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First Financial Bancorp. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results and Announces Dividend Increase

January 19, 2017 4:15 PM EST

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) ("First Financial" or the "Company") announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2016.  For the three months ended December 31, 2016, the Company reported net income of $23.3 million, or $0.38 per diluted common share.  These results compare to net income of $22.9 million, or $0.37 per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2016 and $19.8 million, or $0.32 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2015.   For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, First Financial had earnings per diluted common share of $1.43 compared to $1.21... More