---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714562-26-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THFF"
cik: "0000714562"
company_name: "FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/"
filed_at: "2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:54:13.257914+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Financial completes $25M cash acquisition of CedarStone Financial, Inc.

## Summary
- On March 1, 2026, closed acquisition of CedarStone Financial for $19.12 per share in cash.
- Aggregate consideration approximately $25.0 million; CedarStone Bank merged into First Financial Bank.
- Deal announced Nov 6, 2025; expands First Financial's Tennessee presence.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714562-26-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THFF
- cik: 0000714562
- company_name: FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
- filed_at: 2026-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456226000011/0000714562-26-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456226000011/thff-20260301x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714562-26-000011
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000714562-26-000011.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 38688f16c45ad29ed0f22f0f9f1879c4f1e0684b
  claim: FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/ completed an acquisition involving CedarStone Financial, Inc. for $19.12 per share in cash (closed 2026-03-01).
  evidence_excerpt: Merger”). ​ Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), First Financial paid $19.12 per share in cash for each share of CedarStone’s common stock outstanding. The aggregate value of the transaction was approximately $25.0 million. ​ The foregoing summary of the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456226000011/0000714562-26-000011-index.htm

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