First Financial Bancorp 8-K/A
 

 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2007
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  0-12379
(Commission File Number)
  31-1042001
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
300 High Street
Hamilton, Ohio
(Address of principal executive offices)
  45011
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 979-5782
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Form 8-K   First Financial Bancorp.
Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
This Form 8-K/A is filed solely to correct the date of the announcement of First Financial Bancorp’s subsidiary, First Financial Bank, N.A., entering into an agreement with PHH Mortgage Corporation. First Financial Bank, N.A. entered into the agreement on March 22, 2007, but did not make an announcement on that date.
On March 22, 2007, First Financial Bancorp’s subsidiary, First Financial Bank, N.A., entered into an agreement with PHH Mortgage Corporation (PHH) to sell the right to service its conforming, conventional mortgage servicing portfolio of approximately $578 million. PHH will service such accounts under the First Financial name. Transfer of the portfolio is expected to be substantially complete by May 16, 2007.
In the first quarter, the Corporation expects to record a pre-tax gain of approximately $1.0 million associated with this transaction.
Item 8.01.   Other Events.
In addition, First Financial entered into an agreement whereby PHH will service, under the First Financial name, the bank’s existing conventional mortgage portfolio.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Franklin Hall    
    J. Franklin Hall   
    Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: March 29, 2007