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Issuer:     FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ (FFBC)
CIK:        0000708955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000708955-26-000088
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Financial Bancorp Q1 adjusted EPS $0.77; authorizes 5M share buyback
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- Diluted EPS $0.71 GAAP, $0.77 adjusted; net income $74.4M vs $62.4M prior quarter.
- Record adjusted quarterly revenue $265.3M; net interest margin 3.99% on FTE basis.
- BankFinancial acquisition closed Jan 1, 2026; contributed $227.7M in loans.
- Board authorized repurchase of up to 5M shares (~4.8% of outstanding) through Dec 31, 2027.
- Noninterest income $75.6M adjusted; wealth management record $10.5M; FX income $16.3M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895526000088/0000708955-26-000088-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708955/000070895526000088/ffbc-20260423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708955-26-000088

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