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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-018408
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180402
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180402

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:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-220583
		FILM NUMBER:		18727362

	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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 2, 2018</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-220583</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">Washington,
D.C. 20549<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM
S-4</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>FIRST
FINANCIAL BANCORP.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ohio</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>31-1042001</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>255 E. Fifth Street, Suite 700</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<BR>
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code: (877) 322-9530</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">__________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;<B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007
Stock Incentive Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">__________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Karen B. Woods, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>255 E. Fifth Street, Suite 700</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(513) 887-5400</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address, and telephone number including
area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copy of all communications to:</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>James J. Barresi, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>221 E. Fourth Street, Suite 2900</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio 45292</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(513)-361-1260</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting Registrant. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo;
&ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> (Do not check if a smaller reporting Registrant)&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting Registrant <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase">Amount To Be Registered</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Proposed
        Maximum Offering Price</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Per
        Share<SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Proposed
        Maximum Aggregate offering</FONT></P>
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        Share <SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase">amount <BR>
of registration <BR>
fee<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock,&nbsp;&nbsp;no par value per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">83,551<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">N/A</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">N/A</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">N/A</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form S-8 covers shares of First Financial Bancorp.&rsquo;s common stock, no par value (the &ldquo;Common
Stock&rdquo;), originally registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-220583), issuable under options assumed
by the registrant and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, an additional indeterminate number of
shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued in respect of such options pursuant to the MainSource Financial Group,
Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution
resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or other transactions.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The registration fee in
respect of such shares of Common Stock was previously paid at the time of the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4
on September 22, 2017.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">EXPLANATORY NOTE</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">First Financial Bancorp.
(&ldquo;First Financial,&rdquo; the &ldquo;Company,&rdquo; the &ldquo;Registrant,&rdquo; the &ldquo;registrant,&rdquo; &ldquo;we,&rdquo;
&ldquo;our,&rdquo; &ldquo;ours&rdquo; or &ldquo;us&rdquo;) hereby amends its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-220583)
(the &ldquo;Form S-4&rdquo;) by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form S&ndash;8 (the &ldquo;Form S-8&rdquo;)
to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), 83,551 shares of common stock, no
par value, of First Financial (&ldquo;First Financial Common Stock&rdquo;) as described below. These shares were initially registered
by the registrant on the Form S-4, which became effective on October 18, 2017. The Form S-4, as amended by the Form S-8, is referred
to as the &ldquo;Registration Statement.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On April 1, 2018, MainSource
Financial Group, Inc. (&ldquo;MainSource&rdquo;) was merged with and into First Financial (the &ldquo;Merger&rdquo;) pursuant to
the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 25, 2017, by and between First Financial and MainSource (the &ldquo;Merger Agreement&rdquo;).
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each option previously granted by MainSource under the MainSource Financial Group, Inc.
2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time
of the Merger was fully vested and assumed by First Financial, and was converted into a stock option exercisable for First Financial
Common Stock. This Form S-8 relates to 83,551 shares of First Financial Common Stock originally registered on the Form S-4 that
may be issued following the Merger upon the exercise of assumed options held by employees of First Financial that were originally
granted under the Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART I</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION
10(a) PROSPECTUS</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information required by Part I to be contained in the
Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part
I have been or will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by Rule 428(b).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART II</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The
following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) pursuant to
the requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;), are incorporated herein by reference:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017;</FONT></P>
                                                     <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Current Reports on Form 8-K
                                                     filed with the SEC on January 3, 2018, January 18, 2018, January 29, 2018, February 6, 2018, February 13, 2018, February 22,
                                                     2018, February 27, 2018, March 9, 2018, March 29, 2018 and April 2, 2018;</FONT></P>
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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed on April&nbsp;13, 2017; and</FONT></P>
                                                     <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in the Prospectus filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;19, 2017.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities
then remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Registrant, no report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Registrant and no performance graph included
in any Proxy Statement or Information Statement filed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference, and to the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form 8-K, or any exhibit thereto,
was or is &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; to, rather than &ldquo;filed&rdquo; with, the SEC, such information or exhibit is specifically
not incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained
in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or deemed to be a part of this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or deemed
to be a part of this Registration Statement modifies or replaces such 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.
</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The legality of the
First Financial Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan has been passed upon by Shannon M. Kuhl, Esq., Chief Risk Officer
of the Registrant, who at March 30, 2018 beneficially owned 14,438 shares of First Financial Common Stock, inclusive of 8,607 shares
of restricted stock which remain subject to forfeiture until vested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Under Section 1701.13(E)
of the Ohio General Corporation Law (the &ldquo;OGCL&rdquo;), directors, officers, employees and agents of an Ohio corporation
have an absolute right to indemnification for expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by them
in any action, suit or proceeding to the extent they are successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of the action, suit
or proceeding, including derivative actions, brought against them, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter asserted in any
such proceeding.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1701.13(E)
of the OGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents or individuals who are or were serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager or agent of another corporation or
entity in circumstances where indemnification is not mandated by the statute if certain statutory standards are satisfied. A corporation
may grant indemnification in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, investigative
or administrative, other than derivative actions, if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful. Such indemnification is permitted against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees) as well as judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee in connection
with the action, suit or proceeding.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Under Section 1701.13(E),
a corporation may also provide indemnification in derivative actions for expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of an action or suit if the officer, director, employee or agent
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation.
Ohio law does not expressly authorize indemnification against judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement of derivative actions.
A corporation may not indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent in derivative actions for expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees) if such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person&rsquo;s duties to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent that a court determines 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 as the court deems proper. In
addition, a corporation may not indemnify a director in any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against the director
is for approving unlawful loans, dividends or distributions of assets under Section 1701.95 of the OGCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1701.13(E)
of the OGCL permits a corporation to pay expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) incurred by a director, officer, employee or
agent as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, as authorized by the corporation&rsquo;s
directors and upon receipt of an undertaking by such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person
is not entitled to indemnification.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 1701.13(E)
of the OGCL states that the indemnification provided thereby is not exclusive of, and is in addition to, any other rights granted
to persons seeking indemnification under a corporation&rsquo;s articles or regulations, any agreement, a vote of the corporation&rsquo;s
shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. In addition, Section 1701.13(E) of the OGCL grants express power to a corporation
to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including trust funds, letters of credit and self-insurance,
for director, officer, employee or agent liability, regardless of whether that individual is otherwise eligible for indemnification
by the corporation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing discussion
is necessarily subject to the complete text of Section 1701.13(E), which provides for indemnification of directors, officers and
other parties in certain circumstances, and is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Article SIXTH of the
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, provides that each person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company shall be indemnified by the Company to the full extent permitted by the Ohio Revised
Code against any liability, cost or expense incurred by such person in such capacity, or arising out of such person&rsquo;s status
as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company. Article IV of the Amended and Restated Regulations of the Company, as
amended, provides that the Company shall, to the full extent permitted by the OGCL, indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company maintains
insurance policies under which directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries are insured, within the limits and subject
to the limitations of such policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and certain
liabilities that might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by reason of being
or having been directors or officers of the Company or its subsidiaries.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.
</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000114420414046172/v385117_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000114420414046172/v385117_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of First Financial Bancorp. (reflecting all amendments filed with the Ohio Secretary of State) [for purposes of SEC reporting compliance only - not filed with the Ohio Secretary of State] (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form S-3 on July 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 333-197771).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895515000044/ex31amendedandrestatedregu.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895515000044/ex31amendedandrestatedregu.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Regulations of First Financial Bancorp. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 000-34762).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Shannon M. Kuhl, Esq.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Award Agreement for Archie M. Brown, Jr. under the MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of Stock Award Agreement under the MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (for Executives).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Shannon M. Kuhl, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="#a_001" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="#a_001" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this registration statement)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">(1) To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 79.55pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 79.55pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 79.55pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 79.55pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 79.55pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in this Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 79.55pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify"><I>provided, however,</I> that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">(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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">(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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 24.45pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&rsquo;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Commission 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Cincinnati, and the State of Ohio, on April 2, 2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><B>FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0; width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0; width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Archie M. Brown, Jr.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">Archie M. Brown, Jr.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints each of Karen B. Woods and James M. Anderson, with full power to act without the other,
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-220583) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory
body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 they, he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents as his, her, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on April 2, 2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Archie M. Brown, Jr.&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Archie M. Brown, Jr.&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ James M. Anderson&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">James M. Anderson&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Scott T. Crawley&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Scott T. Crawley&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Corporate Controller </FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Accounting Officer) </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Claude E. Davis&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Claude E. Davis&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Chairman of the Board and Director </FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 49%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 49%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ J. Wickliffe Ach&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">J. Wickliffe Ach&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Kathleen L. Bardwell&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Kathleen L. Bardwell&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William G. Barron&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">William G. Barron&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Vincent A. Berta&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Vincent A. Berta&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Cynthia O. Booth&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Cynthia O. Booth&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Corinne R. Finnerty&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Corinne R. Finnerty&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Erin P. Hoeflinger&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Erin P. Hoeflinger&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Susan L. Knust&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Susan L. Knust&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William J. Kramer&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">William J. Kramer&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ John T. Neighbours&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">John T. Neighbours&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Thomas M. O&rsquo;Brien&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Thomas M. O&rsquo;Brien&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Richard E. Olszewski&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Richard E. Olszewski&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Maribeth S. Rahe&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Maribeth S. Rahe&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director </FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>



