secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ (FFBC)
CIK:        0000708955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000708955-24-000023
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Financial Q1 EPS $0.53 ($0.59 adjusted); acquires Agile Premium Finance
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- Net income $50.7M; diluted EPS $0.53; adjusted EPS $0.59.
- Net interest margin (FTE) 4.10%, down 16 bp QoQ on higher funding costs.
- Loan growth $271.9M (10% annualized); Agile Premium Finance acquired Feb 29 for $93.4M in loans.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.23 per share, approved by Board.
- Tangible common equity ratio improved to 7.23%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000023/0000708955-24-000023-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000023/ffbc-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-24-000023

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