First Financial (FFBC) CFO James Anderson Withholds 3,961 Shares for Taxes

What Happened

• James M. Anderson, Chief Financial Officer of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), had 3,961 shares disposed on 2026-09-05 as tax withholding. The shares are reported at $32.98 each, totaling about $130,634. This was a withholding to satisfy tax obligations rather than an open‑market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-05; Report filed: 2026-09-09 (Form 4 accession 0000708955-26-000149).
• Price per share: $32.98; Shares withheld/disposed: 3,961; Reported value: $130,634.
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the filing.
• Footnote: F1 — shares withheld to pay taxes associated with the reporting person becoming retirement eligible.
• Transaction type: Code F (payment of exercise price or tax liability — tax withholding), not a purchase (P) or open‑market sale (S).

Context

• This is a routine tax‑withholding event (often following option exercises, vesting, or retirement eligibility) and does not necessarily signal a change in the insider’s market view. It represents shares retained by the company or broker to cover tax liabilities rather than shares sold on the market.