<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -1.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -1.5in"></P>

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    <DIV STYLE="page-break-before: always; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 12pt"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</P></DIV>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -1.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -1.5in"><B>EXHIBIT
INDEX</B></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000114420414046172/v385117_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000114420414046172/v385117_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of First Financial Bancorp. (reflecting all amendments filed with the Ohio Secretary of State) [for purposes of SEC reporting compliance only - not filed with the Ohio Secretary of State] (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form S-3 on July 31, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 333-197771).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895515000044/ex31amendedandrestatedregu.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895515000044/ex31amendedandrestatedregu.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Regulations of First Financial Bancorp. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference) (File No. 000-34762).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Shannon M. Kuhl, Esq.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">10.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form
of Award Agreement for Archie M. Brown, Jr. under the MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex10-3.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form
of Stock Award Agreement under the MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (for Executives).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="tv489868_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Shannon M. Kuhl, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="#a_001" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this registration statement)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">[FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP LETTERHEAD]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">April 2, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">First Financial Bancorp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">255 E. Fifth Street, Suite 2900</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Cincinnati, OH 45202</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Re:&#9;Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Form S-4 on Form S-8</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">I am Chief Risk Officer of First Financial
Bancorp., an Ohio corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;). I am familiar with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form
S-8 (such Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) being filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Act&rdquo;), relating to up to 83,551
shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, no par value (the &ldquo;Common Shares&rdquo;), that may be issued upon the exercise
of certain outstanding option awards held by certain individuals who qualify as current employees or directors of MainSource Financial
Group, Inc. (&ldquo;MainSource&rdquo;) or its subsidiaries immediately prior to the merger of MainSource with and into the Company.
The options were originally granted under the MainSource Financial Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).
This opinion is provided pursuant to the requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As Chief Risk Officer of the Company, I
have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement. In addition, I am generally familiar with the records and proceedings
of the Company. Furthermore, I have examined and relied on the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction,
of corporate records or documents of the Company and such representations of officers of the Company as deemed appropriate.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">With respect to the Common Shares being
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement as filed and as it may be amended, it is my opinion that the Common Shares have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and, when issued, delivered and paid for, as appropriate,
in the manner provided and for the consideration prescribed in the Plan and in any award agreement entered into by MainSource and
a participant in the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This opinion is furnished solely for the
benefit of the Company in connection with the offering of the 83,551 Common Shares covered by the Registration Statement pursuant
to the Plan and the filing of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. No portion of this opinion may be quoted,
relied upon or otherwise used by any other person or for any other purpose without my prior written consent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Notwithstanding the foregoing, I consent
to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the use of my name wherever appearing
in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. By giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am an &ldquo;expert&rdquo;
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sincerely,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Shannon M. Kuhl</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Shannon M. Kuhl. Esq.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT 10.1</font></b></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MAINSOURCE FINANCIAL
GROUP, INC.<br>
2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE I</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Purpose</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The primary purposes of the MainSource Financial
Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) are to promote and
align the interests of key employees, officers, directors, consultants,
advisors and other service providers of the Company and its Affiliates in order
to reward performance that enhances long term shareholder value, increases
employee stock ownership and improves the ability of the Company and its
Affiliates to attract, retain and motivate their key employees, officers,
directors, consultants, advisors and other service providers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Similar purposes were the motivation behind the
Company&#146;s prior establishment of the 2003 Stock Option Plan, which is in
addition to, and not replaced by, this 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. At the same
time as the adoption of this Plan, no further awards will be made under the
2003 Stock Option Plan. However, unexercised options, which were previously
issued under the 2003 Stock Option Plan, will not be terminated, but will
otherwise be continued in accordance with the 2003 Stock Option Plan, as it may
be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and conditions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In furtherance of the foregoing expressed purposes,
this Plan is intended to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Stock
Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the
Company Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards:&#160; (a)&nbsp;Option Awards; (b)&nbsp;Bonus Stock
Awards; and (c)&nbsp;Restricted Stock Awards.</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE II</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitions</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As used in this Plan,
terms defined parenthetically immediately after their use have the meanings
provided by such definitions, and the terms set forth below have the following
meanings (such meanings to apply equally to both the singular and plural forms
of the terms defined):</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Administrator&#148;
means the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board or any committee of
the Board&#160; comprised solely of directors
who both are (i)&nbsp;&#147;Non-employee Directors&#148; under Rule&nbsp;16b-3, and
(ii)&nbsp;&#147;outside directors&#148; as described in Treasury Regulation
Section&nbsp;1.162-27(e)(3).</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Affiliate&#148;
means (i)&nbsp;any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of the granting of a
Stock Award under the Plan, each of the corporations other than the last
corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain, and (ii)&nbsp;any other organization in which the
Company has a substantial equity investment, as designated by the Board.</p>

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Agreement&#148; means the written agreement which sets forth the terms and
provisions applicable to each Option Award, Restricted Stock Award and/or Bonus
Stock Award.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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means the Board of Directors of the Company.</p>

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Stock Award&#148; is a grant of shares of Company Stock in return for previously
performed services, or in return for a Grantee surrendering other compensation
that may be due.</p>

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in Control&#148; means the occurrence of any one of the following events:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>individuals
who, on January&nbsp;1, 2007, constitute the Board (the &#147;Incumbent Directors&#148;)
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided
that any person becoming a director subsequent to January&nbsp;1, 2007, whose
election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds
of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by
approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as
a nominee for director, without written objection by such Incumbent Directors
to such nomination) shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; provided,
however, that no individual elected or nominated as a director of the Company
initially as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect
to directors or any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on
behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent
Director;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
&#147;person&#148; (as such term is defined in Section&nbsp;3(a)(9)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and as used
in Sections 13(d)(3)&nbsp;and 14(d)(2)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) is or becomes
a &#147;beneficial owner&#148; (as defined in Rule&nbsp;13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more
of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding securities
eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the &#147;Company Voting
Securities&#148;); provided, however, that the event described in this paragraph
(ii)&nbsp;shall not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of any of the
following acquisitions: (A)&nbsp;by the Company or any subsidiary, (B)&nbsp;by
any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
subsidiary, or by any employee stock benefit trust created by the Company or
any subsidiary, (C)&nbsp;by any underwriter temporarily holding securities
pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D)&nbsp;pursuant to a
Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii)), (E)&nbsp;pursuant
to any acquisition by any group of persons (or any entity controlled by any
group of persons); or (F)&nbsp;a transaction (other than one described in
(iii)&nbsp;below) in which Company Voting Securities are acquired from the
Company, if a majority of the Incumbent Directors approves a resolution
providing expressly that the acquisition pursuant to this clause (F)&nbsp;does
not constitute a Change in Control under this paragraph (ii);</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
consummation of a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar form of
corporate transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
requires the approval of the Company&#146;s shareholders, whether for such
transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a &#147;Business
Combination&#148;), unless immediately following such Business Combination:
(A)&nbsp;more than 40% of the total voting power of (x)&nbsp;the corporation
resulting from the consummation of such Business Combination (the &#147;Surviving
Corporation&#148;) or (y)&nbsp;if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that
directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of the voting securities
eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation (the &#147;Parent
Corporation&#148;), is represented by Company Voting Securities that were
outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable,
represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted
pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders
thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of such
Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the
Business Combination, (B)&nbsp;no person (other than any employee benefit plan
sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation
or any employee stock benefit trust created by the Surviving Corporation or the
Parent Corporation) is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
of 25% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities
eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no
Parent </p>

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(C)&nbsp;at least one-half of the members of the board of directors of the
Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving
Corporation) were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board&#146;s approval of
the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination
(any Business Combination which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A),
(B)&nbsp;and (C)&nbsp;above shall be deemed to be a &#147;Non-Qualifying
Transaction&#148;); or</font></p>

