FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Power Carlos
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIRST BANCORP /PR/ [FBP] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
P.O. BOX 9146		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2024
(Street)

SAN JUAN, PR 00908-0146		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) 		7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. 03/31/2024   M   10,657 (1) A (2) 265,366 D  
First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. 03/31/2024   F   3,235 (3) D $ 17.54 262,131 D  
First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. 03/31/2024   F   1,618 (4) D $ 17.54 260,513 D  
First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share.               19,855.3753 I Through 401K Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) 		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4) 		10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) 		11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Share Unit (1) 03/31/2024   M     10,657   (2) 03/31/2024 Common Stock 10,657 (2) (1) 33,602 (5) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Power Carlos
P.O. BOX 9146
SAN JUAN, PR 00908-0146		       EVP  

Signatures

 /s/ Adolfo Sepulveda, Esq., Attorney-in-Fact   04/02/2024
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Performance Share Units granted as a performance award, vesting based upon degree of achievement of performance goal. Each Performance Share Units represents a contingent right to receive one share of FBP common stock. At the end of the performance period, 50% of the award is paid for threshold-level performance up to 100% for target level performance, in FBP common stock free of restriction. Amounts between threshold and target level performance are interpolated to reward incremental achievement and no amounts are paid if actual results of the performance goal are below threshold-level performance.
(2) Performance Share Units that vested based on the achievement of the performance goal at a level resulting in 100% of target, pursuant to a grant of Performance Share Units awarded on March 31, 2021.
(3) Shares withheld to cover taxes related to the Performance Share Units that vested on March 31, 2024 pursuant to the terms of the long-term incentive award made on March 31, 2021.
(4) Shares withheld to cover taxes related to a restricted stock that vested on March 31, 2024 pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock award made on March 31, 2021.
(5) The amount of 33,602 Performance Share Units were granted as a performance award with 10,646 shares granted on March 24, 2022, 13,425 shares granted on March 16, 2023, and 9,531 shares granted on March 21, 2024 and vest upon the degree of achievement of performance goals. Each Performance Share Unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of FBP common stock.

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