0001144204-12-066019.txt : 20121203 0001144204-12-066019.hdr.sgml : 20121203 20121203142119 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-066019 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121203 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20121203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121203 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: 121237161 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 v329625_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT

 

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)     December 3, 2012

 

First Financial Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Indiana 000-16759 35-1546989
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) 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):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 
 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.
   
  On December 3, 2012, First Financial Corporation issued a press release to report the declaration of the semi-annual dividend of $.48 per share payable January 2, 2013 to shareholders of record on December 14, 2012.  The release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
   
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
  (c)         Exhibits.
   
  Exhibit 99.1     Press Release, dated December 3, 2012 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.

 

    First Financial Corporation
     
Dated:  December 3, 2012   (s) Norman L. Lowery
    Norman L. Lowery
    Vice Chairman and Principal
    Executive Officer

    

 

 EX-99.1 2 v329625_ex99-1.htm PRESS RELEASE

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact:
December 3, 2012 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 48 cents per share payable on January 2, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business December 14, 2012. This declaration increases the total dividend paid in 2012 to 95 cents per share, a 1.1% increase from 2011.

 

“Based on our strong financial performance, we are pleased to provide shareholders with another cash dividend, reflecting our 24th consecutive year of dividend increases,” said Donald E. Smith, Chairman. “In 2012 First Financial Bank marked its 178th year of service,” he said. “During 2012 we opened four banking centers in southern Indiana to continue to put the needs of our customers and their communities first.”

 

First Financial Corporation is the holding company for First Financial Bank N.A., with 68 banking centers in western Indiana and eastern Illinois; The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute; and Forrest Sherer, Inc., a full service insurance agency.