First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) Raises Quarterly Dividend 11.8% to $0.19; 2.6% Yield

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First Financial Announces 12% Increase to Quarterly Dividend

January 23, 2018 4:17 PM EST

CINCINNATI, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq: FFBC) announced that the board of directors declared a 19-cent per share quarterly cash dividend at their meeting on January 23, 2018.  This represents an increase of approximately 12% over the previous quarterly cash dividend.  Payable on March 15, 2018, the dividend will be distributed to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2018.

Claude Davis, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "As we mentioned during our fourth quarter earnings call, the passage of the... More