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shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company&#146;s assets.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Change in Control of the Company shall not be deemed to occur
solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 25% of the
Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company Voting
Securities by the Company that reduces the number of Company Voting Securities
outstanding; provided, that if after such acquisition by the Company such
person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company Voting Securities
that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities
beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control of the Company shall
then occur.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations and
rulings thereunder. References to a particular Section&nbsp;of the Internal
Revenue Code will include references to successor provisions.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Company&#148;
means MainSource Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., an Indiana corporation.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Company
Stock&#148; means the common stock of the Company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Current
Grant&#148; has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;7.1(c).</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Effective
Date&#148; means January&nbsp;1, 2007.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Exchange
Act&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. References to a
particular section of, or rule&nbsp;under, the Exchange Act will include
references to successor provisions.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Exercise
Price&#148; means the price at which a share of Company Stock may be purchased by a
Grantee pursuant to exercise of an Option Award.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Fair
Market Value&#148; of any security of the Company or any other issuer means, as of
any applicable date:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
per share closing price of a share of the Company Stock on the National
Association of Securities Dealers,&nbsp;Inc.&#146;s NASDAQ National Market System
(&#147;NASDAQ&#148;) on the day preceding the day such grant determination is being made
or, if there was no closing price reported on such day, on the most recently
preceding day on which a closing price was reported; or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If
a security is not so listed, the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock
will be determined by a reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method
taking into consideration such factors as the value of the Company&#146;s tangible
and intangible assets, the present value of the Company&#146;s future cash flows,
the market value of stock of equity interests in similar corporations and other
entities engaged in trades or businesses substantially similar to those engaged
in by the Company, the value of which can be readily determined through
objective means and other relevant factors such as control premiums or
discounts for lack of marketability and whether the valuation method is used
for other purposes that have a material economic effect on the Company, its
shareholders or its creditors.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Grant
Date&#148; means the date of grant of a Stock Award determined in accordance with
Section&nbsp;6.1(a).</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(p)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Grantee&#148;
means an individual who has been granted a Stock Award.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(q)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;ISO&#148;
means an Option Award which meets the requirements of Code Section&nbsp;422.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(r)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Non-employee
Director&#148; means any individual who is a member of the Board and who is not an
employee of the Company.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(s)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Nonqualified
Stock Option&#148; means an Option Award that does not meet the requirements of Code
Section&nbsp;422.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(t)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Option
Award&#148; means the grant of a stock option under the Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(u)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Other
Plans&#148; has the meaning specified in subsection Section&nbsp;7.1(b)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Plan&#148;
means the MainSource Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(w)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Prior
Grants&#148; has the meaning specified in subsection Section&nbsp;7.1(c).</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Restricted
Stock Award&#148; is a grant of shares of Company Stock that are subject to a risk
of forfeiture or other restrictions that will lapse upon the achievement of one
or more goals, performance goals or other objectives, as determined by the
Board.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(y)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Rule&nbsp;16b-3&#148;
means Rule&nbsp;16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and any future
rule&nbsp;or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such rule.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(z)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;SEC&#148;
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(aa)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Securities
Act&#148; means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. References to a particular
section of, or rule&nbsp;under the Securities Act will include references to
successor provisions.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(bb)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Stock
Award&#148; means an Option Award, Bonus Stock Award or Restricted Stock Award, or
all or any combination of them.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(cc)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Ten
Percent Owner&#148; means a person who owns stock (including stock treated as owned
under Code Section&nbsp;424(d)) possessing more than ten percent of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(dd)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Termination
of Employment&#148; occurs the first day an individual, for any reason, is entitled
to severance payments under the Company&#146;s or any Affiliate&#146;s personnel policies
or is no longer employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates, or, with
respect to an individual who is an employee of an Affiliate, the first day such
corporation is no longer an Affiliate. For the purposes of this Plan, the death
of an individual will not constitute a Termination of Employment.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ee)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;Termination
of Employment for Cause&#148; means a Termination of Employment following the
occurrence of any of the following events:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Grantee
commits fraud, theft or embezzlement against the Company or an Affiliate;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Grantee
commits a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Grantee
compromises trade secrets or other proprietary information of the Company or an
Affiliate; or</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Grantee
breaches any non-solicitation agreement or noncompetition agreement with the
Employer.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ff)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;$100,000
Limit&#148; has the meaning specified in subsection Section&nbsp;7.1(b).</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE III</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Scope</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.1&#160; Reservation of Shares.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>An aggregate of <b>650,000</b> shares of Company Stock is hereby
made available and is reserved for delivery in connection with the Plan. This
is the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that may be subject to Stock
Awards awarded under the Plan. Subject to the foregoing limit, shares of
Company Stock held as treasury shares may be used for or in connection with
Stock Awards. Issuance of Company Stock pursuant to a Stock Award reduces the
shares available for grant and issuance under the Plan.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If and to the
extent a Stock Award expires or terminates for any reason without having been
exercised in full or is forfeited, shares of Company Stock associated with such
Stock Award will again become available for other Stock Awards.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE IV</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Administration</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan will be
administered by the Administrator who will have full power and final authority,
in its sole discretion, but subject to the express provisions of the Plan, as
follows:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To grant Stock
Awards;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To determine when
Stock Awards may be granted;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To interpret the
Plan and to make all determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To prescribe,
amend and rescind rules&nbsp;relating to the Plan, including rules&nbsp;with
respect to the exercisability of Stock Awards upon the Termination of
Employment of a Grantee;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To determine the
terms and provisions of Award Agreements and, with the consent of the Grantee,
to modify any such Award Agreement at any time;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To accelerate
the exercisability of, and to accelerate or waive any or all of the
restrictions and conditions applicable to any Stock Award; or</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To impose such
additional conditions, restrictions and limitations upon the grant, exercise or
retention of Stock Awards as the Administrator may, before or concurrently with
the grant thereof, deem appropriate.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any decision made by the Administrator or any action
which the Administrator is required or authorized to take will, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be final, conclusive, and binding upon each and
every person who is or may become interested in the Plan, any Award Agreement
or any Stock Award. The Administrator will not be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Stock Award.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE V</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eligibility</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.1&#160; In General.&#160;
</font></i></font>Except as otherwise provided herein, Stock
Awards may be granted to any employee, director or officer of the Company or
any Affiliate, or to any consultant or advisor to the Company provided that if
such consultant or advisor is employed by or providing services to the Company </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">or a Affiliate at the time of the grant).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, but otherwise subject to Code Section&nbsp;422,
only employees of the Company or an Affiliate may be granted ISOs.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.2&#160; Acquired Employees.&#160; </font></i></font>To the extent not
otherwise precluded in the Plan or in any other agreement, Stock Awards may be
granted under this Plan in substitution for awards held by employees of an
organization or business acquired, in any manner, by the Company or an
Affiliate. The terms, provisions and benefits of any substitute Stock Awards
will be determined by the Board.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE VI</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conditions to Grants</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.1&#160; General Conditions.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The &#147;Grant Date&#148;
of a Stock Award is the date on which the Administrator grants the Stock Award
or such later date as specified in advance by the Administrator.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The term of each
Stock Award subject to Section&nbsp;7.1(a)&nbsp;with respect to ISOs will be a
period of not more than ten years from the Grant Date and will be subject to
earlier termination as herein provided.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.2&#160; Exercise Price.&#160; </font></i></font>The Exercise Price
of any Option Award or Restricted Stock Award, if any,<b>  </b>will be equal to the Fair Market Value of
Company Stock as of the Grant Date.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.3&#160; Cash Settlement.&#160; </font></i></font>To the extent
provided by the Administrator, any Stock Award may be settled in cash rather
than Company Stock. To the extent any shares of Company Stock covered by a
Stock Award are not delivered to a Grantee because the Stock Award is
