---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714562-24-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THFF"
cik: "0000714562"
company_name: "FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:47:32.074422+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Financial Corp declares $0.45 quarterly dividend, shifts to quarterly payout frequency

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.45 per share declared; payable October 15, 2024 to holders of record October 1, 2024.
- Company announces switch from semi-annual to quarterly dividend payment schedule.
- Dividend policy change does not alter the annualized payout rate per share; previous semi-annual dividend was $0.90 total per year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714562-24-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THFF
- cik: 0000714562
- company_name: FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456224000055/0000714562-24-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456224000055/thff-20240917x8k.htm

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