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First Financial Bancorp Announces Third Quarter 2018 Results

October 18, 2018 4:15 PM EDT

CINCINNATI, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) ("First Financial" or the "Company") announced financial results for the third quarter of 2018.

For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company reported net income of $50.7 million, or $0.51 per diluted common share.  These results compare to net income of $36.4 million, or $0.37 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2018 and $24.8 million, or $0.40 per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2017.   Net income was negatively impacted during the quarter by $6.3 million of merger related items, which reduced earnings per diluted common share by... More