secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ (FFBC)
CIK:        0000708955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000708955-26-000002
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Financial Bancorp completes all-stock acquisition of BankFinancial, adds 18 Chicago locations and $22B in assets
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- Each BankFinancial share converted to 0.480 FFBC share; combined pro forma assets of $22 billion.
- Adds 18 retail financial centers in Chicago, significantly expanding First Financial's consumer banking footprint.
- BankFinancial branches will operate under current name until system conversion expected June 2026; no action needed for customers.
- Follows recent Midwest growth: Westfield Bank acquisition (Nov 2025) and Agile Premium Finance (2024).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895526000002/0000708955-26-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895526000002/ffbc-20251231.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-26-000002

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