---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000714562-26-000059"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "THFF"
cik: "0000714562"
company_name: "FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/"
filed_at: "2026-08-27T20:01:51+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-27T20:03:28.649492+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Financial to acquire First Illinois for ~$111.3M; adds Hickory Point Bank in central Illinois

## Summary
- First Illinois shareholders get 0.5727 THFF shares or $44.35 cash per share; 70% stock/30% cash; implied price $45.00.
- Transaction value ~$111.3M based on THFF close of $79.07 on Aug 26, 2026; expected to close Q4 2026.
- Hickory Point Bank adds 8 branches in Decatur, Springfield, Champaign; $717M assets, $438M loans, $627M deposits (6/30/26).
- Combined company: ~$6.9B total assets, $4.9B loans, $5.5B deposits; First Illinois holders to own ~8%.
- Termination fee of $4.4M payable by First Illinois under certain circumstances; directors signed voting agreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000714562-26-000059
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: THFF
- cik: 0000714562
- company_name: FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
- filed_at: 2026-08-27T20:01:51+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456226000059/0000714562-26-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714562/000071456226000059/thff-20260826x8ka.htm

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