forfeited, such shares will not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes
of determining the maximum number of shares of Company Stock available for
delivery under the Plan.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE VII</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Option Awards</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;7.1&#160; Incentive Stock Options.&#160; </font></i></font>If, at the time of
the grant of any Option Award to an employee of the Company or a Affiliate, the
Exercise Price is, in the case of a Ten Percent Owner, not less than 110
percent of the Fair Market Value of the Company Stock on the Grant Date, then
the Administrator may, but need not, designate that such Option Award will be
made subject to additional restrictions to permit it to qualify as an ISO. Any
Option Award designated as an ISO:</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Will be for a period of not more than ten
years (five years, in the case of a Ten Percent Owner) from the Grant Date, and
will be subject to earlier termination as provided herein or in the applicable
Award Agreement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Will not, when aggregated with all other
ISOs (granted under the Plan or any other stock option plan of the Company or
an Affiliate (&#147;Other Plans&#148;)) granted to any specific Grantee and exercisable
for the first time during any calendar year, have an aggregate Fair Market
Value (determined with respect to the underlying capital stock on each ISO&#146;s
grant date and otherwise in accordance with Code Section&nbsp;422) in excess of
$100,000 (the &#147;$100,000 Limit&#148;);</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Will, if the aggregate Fair Market Value
on the date of grant of the underlying capital stock with respect to such grant
(the &#147;Current Grant&#148;) and all prior ISO grants under the Plan and Other Plans
(&#147;Prior Grants&#148;) which are exercisable for the first time during any calendar
year would exceed the $100,000 Limit, be exercisable as follows:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 102.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
portion of the Current Grant exercisable for the first time by a specific
Grantee during a calendar year which causes all relevant grants to the Grantee
to exceed the </font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 102.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$100,000 Limit for such calendar year will,
notwithstanding the terms of the Current Grant, be exercisable for the first
time by the Grantee in the first subsequent calendar year or years in which it
could be exercisable for the first time by the Grantee without exceeding the
$100,000 Limit for such subsequent calendar year; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 102.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; If,
viewed as of the date of the Current Grant, any portion of a Current Grant
could not be exercised under subsection (i)&nbsp;above during any calendar year
commencing with the calendar year in which it is first exercisable through and
including the last calendar year in which it may by its terms be exercised,
such portion of the Current Grant will not be an ISO, but will be exercisable
as a separate Option Award at such date or dates as are provided in the Current
Grant;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; will be granted within ten years after the
earlier of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or the date the Plan is
approved by the shareholders of the Company; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; will require the Grantee to notify the
Administrator of any disposition of any Company Stock issued pursuant to the
exercise of the ISO under the circumstances described in Code
Section&nbsp;421(b)&nbsp;(relating to certain disqualifying dispositions),
within ten days of such disposition.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;7.2&#160; Nonqualified Stock Options. &#160;</font></i></font>Any Option Award that
does not meet the requirements of Code Section&nbsp;422 will be a Nonqualified
Stock Option, which will be in such form and will contain such terms and
conditions as the Administrator will appropriate; provided, however, the
Exercise Price will not be less than 100 percent of the underlying Company
Stock&#146;s Fair Market Value on the Grant Date.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;7.3&#160; Termination of Employment.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Unless otherwise
determined by the Administrator and specified in the applicable Award
Agreement, any Option Award that has not vested as of the date of Termination
of Employment will terminate immediately as of the date of Termination of
Employment.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Upon a Change in
Control, any Option Award will be immediately vested and immediately
exercisable.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any vested,
unexercised Option Award will terminate automatically and without further
notice on the earliest of the following dates, but otherwise subject to the
expiration date set forth in the Award Agreement:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>One
year after the Grantee&#146;s death;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>One
year after the Grantee&#146;s Termination of Employment arising from a permanent and
total disability, within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;22(e)(3);</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Immediately if the Termination of
Employment is based upon Cause; and</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>90
days after Termination of Employment for any reason other than disability or
Cause as provided in this Section.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE VIII</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bonus Stock and Restricted Stock Awards</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.1&#160; Bonus Stock Awards.</font></i></font><font style="font-style:italic;"><i> &#160;</i></font>Each Award Agreement relating to a
Bonus Stock Award will be in such form and will contain such terms and
conditions as the Administrator will deem appropriate. Each Bonus Stock Award
Agreement will include (through the incorporation of these provisions by
reference or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Consideration.</i>&#160;&#160; A
Bonus Stock Award may be made in consideration for past services actually
rendered to the Company or any Affiliate for its benefit.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Vesting.</i>&#160;&#160; Shares of
Company Stock awarded under a Bonus Stock Award Agreement may, but need not, be
subject to vesting, as determined by the Administrator and specified in the
applicable Award Agreement. Upon a Change in Control, any Bonus Stock Award, to
the extent subject to vesting, will be immediately vested.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Termination of Employment.</i>&#160;&#160;
Upon a Grantee&#146;s Termination of Employment, the Company may reacquire
any or all of the shares of Company Stock held by the Grantee which have not
yet vested as of the date of the Termination of Employment under the terms of
the Bonus Stock Award Agreement. If as of the Termination of Employment the
restrictions applicable to a Bonus Stock Award, if any, have not been
satisfied, the Bonus Stock Award will be forfeited and the underlying shares of
Company Stock returned to the Company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;8.2</font></i> &#160;<i>Restricted Stock Awards.&#160; </i>Each Restricted Stock Award
Agreement will be in such form and will contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator
will deem appropriate. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement will include
(through the incorporation of these provisions by reference or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Purchase Price.</i>&#160;&#160; The
purchase price, if any, under each Restricted Stock Award Agreement will be
such amount as the Administrator will determine and designate in the Award
Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Vesting.</i>&#160;&#160; Shares of
Company Stock awarded under a Restricted Stock Award Agreement may, but need
not, be subject to vesting, as determined by the Administrator and specified in
the applicable Award Agreement. Upon a Change in Control, any Restricted Stock
Award, to the extent subject to vesting, will be immediately vested.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i>Termination of Employment.</i>&#160;&#160;
Upon a Grantee&#146;s Termination of Employment, the Company may reacquire
any or all of the shares of Company Stock held by the Grantee which have not
yet vested as of the date of the Termination of Employment under the terms of
the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. If as of the Termination of Employment the
restrictions applicable to a Restricted Stock Award have not been satisfied,
the Restricted Stock Award will be forfeited and the underlying shares of
Company Stock returned to the Company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE IX</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exercise and Transferability</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;9.1</font></i> &#160;<i>Exercise.&#160; </i>Subject to Article&nbsp;IV(f), other provisions of the Plan
and the Award Agreement, as well as such other terms and conditions as the
Administrator may impose, each Stock Award that is exercisable in whole or in
part after the Grant Date will be exercisable in one or more installments
commencing on the date it vests under the applicable Award Agreement. Each such
Stock Award will be exercised by delivery to the Company of written notice of
exercise, in whole or in part, and delivery of such other documents, instruments
and other items as may be required by the applicable Award </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Agreement. The Exercise Price will be paid in full at
the time of the exercise. Payment may, at the election of the Grantee, be made in
any one or any combination of the following:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Cash;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Company Stock
valued at its Fair Market Value on the business day preceding the date of
exercise (including through an attestation procedure);</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>By waiver of
compensation due or accrued to the Grantee for services rendered;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>With the consent
of the Administrator, by tender of property; or</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consideration
received by the Company under any form of cashless exercise approved by the
Administrator, including (provided that a public market for the Company Stock
exists):</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A
&#147;same day sale&#148; commitment from the Grantee and a broker-dealer that is a
member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an &#147;NASD Dealer&#148;)
whereby the Grantee irrevocably elects to exercise the Stock Award and to sell
a portion of the Company Stock so purchased in order to pay for the Stock
Award, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such
Company Stock to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A
&#147;margin&#148; commitment from the Grantee and an NASD Dealer whereby the Grantee
irrevocably elects to exercise the Stock Award and to pledge the Company Stock
so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from
the NASD Dealer in the amount of the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD
Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Company Stock to forward the
Exercise Price directly to the Company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;9.2</font></i> &#160;<i>Transferability.&#160; </i>Each Stock Award granted hereunder
will by its terms not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during the Grantee&#146;s
lifetime, only by the Grantee. A Stock Award may be exercised by the Grantee&#146;s
personal representative or heir(s)&nbsp;upon the Grantee&#146;s death, but only
during the period ending on the earlier of (a)&nbsp;the date 12 months
following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period as is specified
in the applicable Award Agreement), or (b)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of
the Stock Award as specified in the Award Agreement. If, after death, the Stock
Award is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Stock Award will
terminate.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE X</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment and Termination of the Plan</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board may supplement, amend, alter or discontinue
the Plan in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time, but no
supplement, amendment, alteration or discontinuation will be made which would
impair the rights of a Grantee under an Award theretofore granted without the
Grantee&#146;s consent, except that any supplement, amendment, alteration or
discontinuation may be made to (a)&nbsp;avoid a material charge or expense to
the Company, (b)&nbsp;cause the Plan to comply with applicable law, or
(c)&nbsp;permit the Company to claim a tax deduction under applicable law. In
addition, subject to the provisions of this Section, the Board, in its sole
