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Issuer:     FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ (FFBC)
CIK:        0000708955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000708955-25-000094
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Financial Bancorp receives regulatory approvals for Westfield Bancorp acquisition; closing expected Nov 1
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- Federal Reserve and Ohio Division of Financial Institutions approved merger of Westfield Bank into First Financial Bank on Oct 10, 2025.
- Acquisition of Westfield Bancorp from Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, announced June 23, 2025, on track to close Nov 1, 2025.
- Deal includes all outstanding equity of Westfield Bancorp, parent of Westfield Bank, FSB.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895525000094/0000708955-25-000094-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895525000094/ffbc-20251010.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-25-000094

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