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Issuer:     FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ (FFBC)
CIK:        0000708955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000708955-25-000116
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Financial Bancorp gets regulatory approval for $142M acquisition of BankFinancial; close expected Jan 1, 2026
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- Received Federal Reserve Board approval on Dec 12, 2025 and Ohio Department of Financial Institutions approval on Dec 9, 2025 for the acquisition.
- Anticipates closing of all-stock merger valued at ~$142M on or around January 1, 2026.
- Bank merger of BankFinancial, N.A. into First Financial Bank expected to occur immediately after corporate merger.
- Transaction was announced August 11, 2025; subject to BankFinancial shareholder approval and customary closing conditions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895525000116/0000708955-25-000116-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895525000116/ffbc-20251209.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-25-000116

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