Myers Malcolm A reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP Chief Transformation Officer Malcolm A. Myers reported an equity award of 8,560 shares of common stock on March 4, 2026. The award was recorded at a price of $0.00 per share, indicating a grant rather than an open-market purchase.
After this award, Myers directly holds a total of 53,219.988 shares of FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP common stock. This filing reflects a change in reported insider ownership through a stock grant.
First Financial Bancorp Controller and Principal Accounting Officer Scott T. Crawley reported an award of 4,895 shares of common stock on March 4, 2026, coded as a grant or other acquisition at a price of $0.00 per share.
After this grant, his directly held common stock totaled 27,913.3767 shares. He also reported 293.4 shares held indirectly through a 401k plan, with a footnote noting a small reduction of 0.0215 shares for 401k administrative fees and that 464 shares were acquired in 2025 via dividend reinvestment.
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ Chief Internal Auditor James R. Shank sold 320 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction. The sale occurred at a price of $28.24 per share. After this transaction, he directly owns 10,821 shares of First Financial Bancorp common stock.
First Financial Bancorp., a Cincinnati-based regional financial holding company, operates First Financial Bank and specialty units in equipment finance, franchise lending, insurance premium finance and foreign exchange. It serves individuals and small to mid-sized businesses across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois with loans, deposits, wealth management and niche commercial finance.
The company expanded through acquisitions, buying Agile Premium Finance for $96.9 million in 2024 and Westfield Bancorp for $324.4 million in 2025, adding insurance premium finance and strengthening its Northeast Ohio presence. It also completed the merger with BankFinancial Corporation effective January 1, 2026, bringing roughly $1.4 billion in assets and 17 branches.
As of December 31, 2025, First Financial had approximately 2,199 employees and reported classified assets of $235.5 million, including credits from the Westfield deal. The company highlights extensive regulatory oversight, shifting interest-rate policy, credit and commercial real estate risks, uninsured deposits of $7.4 billion, cybersecurity threats, and concentration and market risks in its Bannockburn foreign exchange and hedging business as key factors that could affect future results.
Nomura Asset Management International Inc. and Nomura Investment Management Business Trust report beneficial ownership of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) common stock on a Schedule 13G. They collectively report 5,894,326 shares, representing 6% of the common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2025, based on 98,521,726 shares reported by the issuer.
The filing shows shared voting and dispositive power over all reported shares and no sole voting or dispositive power. The firms certify the holdings were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of First Financial Bancorp.
First Financial Bancorp General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer Karen B. Woods reported an open-market sale of common stock. On 02/13/2026, she sold 10,000 shares at a price of $30.28 per share. After this transaction, she directly beneficially owned 63,954 common shares and indirectly held 100 common shares as UTMA custodian for her daughter.
A security holder of FFBC has filed a notice of proposed sale of 10,000 shares of common stock under Rule 144. The shares are to be sold through Charles Schwab Corp, with an aggregate market value of $302,600, and an approximate sale date of 02/13/2026 on the Nasdaq market.
The filing lists how these shares were originally acquired over time, including open market purchases, a merger with the issuer, and equity compensation grants. By signing, the seller represents that they are not aware of any undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer’s current or prospective operations.
First Financial Bancorp received an amended Schedule 13G/A from Macquarie Group Limited and related entities reporting that they no longer beneficially own any of the company’s common shares. The filing shows Macquarie Group Limited, Macquarie Management Holdings Inc., and Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust each reporting 0 shares beneficially owned, representing 0.00% of the outstanding common shares.
The amendment confirms that these Macquarie entities now hold 5 percent or less of First Financial Bancorp’s common stock and that any securities previously held were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business, without the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the issuer.
First Financial Bancorp executive Richard S. Dennen, Chief Corporate Banking Officer, reported selling 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on February 4, 2026. The shares were sold at a price of $30.20 each, and he now directly holds 61,856 common shares.