<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000708955-19-000058.txt : 20190806
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000708955-19-000058
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190806
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190806
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190806

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34762
		FILM NUMBER:		191001239

	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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period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#231f20;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;color:#231f20;">&#168;</font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s8398131B074D2E7ECB1F67C147926146"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">As previously reported, on June 18, 2019, First Financial Bancorp. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), by and among the Company, First Financial Bank, an Ohio bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the &#8220;Bank&#8221;), Wallace Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;), Bannockburn Global Forex, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&#8220;BGF&#8221;), and Fortis Advisors, LLC, solely in its capacity as representative of the members of BGF (the &#8220;Member Representative&#8221;). On August 6, 2019, the parties to the Merger Agreement agreed to amend certain provisions of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, among the parties, dated as of August 6, 2019 (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Amendment changes the terms by which BGF can elect to change the merger consideration provided for in the Merger Agreement.  The Merger Agreement provides for the merger of BGF with and into Merger Sub in a transaction (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;) in which all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of BGF and certain outstanding phantom units of BGF will be extinguished, and the holders thereof will receive aggregate &#8220;Merger Consideration&#8221; consisting of (i) $3,660,392 in cash, less certain transaction expenses, and (ii) 4,663,652 common shares of the Company (the &#8220;Company Shares&#8221;). Prior to the Amendment, the Merger Agreement gave BGF the right, exercisable at any time between the fifth business day and second business day prior to the scheduled closing date of the Merger, if the Market Price Condition described below was satisfied, to make a one-time irrevocable election (the &#8220;Merger Consideration Modification Election&#8221;) to modify the Merger Consideration to consist of an aggregate cash amount of $53,660,392, less certain transaction expenses, plus 2,601,797 Company Shares.  The Market Price Condition would apply only if the 20-day volume-weighted average price of the Company Shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market as of the fifth day prior to the scheduled closing date of the Merger was equal to or less than $24.25.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Amendment deleted the Market Price Condition so that BGF now has the unconditional right, but not the obligation, to exercise the Merger Consideration Modification Election. If BGF elects to exercise the Merger Consideration Modification Election, it must do so on, and only on, the third business day prior to the scheduled closing date of the Merger. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Other than as modified by the Amendment, the Merger Agreement remains in full force and effect as originally executed on June 18, 2019.  The foregoing description of the Amendment, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on June 19, 2019.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font 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<div><a name="s031B0F9CD1840E443A8A67CB355DDC49"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this &#8220; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;), dated as of August 6, 2019, is by and among First Financial Bancorp., an Ohio corporation (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Buyer</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), First Financial Bank, an Ohio bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Bank</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), Wallace Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Merger Sub</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), Bannockburn Global Forex, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), and Fortis Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as Member Representative of all of the Participating Holders.  Buyer, the Bank, Merger Sub, the Company and the Member Representative are sometimes referred to herein individually as a &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Party</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; and collectively, as the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, Buyer, the Bank, Merger Sub, the Company and the Member Representative entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 18, 2019 (the &#8220; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Merger Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8220;); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, Buyer, the Bank, Merger Sub, the Company and the Member Representative now intend to amend the Merger Agreement as set forth herein; and </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, the boards of directors or managers (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of each of Buyer, the Bank, Merger Sub and the Company have approved the execution and delivery of this Amendment on behalf of the applicable party hereto. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SECTION 1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Defined Terms</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SECTION 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendments to Merger Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Merger Agreement is hereby amended as follows: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2.1 &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1.7(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Once the Parties have agreed upon a Closing Date pursuant to Section 1.2, on, the third Business Day prior to such scheduled Closing Date, and only on the third Business Day prior to such scheduled Closing Date, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make a one-time irrevocable election (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Merger Consideration Modification Election</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) to modify the Merger Consideration so that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Merger Consideration shall consist of (i) cash in the amount of (A) $53,660,392 (which amount is inclusive of both (i) the Escrow Amount and (ii) the Expense Fund Amount sent to the Member Representative pursuant to Section 5.4(f)) less (B) 50% of the aggregate premium amount paid by Buyer for the R&amp;W Insurance Policy, plus (ii) an aggregate number of Buyer Common Shares equal to the amount obtained by subtracting (A) the quotient obtained by dividing 50,000,000 by 24.25, from (B) 4,663,652, with such amount rounded up to the nearest whole Buyer Common Share.  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Other than as specifically set forth herein, all other terms and provisions of the Merger Agreement shall remain unaffected by the terms of this Amendment, and shall continue in full force and effect.  All references in the Merger Agreement to &#8220;this Agreement&#8221; shall be deemed references to the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment. </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SECTION 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Headings</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The headings contained in this Amendment are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SECTION 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Counterparts</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. 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