4 1 jan03form4.txt JAN03FORM4 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Hall, James C. 8152 Ascot Glen Court Liberty Township, OH 45044 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ###-##-#### 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 01/17/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Executive Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 01/17/2003 J 1871 A $0.0000 10896 D Common Stock 2521.7806 I 401-K Common Stock 01/17/2003 J -3125 D $0.0000 18795 I Restricted Stock Awards
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+ |1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature| | |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- | | |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct| | |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial| |Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ 1996 (ISO) $11.3019 01/24/2006 Common 1537 D Stock Stock Option 1997 (ISO) $10.5508 01/28/2007 Common 4193 D Stock Stock Option 1998 (NQ) $19.087 01/27/2008 Common 5082 D Stock Stock Option 1999 (ISO) $22.565 01/25/2009 Common 4201 D Stock Stock Option 1999 (NQ) $22.565 01/25/2009 Common 4461 D Stock Stock Option 2000 (ISO) $17.56 01/24/2010 Common 5694 D Stock Stock Option 2000 (NQ) $17.56 01/24/2010 Common 14571 D Stock Stock Option 1994 (ISO) $10.5363 02/22/2004 Common 2879 D Stock Stock Option 2001 (ISO) $16.0124 01/22/2011 Common 6244 D Stock Stock Option 2001 (NQ) $16.0124 01/22/2011 Common 1631 D Stock Stock Option 1993 (ISO) $8.1965 05/12/2003 Common 2670 D Stock Stock Option 2002 (ISO) $17.2 01/17/2012 Common 5813 D Stock Stock Option 2002 (NQ) $17.2 01/17/2012 Common 4187 D Stock Stock Option Explanation of Responses: Includes shares in dividend reinvestment account Vesting of Restricted Stock Award (less shares sold to cover taxes) Vesting of Restricted Stock Award
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Terri J. Ziepfel DATE 01/22/2003