0000714562-18-000045.txt : 20180516 0000714562-18-000045.hdr.sgml : 20180516 20180516112200 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000714562-18-000045 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180516 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20180516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000714562 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 351546989 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16759 FILM NUMBER: 18839215 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FIRST FINANCIAL PLAZA CITY: TERRE HAUTE STATE: IN ZIP: 47807 BUSINESS PHONE: (812) 238-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE FIRST FINANCIAL PLAZA CITY: TERRE HAUTE STATE: IN ZIP: 47807 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TERRE HAUTE FIRST CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850808 8-K 1 thff20180516divd8-k.htm 8-K Document



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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)     May 16, 2018                    
 
First Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
000-16759
(Commission File Number)
35-1546989
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
P. O. Box 540, Terre Haute, Indiana
47808
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code     812-238-6334
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below): 
 
 
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
 
 
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On May 16, 2018, First Financial Corporation issued a press release to report the declaration of the semi-annual dividend of $.51 per share payable July 2, 2018 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2018. The release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
 
 
 
 
Item 9.01.  
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(c)
Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release, dated May 16, 2018 issued by First Financial Corporation. This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.


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.
  

 
 
 
By   /s/ Rodger A. McHargue
Dated:  May 16, 2018
Rodger A. McHargue
 
Treasurer and CFO
 
(Principal Financial Officer)



 EX-99.1 2 thff20180516divdex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            For more information contact:

May 16, 2018                        Rodger A. McHargue at (812) 238-6000


First Financial Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Dividend


TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - The directors of First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: THFF) have declared a semi-annual dividend of 51 cents per share payable on July 2, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business June 15, 2018. Today’s declaration increases the total dividend paid in 2018 to $1.02 per share, a 2.0% increase from 2017 and is the Corporation's 30th consecutive year of increased regular dividends.
  
First Financial Corporation is the holding company for First Financial Bank N.A. in Indiana and Illinois and The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute.