4 1 jan03-2form4.txt JAN03-2FORM4 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Hockemeyer, Rex A. 8366 Meadowlard Drive West Chester, OH 45069 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 01/22/2003 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 01/22/2003 J 1096 A $0.0000 3988 D Common Stock 01/22/2003 J -1830 D $0.0000 I Restricted Stock Award(s) Common Stock 01/22/2003 A 7692 A $0.0000 17826 I Restricted Stock Award(s) Common Stock 534 I 401K
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 | +----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ 1997 (ISO) $11.1355 01/28/2007 Common 1398 D Stock Stock Option 1998 (ISO) $19.087 01/27/2008 Common 2541 D Stock Stock Option 1999 (ISO) $22.565 01/25/2009 Common 1155 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 7798 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 2002 (ISO) $17.2 01/17/2012 Common 5000 D Stock Stock Option 2003 (ISO) $16.58 01/22/2 A 5000 01/22/2004 01/22/2013 Common 5000 $16.5800 5000 D Stock 003 Stock Option Explanation of Responses: Vesting of Restricted Stock Award (less shares sold to cover taxes) Vesting of Restricted Stock Award Pursuant to FFBC Stock Option / Award Plan(s)
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Terri J. Ziepfel DATE 01/23/2003