First Financial Bancorp to Pay Cash Dividend

CINCINNATI, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq: FFBC) announced today that the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2010 to shareholders of record as of March 5, 2010.

First Financial Bancorp has paid a cash dividend every quarter since the formation of the holding company in April 1983.

About First Financial Bancorp

First Financial Bancorp is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company. At December 31, 2009, the company had $6.7 billion in assets, including $4.8 billion in total loans and $5.4 billion in deposits. Its banking subsidiary, First Financial Bank, N.A., founded in 1863, provides consumer and commercial banking products and services, and investment and insurance products through its retail banking center network. The company's strategic operating markets are located in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan where it operates 118 banking centers. The bank's wealth management division, First Financial Wealth Resource Group, provides investment management, traditional trust, brokerage, private banking, and insurance services, and had approximately $2.2 billion in assets under management at December 31, 2009. Additional information about the company, including its products, services, and banking locations, is available at www.bankatfirst.com/investor.

SOURCE First Financial Bancorp

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