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FILED AS OF DATE:		20100401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100401
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100401

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000714562
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				351546989
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16759
		FILM NUMBER:		10723931

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FIRST FINANCIAL PLAZA
		CITY:			TERRE HAUTE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47807
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(812) 238-6000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FIRST FINANCIAL PLAZA
		CITY:			TERRE HAUTE
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			47807

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TERRE HAUTE FIRST CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850808
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Financial Corporation recently mailed your Proxy Sheet for the 2010 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 21, 2010. Due to an inadvertent
print error, item two on the Proxy Sheet stated &#8220;Ratification of the selection
of Crowe Horwath LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm for
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in item two should have read December 31, 2010, not December 31, 2009. You may
vote by returning your existing Proxy Sheet and it will be properly recorded as
if the date were printed correctly (i.e., December 31, 2010), or if you desire,
you may contact our Call Center by calling 1-800-511-0045 and we will send a
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