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2009, First Financial Bancorp. plans to </font>issue a letter to its
shareholders discussing the company&#8217;s recent acquisitions and the company&#8217;s
third quarter financial performance. A copy of this shareholder letter is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information in
this press release shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section&#160;18
of the Securities Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
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9, 2009</font></div>
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the third quarter of 2009, our company experienced exciting growth and expansion
and we are happy to share with you some of the highlights of the
quarter.</font></div>
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Update</font></div>
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completed three acquisitions, adding a total of 49 banking centers primarily
within our strategic operating markets. These acquisitions provide tremendous
future growth opportunities for our company and will strongly position our brand
in new and adjacent markets.</font></div>
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of Peoples Community Bank was a key opportunity for First Financial that gave us
19 new locations to complement our current banking center network in Greater
Cincinnati. In addition to accelerating our market expansion strategy by several
years, here are some other highlights of the Peoples acquisition:</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Provides
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">August 28, 2009:</font> We completed
the purchase and integration of three strategically located banking centers in
Carmel, Greensburg, and Shelbyville, Indiana from Irwin Union Bank and Trust.
These well-established offices offer higher growth opportunities in our
Indianapolis and South Central Indiana markets. The acquisition included $85
million in deposits and $41 million in performing loans, providing First
Financial entry into affluent and fast-growing communities in and around the
Indianapolis metropolitan market.</font></div>
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acquisition positions First Financial Bank with the seventh largest banking
center network in Indiana.<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">2</font> Through
the acquisition of Irwin Union Bank and Trust and Irwin Union Bank, F.S.B.,
First Financial added 17 strategically located Midwest banking centers in
Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. Some highlights of this acquisition
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our overall corporate strategy. We are developing exit strategies for these
banking centers.</font></div>
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increased by nearly $225 million, further strengthening our regulatory capital
ratios. We expect that the capital generated from these transactions will not
only support the acquired assets, but will also support future growth and
expansion opportunities. Our ability to execute these acquisitions during
difficult economic times is evidence of our company&#8217;s stability and
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net charge-offs. Our overall credit quality remained relatively strong
throughout most of the economic downturn, reflecting our discipline of
originating loans within our existing footprint, strong underwriting policies
and proactive management of resolution strategies for problem credits. We
anticipate that certain credit metrics may remain volatile until economic
conditions begin to show consistent improvement.</font></div>
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