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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-030940
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130522
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130522

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:		13863697

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

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, DC 20549</P>

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 22, 2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">First Financial Corporation</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></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 33%; text-indent: 0">Indiana<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
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(Commission File Number)</TD>
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                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">(IRS 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">&nbsp;P. O. Box 540, Terre Haute,
Indiana</P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.75pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Registrant's telephone number, including area code &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;812-238-6334</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2 below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><B>Other Events.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in">On May 22, 2013, First Financial Corporation issued
a press release to report the declaration of the semi-annual dividend of $.48 per share payable July 1, 2013 to shareholders of
record on June 14, 2013. The release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in"><U>Exhibit 99.1</U>&#9;Press Release, dated May 22,
2013 issued by First Financial Corporation. This exhibit shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) or incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
a filing.</P>

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">First Financial Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;May 22, 2013</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal"><U>(s) Norman L. Lowery</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">Norman L. Lowery</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">Vice Chairman, President and Principal</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">For more information contact:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">May 22, 2013</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Rodger A. McHargue at (812) 238-6000</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">First Financial Corporation Declares Semi-Annual
Dividend</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA &ndash; The directors of First Financial
Corporation (NASDAQ: THFF) have declared a semi-annual dividend of 48<FONT STYLE="color: red"> </FONT>cents per share payable on
July 1, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business June 14, 2013. Today&rsquo;s declaration increases the total dividend
paid in 2013 to 96 cents per share, a 2.1% increase from 2012 and is the Corporation&rsquo;s 25<SUP>th</SUP> consecutive year of
dividend increases.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">First Financial Corporation is the holding company for First
Financial Bank N.A. in Indiana and Illinois; The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute; and Forrest Sherer, Inc., a full service insurance
agency.</P>

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