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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-004919
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111230
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120106

FILER:

	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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16759
		FILM NUMBER:		12514190

	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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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2011 </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On December&nbsp;30, 2011, First Financial Corporation, an Indiana corporation (&#147;First Financial&#148;), completed
its previously announced acquisition of Freestar Bank, National Association (&#147;Freestar Bank&#148;), pursuant to a Purchase and Assumption Agreement dated October&nbsp;10, 2011 (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;) by and between First Financial
and PNB Holding Co, an Illinois corporation and sole shareholder of Freestar Bank (&#147;PNB&#148;). In connection with the Acquisition, First Financial paid PNB cash in the amount of $47 million and assumed certain liabilities of PNB in the
aggregate amount of approximately $8.2 million. Immediately following the completion of the Acquisition on December&nbsp;30, 2011, Freestar Bank was merged with and into First Financial Bank. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the First Financial press release dated January&nbsp;5, 2012 announcing the completion of the Acquisition is
attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Financial statements of business acquired. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The financial statements required to be filed pursuant to this Item will be filed by amendment no later than 71 calendar
days after the date on which this Report is required to be filed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Pro forma financial information.
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amendment no later than 71 calendar days after the date on which this Report is required to be filed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Not
applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Exhibits. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-2.00em" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PressRelease of First Financial Corporation dated January&nbsp;5, 2012.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: January&nbsp;5, 2012 </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release of First Financial Corporation dated January 5, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>First Financial Corporation Acquires Freestar Bank</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date: January&nbsp;6, 2012
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Contacts: Norman L. Lowery, Vice Chairman and CEO &#151; (812)&nbsp;238-6487 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TERRE HAUTE,&nbsp;INDIANA (January 6, 2012)</B> &#151; First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: THFF) announced today that effective as of
December&nbsp;30, 2011 it had completed its previously announced acquisition of 100% of the stock of Freestar Bank, National Association, of Pontiac,&nbsp;Illinois, and merged Freestar Bank into First Financial Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of
First Financial. Under the terms of the transaction, First Financial paid PNB Holding Co., the former owner of the stock of Freestar Bank, $47 million and assumed liabilities of PNB equal to approximately $8.2 million. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Donald E. Smith, Chairman and Norman L. Lowery, Chief Executive Officer of First Financial announced, &#147;We are pleased to expand our already strong
presence in Illinois by adding Freestar Bank&#146;s 13 offices in east-central Illinois. We welcome the employees and customers of Freestar to our banking family, and look forward to building on Freestar&#146;s tradition of community minded
service.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As a result of the acquisition, First Financial Bank has added Illinois banking offices in the communities of Bloomington,
Champaign, Urbana, Pontiac, Downs, Mahomet and Gridley, and acquired assets of approximately $400 million. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>About First Financial
Corporation </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First Financial Corporation is a financial services company headquartered in Terre Haute,&nbsp;Indiana, and has
consolidated assets of approximately $2.9 billion. It offers a wide variety of financial services including commercial, mortgage and consumer lending, lease financing, trust account services, depositor services and insurance services through its
three subsidiaries, First Financial Bank, N.A., The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute, and Forrest Sherer,&nbsp;Inc. First Financial Corporation provides the largest financial services delivery system in its service area, with 65 banking centers in
west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois, multiple insurance offices and more than 100 FirstPlus ATMs.&nbsp;Forrest Sherer Inc. is a premier regional supplier of insurance, surety and other financial products. The agency has representation
agreements with more than 40 regional and national insurers to market their products of property and casualty insurance, surety bonds, employee benefit plans, life insurance and annuities. The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute,&nbsp;Inc. is an
industrial thrift, offering loans to consumers, savings accounts and certificates of deposit. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Forward-Looking Statement
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, descriptions of First Financial Corporation&#146;s financial condition, results of operations, asset and credit quality trends, profitability and statements about the expected financial
benefits and other effects of the acquisition of Freestar Bank.&nbsp;Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;could&#148; and
&#147;should,&#148; and other words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements express management&#146;s current expectations or forecasts of future events and, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties and there are a number
of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements.&nbsp;Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to; expected cost savings, synergies and other financial benefits from the
acquisition might not be realized within the expected time frames and costs or difficulties relating to integration matters might be greater than expected; market, economic, operational, liquidity, credit and interest rate risks associated with
First Financial Corporation&#146;s businesses, competition, government legislation and policies; the ability of First Financial Corporation to execute its business plan, including acquisition plans; changes in the economy which could materially
impact credit quality trends and the ability to generate loans and gather deposits; failure or circumvention of First Financial Corporation&#146;s internal controls; failure or disruption of information systems; significant changes in accounting,
tax or regulatory practices or requirements; new legal obligations or </FONT></P>

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liabilities or unfavorable resolutions of litigations; other matters discussed in this press release and other factors identified in First Financial Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K and other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release, and First Financial Corporation does not undertake an obligation to release
revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or conditions after the date of this release. </FONT></P>
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