Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 25, 2015

 

 

FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Ohio		31-1042001
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. employer identification number)

 

Commission file number: 001-34762

 

255 East Fifth Street, Suite 700, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: [phone]

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Form 8-K/A                                First Financial Bancorp.

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this “Form 8-K/A”) is an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K of First Financial Bancorp. filed on August 26, 2015 (the “Original Form 8-K”). This Form 8-K/A is being filed to include a revised copy of Exhibit 16.1 excluding inadvertent additional text that was not part of the actual Exhibit 16.1 supplied by Ernst & Young LLP. The other disclosures made in the Original Form 8-K remain unchanged.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished with this report pursuant to Item 4.01.

	(d)	Exhibits:
	16.1	Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission from Ernst & Young LLP dated August 26, 2015

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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/ John M. Gavigan
		John M. Gavigan
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:	August 26, 2015

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Form 8-K/A                                First Financial Bancorp.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
16.1	Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission from Ernst & Young LLP dated August 26, 2015

EXHIBIT 16.1

                        

August 26, 2015

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated August 25, 2015, of First Financial Bancorp. and are in agreement with the statements contained in the first two paragraphs on page 2 therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP