-----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, BG2uykhZQa8i+XtsJx8OJrBXW3/YOBG7GqrdbfTtKibzAAnSamGu87OJnC0gNHbt zTEhqatCSUuLteyP8HS3lQ== 0001144204-10-031629.txt : 20100603 0001144204-10-031629.hdr.sgml : 20100603 20100603145853 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-10-031629 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100603 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100603 SUBJECT COMPANY: 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: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-156841 FILM NUMBER: 10875598 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 FILED BY: 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: FWP 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 FWP 1 v187273_fwp.htm Unassociated Document

 
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-156841
June 3, 2010
 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PRICING OF PUBLIC OFFERING OF WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that it priced a secondary public offering of 465,117 warrants to purchase common stock of First Financial Bancorp (the “Company”) at $12.90 per warrant.  The aggregate net proceeds to Treasury from the offering are expected to be $2,966,288.  These proceeds provide an additional return to the American taxpayer from Treasury’s investment in the Company beyond the dividend payments it received on the related preferred stock.
 
The closing is expected to occur on or about June 8, 2010, subject to customary closing conditions.  The offering was priced through a modified Dutch auction. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is the sole underwriter for this offering.  This offering represents Treasury’s sale of its remaining investment in the Company.
 
The warrants were offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on June 1, 2010, and a final prospectus supplement will be filed by the Company with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Copies of the final prospectus supplement relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Prospectus Department, Harborside Financial Center, 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311-3988, telephone: 1-800-503-4611, or by emailing prospectus.cpdg@db.com.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in the registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the warrants.
 
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
 
 
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