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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)

First Financial to acquire BankFinancial in all-stock deal valued near $142 million

Neutral Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

First Financial Bancorp signed a merger agreement to acquire Chicago-based BankFinancial Corporation in an all-stock transaction. The filing says each BankFinancial share will convert into 0.480 of a First Financial share, and the deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to shareholder, regulatory and other approvals. Shareholders of First Financial will see new shares issued, and the company expects the deal to be accretive to earnings per share.

Key points

  • Each BankFinancial common share converts into 0.480 of a First Financial common share.
  • The press release values the transaction at approximately $142 million, based on First Financial's August 8, 2025 closing price.
  • Expected closing in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to BankFinancial stockholder approval and regulatory approvals.
  • A termination fee of $5.0 million is payable by BankFinancial to First Financial in certain circumstances; pro forma deposits are stated as $2.2 billion.

The filing

CompanyFirst Financial Bancorp (FFBC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 11, 2025, 4:37 PM ET
Accession number0000708955-25-000074

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 11, 2025.

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