---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000708955-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFBC"
cik: "0000708955"
company_name: "FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/"
filed_at: "2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T10:40:53.134051+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Directors William Barron and Susan Knust to retire at May 28, 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- William Barron and Susan Knust notified their retirement as directors effective at end of current terms.
- They will not stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 28, 2024.
- Retirements are not due to any disagreement with management or the Board on operations or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000708955-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFBC
- cik: 0000708955
- company_name: FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/
- filed_at: 2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000020/0000708955-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000020/ffbc-20240321.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-24-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-24-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-24-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan Knust departed as Director at FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: William Barron and Susan Knust have each notified First Financial Bancorp (the “Company”) of their decisions to retire as directors of the Company effective at the end of their current terms.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000020/0000708955-24-000020-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Barron departed as Director at FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: William Barron and Susan Knust have each notified First Financial Bancorp (the “Company”) of their decisions to retire as directors of the Company effective at the end of their current terms.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000020/0000708955-24-000020-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.