, other documents required to be delivered to employees
pursuant to Rule 428(b). Any such request should be directed to
Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Board, at First BanCorp, 1519 Ponce de León Avenue,
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00908, telephone number 787-729-8252.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the SEC by the Corporation are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement:
(a)
The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed on February 29, 2008.
(b)
The Corporation's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
periods ended March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008
filed on May 12, 2008, August 11, 2008 and November 10, 2008,
respectively.
(c)
The Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 8,
2008, February 6, 2008, March 6, 2008, March 19, 2008, April 4, 2008,
May 1, 2008, June 4, 2008, June 30, 2008, July 7, 2008, August 6,
2008, September 3, 2008, October 2, 2008, November 3, 2008, and
November 6, 2008.
(d)
The description of the Corporation's Common Stock set forth in the
Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC
on January 28, 1999, which in turn incorporated such description from
the sections titled "Differences in Stockholder Rights" on pages 29 to
31 and "Description of First BanCorp's Capital Stock" on pages 40 to
42 of the Proxy Prospectus of the Corporation filed with the SEC on
April 24, 1998 as part of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (file 333-08460).
All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement, or
in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement
contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable, the Corporation's Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange
Act.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for the Corporation by
Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation. Mr. Odell is an employee of the Corporation, as of November 26, 2008
beneficially owned approximately 10,000 shares of Common Stock of the Corporation and is entitled
to participate in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement and other employee benefit plans
offered by the Corporation.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a) Article NINTH of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation provides for indemnification
of directors and officers and reads as follows:
(1) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if it is formally determined by the Board of Directors, or other committee or
entity empowered to make such determination, that he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon
a plea of
nolo contendere
or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(2) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the written request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense of settlement of such action or suit if it is
formally determined by the Board of Directors, or other committee or entity
empowered to make such determination, that he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action
was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court
shall deem proper.
(3) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in a paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article
NINTH, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(4) Any indemnification under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article NINTH (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth therein. Such determination shall
be made (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting
of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if
such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or (c) by the stockholders.
(5) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in
the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall
ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation as authorized in this Article NINTH.
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(6) The indemnification provided by this Article NINTH shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be
entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
(7) By action of its Board of Directors, notwithstanding any interest of the
directors in the action, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance,
in such amounts as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no
indemnification may be made by the Corporation to any person if it relates to
the imposition of a fine for an infraction or violation of any provision of the
law.
(b) Article 1.02(b)(6) of the Puerto Rico General Corporation Law of 1995, as amended (the
"PR-GCL"), provides that a corporation may include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of members of its board of directors or governing
body for breach of a director's fiduciary duty of care. However, no such provision may eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith,
engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, paying an unlawful dividend or
approving an unlawful stock repurchase or obtaining an improper personal benefit.
(c) Article 4.08 of the PR-GCL authorizes a Puerto Rico corporation to indemnify its officers
and directors against liabilities arising out of pending or threatened actions, suits or
proceedings to which such officers and directors are or may be made parties by reason of being
officers or directors. Such rights of indemnification are not exclusive of any other rights to
which such officers or directors may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders
or otherwise.
(d) Article 2.02(n) of the PR-GCL states that every corporation created under the provisions
of the PR-GCL shall have the power to reimburse to all directors and officers or former directors
and officers the expenses which necessarily or in fact were incurred with respect to the defense in
any action, suit or proceeding in which such persons, or any of them, are included as a party or
parties for having been directors or officers of one or another corporation, pursuant to the
provisions of Article 4.08 of the PR-GCL described above.
(e) The Corporation maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance on behalf of its
directors and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of First BanCorp, incorporated by reference to Amendment
No. 2 to the Form S-4 Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-08640), filed by First BanCorp with
the Commission on April 24, 1998, as amended.
4.2
First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 filed by the
Corporation on May 12, 2008.
4.3
The Corporation's By-Laws, as amended effective April 29, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2008 filed by the Corporation on November 10, 2008.
4.4
The Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as amended effective April 30, 2008.
5.1
Opinion of Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lawrence Odell (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 26, 2008.
FIRST BANCORP
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Luis Beauchamp
Name:
Luis Beauchamp
Title:
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Luis M. Beauchamp and Fernando
Scherrer, and each of them, the individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all post-effective amendments to the registration statement,
new registration statements pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 pertaining to the
registration of additional securities and post-effective amendments thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ Luis M. Beauchamp
Date: 11/26 /08
Luis M. Beauchamp
Chairman
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Aurelio Alemán
Date: 11/26 /08
Aurelio Alemán
Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
/s/ Fernando Scherrer
Date: 11/26 /08
Fernando Scherrer, CPA
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Pedro Romero
Date: 11/26 /08
Pedro Romero, CPA
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
/s/ Fernando Rodríguez-Amaro
Date: 11/26 /08
Fernando Rodríguez Amaro,
Director
/s/ Jorge L. Díaz
Date: 11/26 /08
Jorge L. Díaz,
Director
/s/ Sharee Ann Umpierre-Catinchi
Date: 11/26 /08
Sharee Ann Umpierre-Catinchi,
Director
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/s/ José Teixidor
Date: 11/26 /08
José Teixidor, Director
/s/ José L. Ferrer-Canals
Date: 11/26 /08
José L. Ferrer-Canals, Director
/s/ José Menéndez-Cortada
Date: 11/26 /08
José Menéndez-Cortada, Lead
Director
/s/ Frank Kolodziej
Date: 11/26 /08
Frank Kolodziej, Director
/s/ Héctor M. Nevares
Date: 11/26 /08
Héctor M. Nevares, Director
/s/ José F. Rodríguez
Date: 11/26 /08
José F. Rodríguez, Director
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of First BanCorp, incorporated by reference to Amendment
No. 2 to the Form S-4 Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-08640), filed by First BanCorp with
the Commission on April 24, 1998, as amended.
4.2
First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 filed by the
Corporation on May 12, 2008.
4.3
The Corporation's By-Laws, as amended effective April 29, 2008, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2008 filed by the Corporation on November 10, 2008.
4.4
The Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as amended effective April 30, 2008.
5.1
Opinion of Lawrence Odell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Lawrence Odell (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
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