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First Financial Bancorp Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results

July 19, 2018 4:15 PM EDT

CINCINNATI, July 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) ("First Financial" or the "Company") announced financial results for the second quarter of 2018.

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company reported net income of $36.4 million, or $0.37 per diluted common share.  These results compare to net income of $30.5 million, or $0.49 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2018 and $22.7 million, or $0.37 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2017.  During the quarter the Company incurred $24.3 million in merger related expenses, which reduced earnings per diluted common share by $0.20.  For... More