discretion at any time and from time to time, may supplement, amend, alter or
discontinue this Plan without the approval of the Company&#146;s shareholders
(a)&nbsp;to the extent such approval is not required by applicable law or the
terms of a written agreement, and (b)&nbsp;so long as any such amendment or
alteration does not increase the number of Shares subject to this Plan (other
than pursuant to Section&nbsp;12.9) or increase the maximum number of Stock
Awards that the Administrator may award under the Plan. The Committee may
supplement, amend, alter or discontinue the terms of any Award theretofore
granted, prospectively or retroactively, on the same conditions and limitations
(and exceptions </font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to limitations) as apply to the Board under the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and further subject to any approval or
limitations the Board may impose.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE XI</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Legal Construction</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.1</font></i> &#160;<i>Gender and Number.&#160; </i>Except where otherwise indicated
by the context, any masculine term used herein also includes the feminine, the
plural includes the singular and the singular includes the plural.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.2</font></i> &#160;<i>Severability.&#160; </i>In the event any provision of the Plan is held to be
illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity will not affect
the remaining parts of this Plan, and this Plan will be construed and enforced
as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.3 </font></i>&#160;<i>Requirements of Law.&#160; </i>The grant of Awards and the
issuance of shares of Company Stock under this Plan will be subject to all
applicable statutes, laws, rules&nbsp;and regulations and to such approvals and
requirements as may be required from time to time by any governmental
authorities or any securities exchange or market on which the shares of Company
Stock are then listed or traded.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.4</font></i> &#160;<i>Governing Law.&#160; </i>Except to the extent preempted by
the Federal laws of the United States, the Plan and all Award Agreements will
be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Indiana without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provisions,
principles or rules&nbsp;(whether of the State of Indiana or any other
jurisdiction) that would cause the application of any laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Indiana.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.5</font></i> &#160;<i>Headings.&#160; </i>The descriptive headings and
sections of this Plan are provided herein for convenience of reference only and
will not serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.6 </font></i>&#160;<i>Mistake of Fact.&#160; </i>Any mistake of fact or
misstatement of facts will be corrected when it becomes known by a proper adjustment to an
Award or Award Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;11.7 </font></i>&#160;<i>Evidence.&#160; </i>Evidence required of anyone under
the Plan may be by certificate, affidavit, document or other information which
the person relying thereon considers pertinent and reliable, and signed, made
or presented by the proper party or parties.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE XII</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Miscellaneous</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.1</font></i> &#160;<i>Section&nbsp;83(b)&nbsp;Election.&#160; </i>If the Administrator has not, on the Grant Date or any
later date, prohibited such Grantee from making the following election, and the
Grantee has, in connection with the receipt or exercise of any Stock Award
(when applicable), made the election permitted under Code
Section&nbsp;83(b)&nbsp;(<i>i.e</i>., an
election to include in such Grantee&#146;s gross income in the year of transfer the
amounts specified in Code Section&nbsp;83(b)), such Grantee will notify the
Company of such election within ten days of filing notice of the election with
the Internal Revenue Service, in addition to any filing and notification
required pursuant to regulations issued under the authority of Code
Section&nbsp;83(b).</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.2</font></i> &#160;<i>Withholding Requirements</i>.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Whenever under
the Plan, shares of Company Stock are to be delivered upon exercise or payment
of a Stock Award, or any other event with respect to rights and benefits
hereunder, the Company will be entitled to require as a condition of delivery
(i)&nbsp;that the Grantee remit an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal,
state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto, (ii)&nbsp;the
withholding of such sums from compensation otherwise due to the Grantee or </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">from
any shares of Company Stock due to the Grantee under the Plan or (iii)&nbsp;any
combination of the foregoing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If any
disqualifying disposition described in Section&nbsp;7.1(e)&nbsp;is made with
respect to shares of Company Stock acquired under an ISO granted pursuant to
the Plan or any Code Section&nbsp;83(b)&nbsp;election described in
Section&nbsp;12.1 is made, then the person making such disqualifying
disposition or election will remit to the Company an amount sufficient to
satisfy all federal, state, and local withholding taxes thereby incurred;
provided that, in lieu of or in addition to the foregoing, the Company will
have the right to withhold such sums from compensation otherwise due to the
Grantee or from any shares of Company Stock due to the Grantee under the Plan.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.3</font></i> &#160;<i>Withholding Arrangements</i>.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subject to
subsection (b), a Grantee may elect for withholding (&#147;Share Withholding&#148;) by
the Company a portion of the shares of Company Stock otherwise deliverable to
such Grantee upon the exercise or payment of a Stock Award (a &#147;Taxable Event&#148;)
having a Fair Market Value equal to:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
minimum amount necessary to satisfy required federal, state, or local
withholding tax liability attributable to the Taxable Event; or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>With
the Administrator&#146;s prior approval, a greater amount, not to exceed the
estimated total amount of such Grantee&#146;s tax liability with respect to the
Taxable Event.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each Share
Withholding election by a Grantee will be made in writing in a form acceptable
to the Administrator and will be subject to the following restrictions:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A
Grantee&#146;s right to make such an election will be subject to the Administrator&#146;s
right to revoke such right at any time before the Grantee&#146;s election unless the
Administrator specifically waives its right to do so in the Award Agreement;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Grantee&#146;s election must be made before the date (the &#147;Tax Date&#148;) on which the
amount of tax to be withheld is determined;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Grantee&#146;s election will be
irrevocable by the Grantee; and</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 84.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In
the event that the Tax Date is deferred until six months after the delivery of
Company Stock under Section&nbsp;83(b)&nbsp;of the Code, the Grantee will
receive the full amount of Company Stock with respect to which the exercise
occurs, but such Grantee will be unconditionally obligated to tender back to
the Company the proper number of shares of Company Stock on the Tax Date.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.4 </font></i>&#160;<i>Securities Law Matters</i>.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If the
Administrator deems necessary to comply with the Securities Act, or any rules,
regulations or other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated
quotation system, the Administrator may require a written investment intent
representation by the Grantee and may require that a restrictive legend be
affixed to certificates for shares of Company Stock, that the Company Stock be
subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the
Administrator may deem necessary or advisable.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If, based upon
the opinion of counsel for the Company, the Administrator determines that the
exercise of, or delivery of benefits pursuant to, any Stock Award would violate
any applicable provision of (i)&nbsp;federal or state securities law, or
(ii)&nbsp;the listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which
are listed any of the Company&#146;s equity securities, then the </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 60.0pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Administrator
may postpone any such exercise or delivery, as the case may be, but the Company
will use reasonable and good faith efforts to cause such exercise or delivery
to comply with all such provisions at the earliest practicable date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.5</font></i> &#160;<i>Funding.&#160; </i>Benefits payable under the Plan to
any person will be paid directly by the Company. The Company will not be
required to fund, or otherwise segregate assets to be used for payment of, benefits
under the Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.6</font></i> &#160;<i>No Employment Rights.&#160; </i>Neither the establishment of the
Plan, nor the granting of any Stock Award, will be construed to (a)&nbsp;give
any Grantee the right to remain employed by the Company or any of its
Affiliates or to any benefits not specifically provided by the Plan, or
(b)&nbsp;in any manner modify the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates
to modify, amend, or terminate any of its employee benefit plans.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.7</font></i> &#160;<i>No Rights of a Shareholder.&#160; </i>A Grantee will not, by reason of
any Stock Award, have any right as a shareholder of the Company with respect to
the shares of Company Stock which may be deliverable upon exercise or payment
of such Stock Award until such shares have been actually delivered to such
Grantee.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.8</font></i> &#160;<i>Non-Uniform Determinations.&#160; </i>The Administrator&#146;s determinations
under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by the Administrator
selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Stock Awards
(whether or not such persons are similarly situated). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Administrator will be entitled, among other
things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations and to enter into
non-uniform and selective Award Agreements as to (a)&nbsp;the identity of the
Grantees, (b)&nbsp;the terms and provisions of Stock Awards, and (c)&nbsp;the
treatment of Terminations of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Administrator&#146;s interpretation of Plan provisions will be uniform as to
similarly situated Grantees.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.9</font></i> &#160;<i>Adjustments.&#160; </i>The Administrator will make
equitable adjustment of: (a)&nbsp;the aggregate number of shares of Company
Stock available under Section&nbsp;3.1; (b)&nbsp;the number of shares of
Company Stock covered by a Stock Award; and (c)&nbsp;the Exercise Price of a
Stock Award (if applicable) to reflect a stock dividend, stock split, reverse
stock split, share combination, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, asset
spin-off, reorganization or similar event of or by the Company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.10</font></i> &#160;<i>Adoption Award and
Shareholder Approval.&#160; </i>The
Plan is effective
as of April&nbsp;26, 2007, the date the Plan was approved by the Company&#146;s
shareholders.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.11</font></i> &#160;<i>Nonexclusivity.&#160; </i>Neither the adoption of the Plan
by the Board, the submission of the Plan to the shareholders of the Company for
approval, nor any provision of the Plan will be construed as creating any
limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation
arrangements as it may deem desirable, including the granting of stock options
and bonuses otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either
generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Section&nbsp;12.13 </font></i>&#160;<i>Cancellation of Options.&#160; </i>The Administrator may, with the concurrence of the
affected Grantee, cancel any unexercised Stock Award granted under this Plan.
In the event of any such cancellation, the Administrator may authorize the
granting of a new Stock Award (which may or may not cover the same number of
shares of Company Stock that had been subject of any prior unexercised Stock
Award) in such manner, at new Exercise Price and subject to the same terms,
conditions and discretion as would have been applicable under this Plan had the
canceled Stock Award not been previously granted.</p>

