-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, U55YerCMN33DnTzeXaR+v6lSmxi9bDDTCsxccKSJJSCVs4LeSCTRa/aewP92hRp3 vufHecMt58rYDVNHj/8eqQ== 0000950152-03-003471.txt : 20030326 0000950152-03-003471.hdr.sgml : 20030325 20030326164225 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950152-03-003471 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030326 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20030326 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000708955 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 311042001 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-12379 FILM NUMBER: 03618645 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 HIGH ST CITY: HAMILTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45011 BUSINESS PHONE: 5138674700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 HIGH ST CITY: HAMILTON STATE: OH ZIP: 45011 8-K 1 l99816ae8vk.htm FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP 8-K First Financial Bancorp 8-K
 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: March 26, 2003

FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Ohio   0-12379   31-1042001
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   Number)   Identification No.)
         
300 High Street        
Hamilton, Ohio       45011
(Address of principal executive       (Zip Code)
offices)        

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 867-5240

 

 

     
Form 8-K   First Financial Bancorp.

Item 7. Exhibits.

  (a)   Exhibits:

     
99.1   Certification of Periodic Financial Report By Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
99.2   Certification of Periodic Financial Report By Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On March 26, 2003, Stanley N. Pontius, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Financial Bancorp., and C. Douglas Lefferson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First Financial Bancorp., each signed the Certification of Periodic Financial Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in connection with the First Financial Bancorp. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. The Certifications were submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2003. A copy of each of these Certifications is attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto.

 

 

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.
     
     
     
By:       /s/ C. Douglas Lefferson          
    C. Douglas Lefferson
    Senior Vice President and
    Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 26, 2003

 

 

     
Form 8-K   First Financial Bancorp.

Exhibit Index

     
Exhibit Nos.   Description
     
99.1   Certification of Periodic Financial Report By Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
99.2   Certification of Periodic Financial Report By Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  EX-99.1 3 l99816aexv99w1.htm EX-99.1 CERTIFICATION EX-99.1 Certification

 

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORT BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 of First Financial Bancorp. (the “Company”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2003 (the “Report”), I, Stanley N. Pontius, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Stanley N. Pontius                           
Stanley N. Pontius
President and Chief Executive Officer

March 26, 2003

  EX-99.2 4 l99816aexv99w2.htm EX-99.2 CERTIFICATION EX-99.2 Certification

 

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORT BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 of First Financial Bancorp. (the “Company”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2003 (the “Report”), I, C. Douglas Lefferson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ C. Douglas Lefferson                              
C. Douglas Lefferson
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

March 26, 2003

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