Earnings Release
EX-99.1 3 tm2620858d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 First Financial Bancorp Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results, Quarterly Dividend Increase & Acquisition of Finward Bancorp · Earnings per diluted share of $0.73; $0.80 on an adjusted (1) basis is highest in Company history · Return on average assets of 1.37%; 1.50% on an adjusted (1) basis · Net interest margin on FTE basis (1) of 3.98% · Loan growth of $240 million, or 7.1% on an annualized basis · Net charge-offs 0.20% of total loans · ROTCE of 18.0%; 19.7% on adjusted (1) basis · Board of Directors approved quarterly dividend increase to $0.26 to be paid in 3Q26 · Agreement to acquire Finward Bancorp, the holding company for Peoples Bank, in all stock transaction Cincinnati, Ohio - July 21, 2026. First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) (“First Financial” or the “Company”) announced financial results for the three an...
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Filed July 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM UTC. The figures above are from the audited statements, not from this release.