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10.2</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AWARD
AGREEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER THE</font></b></p>

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FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2007 Stock
Incentive Plan</font></u></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Notice of
Grant</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The individual named below has been granted
an &#147;Award&#148; with respect to the common stock of MainSource Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.,
an Indiana corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), subject to the terms and conditions of
the MainSource Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
and this Award Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;).</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Grantee</font></i>:</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Archie M. Brown,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Grant Date</font></i>:</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;4, 2008</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Type and Size of Award</font></i>:</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incentive Stock Option to purchase 25,000 Shares*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Exercise Price per Share</font></i>:</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(this
  is the Fair Market Value of the Share on the Grant Date)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Expiration Date</font></i>:</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;3, 2018 (ten years from the Grant Date)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">*For an Incentive Stock Option (an &#147;Option Award&#148;),
this represents the number of shares of common stock of the Company (&#147;Company
Stock&#148;) the Grantee is entitled to purchase upon subsequent exercise of the
Option Award.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Agreement
Regarding Terms and Conditions of Grant</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Agreement is dated as of the Grant Date
and is between the Company and the Grantee, in accordance with the terms of the
Plan.&#160; Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the
Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>The Plan</u>.&#160; The Plan contains terms and
conditions applicable to the Award that are not explicitly set forth in this
Award Agreement, but which are incorporated herein by reference.&#160; The terms of this Agreement shall be subject
to the terms of the Plan.&#160; In the case of
any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the
terms of the Plan shall control.&#160; Grantee
acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and represents that he or she is
familiar with the terms and provisions of the Plan.&#160; Grantee has reviewed the Plan and this
Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of
counsel prior to signing this Agreement and fully understands all provisions of
the Award.&#160; Grantee agrees to accept as
binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the
Administrator (as defined in the Plan) upon any questions arising under the
Plan or this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Grant of Option Award</u>.&#160;
Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby
grants to Grantee an Option Award which entitles Grantee to purchase 25,000
shares of common stock of Company Stock set forth in the Notice of Grant above
(the &#147;Shares&#148;), </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">at the price per Share set forth in the Notice of Grant above (the &#147;Exercise
Price&#148;) and in the manner and subject to the conditions provided in this
Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Vesting</u>.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as otherwise provided in subsection
4(b), the Award is subject to forfeiture upon the Grantee&#146;s Termination of
Employment, unless and until the Award vests as provided in this
subsection.&#160; Vesting shall occur in
accordance with the following schedule:</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Vesting</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;4, 2012</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Upon a Change in Control, the Award will be
immediately vested and immediately exercisable.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Exercise of Option Award</u>.&#160; The
following terms and conditions shall apply to the exercise of the Option Award.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Option Award shall not be exercisable
after the Expiration Date.&#160; The Grantee
may exercise the Option Award in whole or in part, at any time on or before the
Expiration Date, as to any Shares which have vested as set forth in this
Agreement.&#160; Shares owned by Grantee as a
result of his or her exercise of the Option Award shall be referred to herein
as &#147;Purchased Shares.&#148;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except to the extent the Grantee uses the
sale and remittance procedure described in this subsection, the Grantee must
pay cash for the Exercise Price for the Shares on the Exercise Date.&#160; The Grantee may also pay the Exercise Price
as follows:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In shares of equivalent equity interests,
held for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company&#146;s
earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on
the Exercise Date, or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Through a special sale and remittance
procedure pursuant to which the Grantee concurrently provides irrevocable
written instructions to (A)&nbsp;a brokerage firm designated by the Company to
effect the immediate sale of the purchased interests and remit to the Company,
out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to
cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased interests plus all
applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be
withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise, and (B)&nbsp;the Company to
deliver the certificates for the purchased interests directly to such brokerage
firm to complete the sale.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s obligations to
deliver purchased equity interests under the sale and remittance procedure
described in this subsection shall be conditioned</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">upon receiving sufficient funds and/or other
assets to cover the Exercise Price and tax withholding obligations described
herein.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Conditions</u>.&#160; The Company&#146;s obligation to
issue or transfer Shares to Grantee after the exercise of the Option Award, in
whole or in part, is conditioned upon Grantee&#146;s payment in full for the Shares
with respect to which the Option Award was exercised.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Change in Company Stock</u>.&#160; In
the event of any change in the Shares, as described in Section&nbsp;12.9 of the
Plan, the Administrator will make appropriate adjustment or substitution in the
number, kind and price of Shares under this Agreement, all as provided in the
Plan.&#160; Such adjustment or substitution in
the number, kind and price of Shares under this Agreement will be automatic and
no formal amendment will be required to be made to this Agreement to effect the
adjustment or substitution, provided the Participant is provided with adequate
notice of such adjustment or substitution.&#160;
The Administrator&#146;s determination
in this respect will be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>No Shareholder Rights; No Guarantee of
Employment</u>.&#160; Grantee shall not have any of the rights of a
shareholder with respect to the Shares until such Shares are issued or
transferred to Grantee after the exercise of the Option Award.&#160; Nothing in this Agreement (a)&nbsp;confers on
Grantee any right to continue in the employment of the Company, or (b)&nbsp;interferes
with the Company&#146;s right to terminate the employment of Grantee at any time,
with or without cause.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Certain Tax Consequences</u>.&#160;
Grantee acknowledges that the exercise of the Option Award and any sale
of the Purchased Shares may have various tax consequences under federal and
state law.&#160; Grantee has discussed these
consequences with his personal tax advisor.&#160;
Grantee may be required to report the grant of the Option Award to the
Internal Revenue Service and/or to state tax authorities under applicable state
law.&#160; The Company is not obligated to
deliver Shares upon the exercise of any Option Award issued under the Plan
until all applicable federal, state, local and foreign income and employment
tax withholding requirements have been satisfied.&#160; In accordance with the foregoing, the Company
has the right to withhold sums from compensation otherwise due to Grantee to
satisfy such withholding requirements.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Transferability</u>.&#160; An
Option Award granted hereby shall be neither transferable nor assignable by a
Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and may
be exercised, during the lifetime of the Grantee, only by the Grantee, or in
the event of his legal incapacity, by his guardian or legal representative
acting on behalf of the Grantee in a fiduciary capacity under state law and
court supervision.&#160; A Restricted Stock
Award or Bonus Stock Award may not be transferred or assigned prior to the
lapse of all restrictions imposed upon the grant of a Restricted Stock Award or
Bonus Stock Award.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Successors and Assigns</u>.&#160; The
provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding
upon, the Company and its successors and assigns and Grantee, Grantee&#146;s assigns
and the legal representatives, heir and legatees of Grantee&#146;s estate.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Compliance with Laws and Regulations</u>.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The grant and exercise of the Award, as
applicable, and the issuance of the Shares shall be subject to compliance by
the Company and Grantee with all applicable requirements of law relating
thereto, including but not limited to federal and state securities laws, and
with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange (or The Nasdaq Stock
Market, if applicable) on which the Shares or an equivalent equity interest may
be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The inability of the Company to obtain
approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Company to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Share pursuant to the Award
shall relieve the Company of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or
sale of the Shares as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.&#160; The Company, however, shall use its best
efforts to obtain all such approvals.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Restrictive Covenants</u>.&#160;
Grantee acknowledges that without his or her making the covenants and
agreements hereinafter contained in this Section, the Company would not have
granted this Award to the Grantee and the grant of such Award is in reliance
upon Grantee&#146;s compliance with the covenants and agreements made in this
Section.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Noncompetition</u>.&#160;
Grantee hereby covenants and agrees that during Grantee&#146;s employment
with the Company and its Affiliates and for a period of 2.99 years following
the termination of that employment, for any reason, Grantee agrees that he or
she shall not, directly or directly, whether individually or as a partner,
shareholder, officer, director, employee, independent representative, broker,
agent, consultant or in any other capacity for any other individual,
partnership, firm, corporation, company or other entity, engage in the
following prohibited activities without prior written authorization from the
Company:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Have any ownership interest in any Restricted
Organization (as hereinafter defined);</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Work or provide services for any Restricted
Organization;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Employ or seek to employ or engage or seek to engage any person who has
worked for or in conjunction with the Company or an Affiliate during the
12-month period preceding the termination of Grantee&#146;s employment, specifically
including any consultant, employee, provider or vendor used by the Company or
an Affiliate;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Solicit or induce any person currently employed by or otherwise
associated with the Company or an Affiliate to terminate such employment or
relationship;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Solicit or provide or offer to solicit or provide any Restricted
Product or Service to any business account or customer of the Company or an
Affiliate who was a business account or customer of the Company or an Affiliate</p>

