Karen B. Woods, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of First Financial Bancorp /OH/, filed an amended statement of changes in beneficial ownership on September 16, 2026, reporting an acquisition of common stock on September 14, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Officer identity: The reporting person is Karen B. Woods, serving as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of First Financial Bancorp /OH/ (NASDAQ:FFBC).
  • Shares acquired: Woods acquired 15,272 shares of common stock on September 14, 2026, at a price of $32.74 per share.
  • Post-transaction direct ownership: Following the transaction, Woods directly held 90,234 shares of common stock.
  • Indirect holdings: The filing also reports 100 shares held indirectly through a UTMA Custodian arrangement for a daughter.
  • Amendment: This filing is an amendment, with the date of the original filing listed as September 16, 2026, and the earliest transaction date of September 14, 2026.

Karen B. Woods Reports Common Stock Acquisition at First Financial Bancorp

According to the filing, Karen B. Woods, who serves as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer at First Financial Bancorp /OH/, a Ohio-based banking institution trading on NASDAQ under the symbol FFBC, acquired 15,272 shares of the company's common stock on September 14, 2026. The transaction was coded as an acquisition ("A") at a per-share price of $32.74, as reported in Table I of the filing. Following this transaction, Woods directly held 90,234 shares of common stock.

In addition to her direct holdings, the filing discloses that Woods indirectly holds 100 shares of common stock through a UTMA Custodian arrangement for her daughter. The filing also lists additional line entries for common stock and Restricted Performance securities reflecting zero shares directly and indirectly held under those categories. No derivative securities transactions were reported in Table II of the filing. The amended statement was signed by Terri J Ziepfel as power of attorney on September 16, 2026.

First Financial Bancorp /OH/ is identified in the filing as the issuer with ticker symbol FFBC listed on NASDAQ. The reporting person's address of record is listed as 255 East 5th Street, Suite 2900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. The filing was submitted pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which governs reporting obligations for officers, directors, and certain shareholders of public companies.

What Was Disclosed

The amended filing reported the acquisition of 15,272 shares of First Financial Bancorp /OH/ common stock by General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer Karen B. Woods at $32.74 per share on September 14, 2026, bringing her direct holdings to 90,234 shares.