Crawley Scott T 4

What Happened

• Scott T. Crawley, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of First Financial Bancorp (ticker: FFBC), had 886 shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding related to equity compensation. The shares were valued at $27.75 each, for a total of $24,587. This transaction is reported as a disposition for tax withholding (transaction code F), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-05; Filing date (Form 4): 2026-03-06 (appears timely).
• Price per share: $27.75; Total value of withheld shares: $24,587.
• Transaction code: F — shares withheld to cover tax liability (common when options vest or restricted stock vests).
• Disposition: 886 shares were surrendered/withheld (reported as disposed).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in this Form 4.
• No 10b5-1 plan or late-filing flag noted in the filing.

Context

• Tax-withholding dispositions are routine administrative actions tied to equity awards or option exercises; they are not the same as a voluntary open-market sale and generally do not signal a change in the insider’s view of the company.