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<p style="margin:0in .7pt .0001pt 71.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">during the 12-month period preceding
termination of Grantee&#146;s employment or about whom Grantee obtained confidential
information;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Accept business from any business account or
customer of the Company or an Affiliate who was a business account or customer
of the Company or an Affiliate during the term of Grantee&#146;s employment,
including, but not limited to, any business account or customer serviced or
contacted by Grantee, or for whom Grantee had direct or indirect
responsibility, on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate within the 12-month
period preceding the termination of Grantee&#146;s employment or about whom Grantee
obtained confidential information, when that business pertains to products or
services which are competitive with or substantially similar to any Restricted
Product or Service; or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Otherwise attempt to interfere with the
Company or an Affiliate&#146;s business or its relationship with its business
accounts, consultants, customers, employees or vendors.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Definitions</u>.&#160; For purposes of this Section:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;<u>Restricted Product or Service</u>&#148; shall
mean a product or service in development or design, or produced, marketed, sold,
disseminated, offered or distributed by the Company or an Affiliate at any time
on or after the date of this Award Agreement and until Grantee&#146;s termination of
employment.</p>

<p style="margin:0in .6pt .0001pt 71.25pt;text-indent:35.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;<u>Restricted Area</u>&#148; shall mean any
county in which MainSource Bank conducts business.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;<u>Restricted Organization</u>&#148; shall mean
any bank holding company, savings association holding company, financial
services holding company, bank, savings bank, thrift, any other financial
institution or other organization or entity that is primarily engaged in the
financial services industry within the Restricted Area, which competes with the
Company or an Affiliate.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Adjustments and Extension of Restrictive
Period</u>. Should any covenant
or restriction included in this Section&nbsp;be held to be unreasonable or
unenforceable for any reason, including without limitation the temporal
limitation, geographic restrictions, or scope of activity covered by a
restrictive covenant, then such provision or restriction shall be given effect
and enforced to whatever extent would be reasonable and enforceable.&#160; All remaining covenants and restrictions
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms
thereof.&#160; If Grantee is deemed to have
breached any of the foregoing restrictive covenants, Grantee agrees that the
restrictive period shall be automatically extended by a period of time equal to
the period of such breach, measured from the date of the breach through the
date of such determination.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Survival of Obligations</u>.&#160;
Grantee agrees that his obligations contained in this Section&nbsp;shall
survive the termination of Grantee&#146;s employment with the Company, whether such
termination is voluntary or involuntary.&#160;
Grantee further acknowledges that</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any breach by the Company of any contractual,
statutory, or other legal obligation to the Grantee shall not excuse or
terminate the Grantee&#146;s obligations hereunder or otherwise preclude the Company
from seeking relief pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Reasonableness of Restrictions</u>.&#160;
Grantee hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i)&nbsp;the provisions of
this Section&nbsp;are reasonable, and (ii)&nbsp;Grantee has (A)&nbsp;read the
foregoing provisions of this Section, (B)&nbsp;been given ample time and
opportunity to consult with counsel concerning the meaning and effect of this
Section, and (C)&nbsp;in no way been coerced or in any way forced to agree to
the provisions of those Sections.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Remedies</u>.&#160; Grantee acknowledges and
agrees that any actual or threatened breach of the foregoing provisions of this
Agreement will cause irreparable harm to the Company and/or its Affiliates and
that it may be difficult to determine or adequately compensate the Company and
its Affiliates through monetary damages.&#160;
Accordingly, Grantee hereby agrees that the Company may seek a
restraining order or other injunctive remedy to prevent or restrain such breach
without the requirement to post or obtain a bond or other security.&#160; Grantee further agrees that the Company shall
also be entitled to recover reasonable costs and attorneys fees incurred by it
to enforce the foregoing covenants and agreement.&#160; Grantee further acknowledges that nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prohibit or limit the Company and its
Affiliates from pursuing any other remedies, whether such remedies are
contractual or arise at law or in equity.&#160;
Grantee further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns
from and against any and all losses or liabilities which may result from the
breach of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Section.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Amendment</u>.&#160; Subject to Section&nbsp;409A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if applicable, the
Administrator shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or
modify this Agreement (and the Administrator shall have the power and authority
to amend or modify the Plan) in any or all respects; provided, however, that no
such amendment or modification shall adversely affect, in any material respect,
any rights of the Grantee with respect to an Award granted pursuant to this
Agreement, unless the Grantee consents to such amendment or modification.&#160; However, the Administrator shall have the
power and authority to amend or modify this Agreement (and the Administrator
shall have the power and authority to amend or modify the Plan) in any manner
(including in a manner that adversely affects the rights of the Grantee with
respect to the Award) if such amendment or modification applies equally to all
holders of the type of award granted under the Plan and is approved by holders
of the type of award granted representing a majority of the Shares issued or
issuable pursuant to such awards granted under the Plan.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Termination</u>.&#160; Except as otherwise provided
in the Plan, this Agreement and any unvested Shares or Option Awards granted
hereby will terminate immediately upon Grantee&#146;s termination of employment.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Entire Agreement; Governing Law; Attorneys&#146;
Fees</u>.&#160; The Plan is incorporated into this Agreement
by reference.&#160; The Plan and this
Agreement constitute the entire agreement</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the
Company and Grantee with respect to subject matter of this Agreement.&#160; The Award and this Agreement shall be
construed, administered and governed in all respects under and by the internal
laws (but not the choice of law rules) of the State of Indiana.&#160; The Company, its Affiliates and the Grantee
irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Courts of the State of
Indiana and the United States federal courts serving Decatur County, Indiana
with respect to any and all actions related to the Award and this Agreement or
the enforcement hereof, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any and
all objections thereto.&#160; If the Plan or
this Agreement is challenged in a court of law, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to receive from the other party reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and other
costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party in connection with such
suit regardless of whether such suit is prosecuted to judgment.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Counterparts</u>.&#160; This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original, but all of which collectively will constitute one and the
same instrument.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer and
Grantee, after thoroughly reviewing and developing a complete understanding of
the restrictions and covenants imposed by Section&nbsp;12, has also executed
this Agreement as of the date first above written.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Employee
Options (TARP)</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AWARD
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER THE</font></b></p>

