Brown Archie M 4

What Happened

Archie M. Brown, President & CEO and a director of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), disposed of 7,664 shares on March 7, 2026 to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to his 2023 restricted performance shares. The shares were valued at $27.25 each, for a total of approximately $208,844. This was a company withholding/tax-payment transaction (code F), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-03-07 — 7,664 shares at $27.25 per share (total ≈ $208,844).
• Transaction type: F (payment of exercise price or tax liability) — shares surrendered/withheld to cover taxes.
• Footnote: Reflects payout at 114.4% for the 2023 restricted performance shares (per filing).
• Filing date: Form 4 filed 2026-03-10 reporting the 3/7/2026 transaction. The excerpt provided does not indicate a late-filing designation.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.

Context

This is a routine tax-withholding disposition associated with vested performance-based awards. Such withholding reduces the insider’s holdings but is not the same as an open-market sale and does not by itself signal a change in the insider’s view of the company.