<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000708955-18-000002.txt : 20180103
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180103161720
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000708955-18-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180103
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000708955
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				311042001
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34762
		FILM NUMBER:		18505506

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		255 EAST FIFTH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8773229530

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		255 EAST FIFTH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45202
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<div><a name="s9C5D4997AD2136723761B7EA6B460D21"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font 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style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of the </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2018</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold;">FIRST 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">On December 22, 2017, H.R.1, formally known as the &#8220;Tax Cuts and Jobs Act&#8221; was enacted into law.  This new tax legislation, among other changes, reduces the Federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018.  At September 30, 2017, First Financial Bancorp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) had net deferred tax liabilities of $23.4 million and expects to remain in a net deferred tax liability position at December 31, 2017. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Under generally accepted accounting principles, these net deferred tax liabilities are required to be revalued during the period in which the new tax legislation is enacted.  The Company currently estimates that the revaluation will result in a one-time tax benefit of approximately $9 million, or approximately $0.14 per diluted common share, based on September 30, 2017 data.  The one-time tax benefit is expected to further strengthen the Company's capital position and ratios.  It is also estimated that the Company's effective tax rate beginning in 2018 will be approximately reduced by 12% due to this new tax legislation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">As a result of the new tax legislation, the Company's bank subsidiary, First Financial Bank, will raise its starting wage to $15 per hour for hourly associates effective in January 2018.  For further details, a copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Also, the Company contributed $3.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 to the newly established First Financial Foundation.  For further details, a copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:5px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Certain statements in this report contain &#8220;forward-looking statements&#8221; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not based on historical or current facts, but rather on our current beliefs, expectations, assumptions and projections about our business, the economy and other future conditions.   Forward-looking statements often include words such as &#8216;&#8216;believes,&#8217;&#8217; &#8216;&#8216;anticipates,&#8217;&#8217; &#8220;likely,&#8221; &#8220;expected,&#8221; &#8216;&#8216;intends,&#8217;&#8217; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; and other similar references to future periods.  Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make about (i) our future operating or financial performance, including revenues, income or loss and earnings or loss per share, (ii) future common stock dividends, (iii) our capital structure, including future capital levels, (iv) our plans, objectives and strategies, and (v) the assumptions that underlie our forward-looking statements. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">As with any forecast or projection, forward-looking statements are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.  Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements include the following, without limitation: (i) economic, market, liquidity, credit, interest rate, operational and technological risks associated with the Company&#8217;s business; (ii) the effect of and changes in policies and laws or regulatory agencies, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other legislation and regulation relating to the banking industry; (iii) management&#8217;s ability to effectively execute its business plans; (iv) mergers and acquisitions, including costs or difficulties related to the integration of acquired companies; (v) the Company&#8217;s ability to comply with the terms of loss sharing agreements with the FDIC; (vi) the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices; (vii) changes in consumer spending, borrowing and saving and changes in unemployment; (viii) changes in customers&#8217; performance and creditworthiness; and (ix) the costs and effects of litigation and of unexpected or adverse outcomes in such litigation.  Additional factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements can be found in the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as its other filings with the SEC, which are available on the SEC website at </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">www.sec.gov</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Forward-looking statements are meaningful only on the date when such statements are made.  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<div><a name="s35973D88B7316C06DEB7BC764901E541"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:40px;text-align:justify;text-indent:576px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">EXHIBIT 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><img src="ex991pressrelease1318_image1.gif" alt="ex991pressrelease1318_image1.gif" style="height:89px;width:624px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact:</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Lauren Ponti-Zins</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:72px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">513.246.2137</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><a style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;" href="#"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Media@bankatfirst.com</font></a><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:72px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:72px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">First Financial Announces Pay Increase for Hourly Associates and Major Contribution to Foundation</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Cincinnati, Ohio &#8211; January 3, 2018 &#8211; </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq: FFBC) will raise the starting wage for all new and existing hourly associates to $15 an hour effective immediately. Additionally, the bank has made a $3 million contribution to its newly established charitable foundation. This announcement comes as a result of the recently passed tax legislation, which includes a reduction in corporate tax rates. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">First Financial strives to provide fair and competitive salaries and benefits to its associates. Approximately 1,335 associates are employed throughout the First Financial footprint in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The increase will affect 220 of these associates. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;Our associates are our greatest asset. Each day they work to exceed the expectations of our clients, invest time in our communities and live our values,&#8221; said Claude Davis, CEO of First Financial. &#8220;We continue to look for ways to attract and reward the best talent to help serve our clients and drive the success of the business, as well as ways to be intentional and impactful with investments in our communities.&#8221; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The bank established the First Financial Foundation at the end of 2017 with a $3 million contribution, which will fund future charitable donations, including the commitments outlined in the community investment plan announced in October 2017. The five-year, $1.7 billion plan will begin subsequent to the closing of the merger between First Financial Bank and MainSource Bank, anticipated in early 2018. </font></div><div style="line-height:160%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">###</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">About First Financial Bancorp</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">First Financial Bancorp is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company.  As of September 30, 2017, the Company had $8.8 billion in assets, $6 billion in loans, $6.7 billion in deposits and $915 million in shareholders&#8217; equity. The Company&#8217;s subsidiary, First Financial Bank, founded in 1863, provides banking and financial services products through its five lines of business: commercial, consumer, wealth management, specialty finance and mortgage. The commercial, consumer, specialty finance and mortgage units provide traditional banking services to business and retail clients. First Financial Wealth Management provides wealth planning, portfolio management, trust and estate, brokerage and retirement plan services and had approximately $2.6 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2017. The Company&#8217;s strategic operating markets are located in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky where it operates more than 100 banking centers. 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