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Issuer:     FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ (FFBC)
CIK:        0000708955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000708955-24-000043
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Financial Bancorp Q2 EPS $0.64; adjusted $0.65; dividend raised to $0.24
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- Net income $60.8M, diluted EPS $0.64; adjusted EPS $0.65.
- Net interest margin (FTE) 4.10%, unchanged from Q1; loan growth 11.3% annualized.
- Record noninterest income $61.5M; foreign exchange income up 60.9% from Q1.
- Net charge-offs 0.15%, down 23bp from linked quarter.
- Board declared quarterly dividend increase to $0.24 per share from $0.23.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000043/0000708955-24-000043-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895524000043/ffbc-20240725.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-24-000043

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