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FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2007 Stock
Incentive Plan</font></u></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Notice of
Grant</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The individual named below has been granted
an &#147;Award&#148; with respect to the common stock of MainSource Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.,
an Indiana corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), subject to the terms and conditions of
the MainSource Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
and this Award Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Grantee</font></i>:</p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Grant Date</font></i>:</p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;23, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Type and Size of Award</font></i>:</p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incentive Stock Option to purchase
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Shares*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Exercise Price per Share</font></i>:</p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$5.40 (this is the Fair Market Value of the Share on the Grant Date)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Expiration Date</font></i>:</p>
  </td>
  <td width="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;23, 2019 (ten years from the Grant Date)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">*For an Incentive Stock Option (an &#147;Option Award&#148;),
this represents the number of shares of common stock of the Company (&#147;Company Stock&#148;)
the Grantee is entitled to purchase upon subsequent exercise of the Option
Award.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Agreement
Regarding Terms and Conditions of Grant</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Agreement is dated as of the Grant Date
and is between the Company and the Grantee, in accordance with the terms of the
Plan.&#160; Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the
Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>The
Plan</u>.&#160; The Plan contains terms and conditions
applicable to the Award that are not explicitly set forth in this Award
Agreement, but which are incorporated herein by reference. &#160;The terms of this Agreement shall be subject
to the terms of the Plan.&#160; In the case of
any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the
terms of the Plan shall control.&#160; Grantee
acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and represents that he or she is
familiar with the terms and provisions of the Plan.&#160; Grantee has reviewed the Plan and this
Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of
counsel prior to signing this Agreement and fully understands all provisions of
the Award.&#160; Grantee agrees to accept as
binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the
Administrator (as defined in the Plan) upon any questions arising under the
Plan or this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Grant
of Option Award</u>.&#160; Subject to the terms of this Agreement and
the Plan, the Company hereby grants to Grantee an Option Award which entitles
Grantee to purchase the number of shares of common stock of Company Stock set
forth in the Notice of Grant above (the &#147;Shares&#148;), at the price per Share set
forth in the Notice of Grant above (the &#147;Exercise Price&#148;) and in the manner and
subject to the conditions provided in this Agreement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Vesting</u>.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-indent:34.95pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3(b), the Award is subject
to forfeiture upon the Grantee&#146;s Termination of Employment, unless and until
the Award vests as provided in this subsection.</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date&nbsp;of&nbsp;Vesting</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Percent&nbsp;of&nbsp;Option&nbsp;Shares&nbsp;Vested</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;31,
  2009</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;31,
  2010</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;31,
  2011</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">60</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;31,
  2012</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-indent:34.95pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Upon a Change in Control, the Award will be immediately vested and
exercisable.&#160; Additionally, notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Grantee will not become vested in any portion of his or her
Award during the period of time the United States Department of Treasury (&#147;Treasury&#148;)
holds Series&nbsp;A preferred stock of the Company (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;).&#160; After the Treasury no longer holds the Preferred
Stock, the Grantee will be credited with vesting service for the period of time
beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the last date that Treasury held any
of the Preferred Stock.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 37.05pt;text-indent:34.95pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Exercise
of Option Award</u>.&#160; The following terms and conditions shall
apply to the exercise of the Option Award.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Option Award shall not be exercisable after the Expiration
Date.&#160; The Grantee may exercise the
Option Award in whole or in part, at any time on or before the Expiration Date,
as to any Shares which have vested as set forth in this Agreement.&#160; Shares owned by Grantee as a result of his or
her exercise of the Option Award shall be referred to herein as &#147;Purchased
Shares.&#148;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except to the extent the Grantee uses the sale and remittance procedure
described in this subsection, the Grantee must pay cash for the Exercise Price
for the Shares on the Exercise Date.&#160; The
Grantee may also pay the Exercise Price as follows:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In shares of equivalent equity interests,
held for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company&#146;s
earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on
the Exercise Date, or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the
Grantee concurrently provides irrevocable written instructions to (A)&nbsp;a
brokerage firm designated by the Company to effect the immediate sale of the
purchased interests and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds
available </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">on the settlement date, sufficient funds to
cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased interests plus all
applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be
withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise, and (B)&nbsp;the Company to
deliver the certificates for the purchased interests directly to such brokerage
firm to complete the sale.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s obligations to
deliver purchased equity interests under the sale and remittance procedure
described in this subsection shall be conditioned upon receiving sufficient
funds and/or other assets to cover the Exercise Price and tax withholding
obligations described herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Conditions</u>.&#160; The
Company&#146;s obligation to issue or transfer Shares to Grantee after the exercise
of the Option Award, in whole or in part, is conditioned upon Grantee&#146;s payment
in full for the Shares with respect to which the Option Award was exercised.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Change
in Company Stock</u>.&#160; In the event of any change in the Shares, as
described in Section&nbsp;12.9 of the Plan, the Administrator will make
appropriate adjustment or substitution in the number, kind and price of Shares
under this Agreement, all as provided in the Plan.&#160; Such adjustment or substitution in the
number, kind and price of Shares under this Agreement will be automatic and no
formal amendment will be required to be made to this Agreement to effect the
adjustment or substitution, provided the Participant is provided with adequate
notice of such adjustment or substitution.&#160;
The Administrator&#146;s determination
in this respect will be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>No
Shareholder Rights; No Guarantee of Employment</u>.&#160;
Grantee shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect
to the Shares until such Shares are issued or transferred to Grantee after the
exercise of the Option Award.&#160; Nothing in
this Agreement (a)&nbsp;confers on Grantee any right to continue in the
employment of the Company, or (b)&nbsp;interferes with the Company&#146;s right to
terminate the employment of Grantee at any time, with or without cause.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Certain
Tax Consequences</u>.&#160; Grantee acknowledges that the exercise of the
Option Award and any sale of the Purchased Shares may have various tax
consequences under federal and state law.&#160;
Grantee has discussed these consequences with his personal tax
advisor.&#160; Grantee may be required to report
the grant of the Option Award to the Internal Revenue Service and/or to state
tax authorities under applicable state law.&#160;
The Company is not obligated to deliver Shares upon the exercise of any
Option Award issued under the Plan until all applicable federal, state, local
and foreign income and employment tax withholding requirements have been
satisfied.&#160; In accordance with the
foregoing, the Company has the right to withhold sums from compensation
otherwise due to Grantee to satisfy such withholding requirements.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Transferability</u>.&#160; An
Option Award granted hereby shall be neither transferable nor assignable by a
Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and may
be exercised, during the lifetime of the Grantee, only by the Grantee, or in
the event of his legal incapacity, by his guardian or legal representative
acting on behalf of the Grantee in a fiduciary capacity under state law and
court supervision.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Successors
and Assigns</u>.&#160; The provisions of this Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and
assigns and Grantee, Grantee&#146;s assigns and the legal representatives, heir and
legatees of Grantee&#146;s estate.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Compliance
with Laws and Regulations</u>.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The grant and exercise of the Award, as applicable, and the issuance of
the Shares shall be subject to compliance by the Company and Grantee with all
applicable requirements of law relating thereto, including but not limited to
federal and state securities laws, and with all applicable regulations of any
stock exchange on which the Shares or an equivalent equity interest may be
listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The inability of the Company to obtain approval from any regulatory
body having authority deemed by the Company to be necessary to the lawful
issuance and sale of any Share pursuant to the Award shall relieve the Company
of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Shares as to
which such approval shall not have been obtained.&#160; The Company, however, shall use its best
efforts to obtain all such approvals.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Restrictive
Covenants</u>.&#160; Grantee acknowledges that without his or her
making the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained in this Section, the
Company would not have granted this Award to the Grantee and the grant of such
Award is in reliance upon Grantee&#146;s compliance with the covenants and agreements
made in this Section.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Noncompetition</u>.&#160;
Grantee hereby covenants and agrees that during Grantee&#146;s employment
with the Company and its Affiliates and for a period of 18 months following the
termination of that employment, for any reason, Grantee agrees that he or she
shall not, directly or directly, whether individually or as a partner, shareholder,
officer, director, employee, independent representative, broker, agent,
consultant or in any other capacity for any other individual, partnership,
firm, corporation, company or other entity, engage in the following prohibited
activities without prior written authorization from the Company:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Have any ownership interest in any Restricted
Organization (as hereinafter defined);</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.25pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Work or provide services for any Restricted Organization;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 142.5pt;text-indent:-34.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Employ or seek to employ or engage or seek to engage any person who has
worked for or in conjunction with the Company or an Affiliate during the 12-month
period preceding the termination of Grantee&#146;s employment, specifically
including any consultant, employee, provider or vendor used by the Company or
an Affiliate;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Solicit or induce any person currently employed by or otherwise
associated with the Company or an Affiliate to terminate such employment or
relationship;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Solicit or provide or offer to solicit or provide any Restricted
Product or Service to any business account or customer of the Company or an
Affiliate who was a business account or customer of the Company or an Affiliate
during the 12-month period preceding termination of Grantee&#146;s employment or
about whom Grantee obtained confidential information;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Accept business from any business account or customer of the Company or
an Affiliate who was a business account or customer of the Company or an
Affiliate during the term of Grantee&#146;s employment, including, but not limited
to, any business account or customer serviced or contacted by Grantee, or for
whom Grantee had direct or indirect responsibility, on behalf of the Company or
an Affiliate within the 12-month period preceding the termination of Grantee&#146;s
employment or about whom Grantee obtained confidential information, when that
business pertains to products or services which are competitive with or
substantially similar to any Restricted Product or Service; or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Otherwise attempt to interfere with the Company or an Affiliate&#146;s
business or its relationship with its business accounts, consultants,
customers, employees or vendors.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Definitions</u>.&#160; For purposes of this Section:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;<u>Restricted Product or Service</u>&#148; shall
mean a product or service in development or design, or produced, marketed,
sold, disseminated, offered or distributed by the Company or an Affiliate at
any time on or after the date of this Award Agreement and until Grantee&#146;s termination
of employment.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;<u>Restricted Area</u>&#148; shall mean the county of the Grantee&#146;s
designated office or any county adjacent to that &#147;designated office&#148;
county.&#160; The &#147;designated office&#148; and
county will be listed on the signature page&nbsp;of this document.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>&#147;<u>Restricted Organization</u>&#148; shall mean any bank holding company,
savings association holding company, financial services holding company, bank,
savings bank, thrift, any other financial institution or other organization or
entity that is primarily engaged in the financial services industry within the
Restricted Area, which competes with the Company or an Affiliate.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.25pt;text-indent:35.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Adjustments and Extension of Restrictive
Period</u>. Should any covenant
or restriction included in this Section&nbsp;be held to be unreasonable or
unenforceable for any reason, including without limitation the temporal
limitation, geographic restrictions, or scope of activity covered by a
restrictive covenant, then such provision or restriction shall be given effect
and enforced to whatever extent would be reasonable and enforceable.&#160; All remaining covenants and restrictions
shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms
thereof.&#160; If Grantee is deemed to have
breached any of the foregoing restrictive covenants, Grantee agrees that the
restrictive period shall be </p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">automatically extended by a period of time
equal to the period of such breach, measured from the date of the breach
through the date of such determination.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Survival of Obligations</u>.&#160; Grantee
agrees that his obligations contained in this Section&nbsp;shall survive the
termination of Grantee&#146;s employment with the Company, whether such termination
is voluntary or involuntary.&#160; Grantee further
acknowledges that any breach by the Company of any contractual, statutory, or
other legal obligation to the Grantee shall not excuse or terminate the Grantee&#146;s
obligations hereunder or otherwise preclude the Company from seeking relief
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Reasonableness of Restrictions</u>.&#160;
Grantee hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i)&nbsp;the provisions of
this Section&nbsp;are reasonable, and (ii)&nbsp;Grantee has (A)&nbsp;read the
foregoing provisions of this Section, (B)&nbsp;been given ample time and
opportunity to consult with counsel concerning the meaning and effect of this
Section, and (C)&nbsp;in no way been coerced or in any way forced to agree to
the provisions of those Sections.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Remedies</u>.&#160; Grantee acknowledges and
agrees that any actual or threatened breach of the foregoing provisions of this
Agreement will cause irreparable harm to the Company and/or its Affiliates and
that it may be difficult to determine or adequately compensate the Company and
its Affiliates through monetary damages.&#160;
Accordingly, Grantee hereby agrees that the Company may seek a restraining
order or other injunctive remedy to prevent or restrain such breach without the
requirement to post or obtain a bond or other security.&#160; Grantee further agrees that the Company shall
also be entitled to recover reasonable costs and attorneys fees incurred by it
to enforce the foregoing covenants and agreement.&#160; Grantee further acknowledges that nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prohibit or limit the Company and its
Affiliates from pursuing any other remedies, whether such remedies are contractual
or arise at law or in equity.&#160; Grantee
further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns from and against
any and all losses or liabilities which may result from the breach of the
restrictive covenants set forth in this Section.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Amendment</u>.&#160; Subject
to Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if
applicable, the Administrator shall have complete and exclusive power and
authority to amend or modify this Agreement (and the Administrator shall have
the power and authority to amend or modify the Plan) in any or all respects;
provided, however, that no such amendment or modification shall adversely
affect, in any material respect, any rights of the Grantee with respect to an Award
granted pursuant to this Agreement, unless the Grantee consents to such
amendment or modification.&#160; However, the
Administrator shall have the power and authority to amend or modify this
Agreement (and the Administrator shall have the power and authority to amend or
modify the Plan) in any manner (including in a manner that adversely affects
the rights of the Grantee with respect to the Award) if such amendment or
modification applies equally to all holders of the type of award granted under
the Plan and is approved by holders of the type of award granted representing a
majority of the Shares issued or issuable pursuant to such awards granted under
the Plan.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally, in the event any laws, rules,
regulations or other guidance enacted or issued by the United States government
or any agency thereof, including the United States Treasury, including but not
limited to any regulations implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (&#147;ARRA&#148;), make any portion of this Agreement illegal, the
Administrator retains the right to amend the Agreement, without the Grantee&#146;s
consent, to bring the Agreement into compliance with ARRA or, if compliance
with ARRA is not possible, the Administrator has the unilateral right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;14.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Termination</u>.&#160; Except
as otherwise provided in the Plan, this Agreement and any unvested Shares or
Option Awards granted hereby will terminate immediately upon Grantee&#146;s termination
of employment. &#160;Additionally, in the
event any laws, rules, regulations or other guidance enacted or issued by the United
States government or any agency thereof, including the United States Treasury,
including any regulations implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (&#147;ARRA&#148;), make any portion of this Agreement illegal, this
Agreement shall be null and void, and the Administrator shall have the
unilateral right to terminate this Agreement, without the Grantee&#146;s consent.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:37.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Entire
Agreement; Governing Law; Attorneys&#146; Fees</u>.&#160; The Plan is incorporated into
this Agreement by reference.&#160; The Plan
and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede in their entirety all
prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Grantee with respect to
subject matter of this Agreement.&#160; The Award
and this Agreement shall be construed, administered and governed in all
respects under and by the internal laws (but not the choice of law rules) of
the State of Indiana. &#160;The Company, its
Affiliates and the Grantee irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction and venue of
the Courts of the State of Indiana and the United States federal courts serving
Decatur County, Indiana with respect to any and all actions related to the
Award and this Agreement or the enforcement hereof, and the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably waive any and all objections thereto.&#160; If the Plan or this Agreement is challenged
in a court of law, the prevailing party shall be entitled to receive from the
other party reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and other costs and expenses incurred by
the prevailing party in connection with such suit regardless of whether such
suit is prosecuted to judgment.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Counterparts</u>.&#160; This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original, but all of which collectively will constitute one and the
same instrument.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:36.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer and
Grantee, after thoroughly reviewing and developing a complete understanding of
the restrictions and covenants imposed by Section&nbsp;12, has also executed
this Agreement as of the date first above written.</font></p>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We consent to the incorporation by reference
in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-220583) of First Financial
Bancorp. of our report dated February 26, 2018 relating to the consolidated financial statements and effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Financial Bancorp. for the year ended December
31, 2017.</P>

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    Crowe Horwath LLP&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indianapolis, Indiana</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 23.2</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We consent to the incorporation
by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-220583) of our report dated February 23, 2016 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of First Financial Bancorp. for the year ended December 31, 2015 included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 2in 0pt 0; text-align: right">/s/ Ernst &amp; Young LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Cincinnati, Ohio</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">April 2, 2018</P>



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