-----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, P3ATrRJKrk0fIu93mzudsmJpRVZGu7S7jnkwVroXIX38mG7tCXQuDaYyDX6qrGjJ CPl4mb/bZVtg02djiYBK/g== 0001144204-09-019089.txt : 20090406 0001144204-09-019089.hdr.sgml : 20090406 20090406161626 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-09-019089 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090331 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20090406 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090406 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: 09735139 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 SMITH ROAD CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45209 BUSINESS PHONE: 5139795782 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 SMITH ROAD CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45209 8-K 1 v145446_8k.htm
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 (Date of earliest event reported):  March 31, 2009


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

 

Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
0-12379
(Commission File Number)
31-1042001
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
     
4000 Smith Road
Cincinnati, Ohio
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
 
45209
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (513) 979-5837


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Form 8-K  
First Financial Bancorp.
 
Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On March 31, 2009, First Financial Insurance, Inc., Hamilton, Ohio (FFI) sold the property and casualty and business liability portion of its insurance business to the Knight-Willis Insurance Agency, LLC (KWIA), a related company of Knight Crockett Miller Insurance Group (KCM), an independent insurance agency based in Toledo, Ohio.  FFI retained the life, health, long-term care, and disability insurance segment of the business and will operate as a component of First Financial’s Wealth Resource Group.  On April 1, 2009, KWIA began operating in the former FFI locations in Connersville and Highland, Indiana and Hamilton, Ohio under the new name.

First Financial Bancorp does not expect the transaction to have a material impact on its financial statements.

FFI is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Financial Bank, N.A., Hamilton, Ohio, which is in turn wholly owned by First Financial Bancorp.

KCM offers extensive product and service options for property and casualty and business liability insurance clients.  The company has been serving clients for 150 years.


 
 
 
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.  
     
     
       
Date:  April 6, 2009
By:
/s/ J. Franklin Hall  
    J. Franklin Hall  
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
       
 











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