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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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Date of Report: July&nbsp;28, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.</B>
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Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (513)&nbsp;979-5782</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On July&nbsp;28, 2008, First Financial Bancorp. made available to its clients an informational handout.
A copy of this handout is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
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&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: August&nbsp;1, 2008
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    <TD>First Financial is committed to the long-term success of its clients, communities,
associates, and shareholders. Here is how we are demonstrating that commitment:</TD>
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    <TD><I>Facts about First</I></TD>
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    <TD>Tradition of service that began in 1863 in Hamilton, Ohio, and continues under the
eighth-oldest national bank charter.</TD>
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    <TD>Third-largest Greater Cincinnati-based bank by assets and deposits.</TD>
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    <TD>Well capitalized with continual management of our capital to strengthen the bank.</TD>
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    <TD>Strong core deposit base of diversified clients &#151; individuals, partnerships, corporations,
public entities, and geographic markets.</TD>
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    <TD>First Financial Bank&#146;s net interest margin has consistently been top quartile relative
to our peers.</TD>
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    <TD>Actively managing credit quality and credit diversification in the balance
sheet.</TD>
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    <TD>Assets of $3.3&nbsp;billion and 80 banking centers in Ohio, Indiana, and
Kentucky.</TD>
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    <TD>Comprehensive risk management program in place to manage credit risk, operational risk, and
liquidity risk inherent in the banking industry.</TD>
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    <TD>Deposits are insured by the FDIC for up to $100,000 per depositor per insured bank and up to
$250,000 for eligible retirement accounts.</TD>
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    <TD><I>Our Industry Ratings</I></TD>
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    <TD>In the top 95<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> percentile in core deposits, according to the Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council&#146;s (FFIEC) latest peer report (Uniform Bank Performance
Report dated 3/31/08). Visit <U>www.ffiec.gov</U> and click on UBPR for more information.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Rated &#147;Superior&#148; by IDC Financial Publishing. This is IDC&#146;s highest rating, based on
first-quarter 2008 data. For more information about IDC Financial Publishing, visit
<U>www.idcfp.com</U></TD>
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    <TD>Rated by The Street.com with a &#147;B&#043;&#148; on a scale of A to F. This is the highest rating
given to any of Ohio&#146;s ten largest banks and S&#038;Ls as of March&nbsp;31, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" nowrap>Sources of information:
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