First Financial Bancorp to Announce Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results on Thursday, November 5, 2009

First Financial Bancorp to Announce Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results on
Thursday, November 5, 2009

CINCINNATI, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Financial Bancorp (Nasdaq:
FFBC) announced today that it expects to release third quarter 2009 financial
results after market close on Thursday, November 5, 2009. A conference call
and webcast to discuss results will be held on Friday, November 6, 2009 at
9:00 a.m. (ET).

Conference Call & Webcast Details

Date: Friday, November 6, 2009

Time: 9:00 a.m. ET

Conference Call: Participants should join the live conference call
5 to 10 minutes before its scheduled start. The
dial-in number is 800-860-2442. (passcode not
required).

Conference Call Replay: A replay of the call will be available
approximately one hour after the live call has
ended. The dial-in number for the replay is
877-344-7529 (passcode 435439).

Webcast: www.bankatfirst.com/investor
Archived Webcast: The archived webcast will be available
approximately one hour after the live call has
ended and will be archived at the company's
website for 12 months.

About First Financial Bancorp
First Financial Bancorp is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company. At
June 30, 2009, the company had $3.8 billion in assets, including $2.9 billion
in loans and $2.8 billion in deposits. Its banking subsidiary, First Financial
Bank, N.A., founded in 1863, provides consumer and commercial banking products
and services, and investment and insurance products through its retail banking
center network. Currently First Financial Bank, N.A. operates 128 banking
centers. The bank's wealth management division, First Financial Wealth
Resource Group, provides investment management, traditional trust, brokerage,
private banking, and insurance services, and had approximately $1.7 billion in
assets under management at June 30, 2009. Additional information about the
company, including its products, services, and banking locations, is available
at www.bankatfirst.com/investor.

SOURCE First Financial Bancorp

Investors-Analysts: Patti Forsythe, Vice President, Investor Relations,
+1-513-979-5837, patti.forsythe@bankatfirst.com; Media: Cheryl Lipp, First
Vice President, Marketing Director, +1-513-979-5797,
cheryl.lipp@bankatfirst.com