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First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) guidance and outlook

First Financial Bancorp's 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026 makes 11 forward-looking statements.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Nov 6, 2026

• First Financial intends to concentrate plans for future growth and capital investment within its current markets, and will continue to evaluate additional growth opportunities in metropolitan markets located within, or in close proximity to, the Company's current geographic footprint.
• The Company expects the acquisition to close in January 2027.
• The Company's effective tax rate may fluctuate from period to period due to changes in tax jurisdictions, forecasted income, tax-enhanced assets and tax credit investments.
• The losses recognized in the first nine months of 2026 included $8.3 million of impairment losses on investments with credit deterioration where the Company determined that it no longer intended to hold the security until the recovery of the amortized cost basis.
• Management estimates the ACL using relevant available information from both internal and external sources, relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
• The Company utilized the Moody's September baseline forecast as its R&S forecast in the quantitative model at September 30, 2026.
• For reasonableness, the Company also considered the impact to the model from alternative prepayment speeds and more adverse economic forecasts.
• Management, including the Balance Sheet Strategies and ALCO, monitors liquidity through a regular review of asset and liability maturities, funding sources and loan and deposit forecasts.
• The Company maintains strategic and contingency liquidity plans to ensure sufficient available funding to satisfy requirements for balance sheet growth, properly manage capital market funding sources and to address unexpected liquidity requirements.
• The Company utilizes its contingency funding plan to assess the ability of the Company to successfully navigate significant liquidity events.
• Such statements are often characterized by the use of qualified words (and their derivatives) such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “project” and “intend,” as well as words of similar meaning or other statements concerning opinions or judgment of First Financial or their respective management about future events.

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First Financial intends to concentrate plans for future growth and capital investment within its current markets, and will continue to evaluate additional growth opportunities in metropolitan markets located within, or in close proximity to, the Company's current geographic footprint. The Company expects the acquisition to close in January 2027. The Company's effective tax rate may fluctuate from period to period due to changes in tax jurisdictions, forecasted income, tax-enhanced assets and tax credit investments.

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.