AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF JUNE 18, 2019 BY AND AMONG FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP., FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, WALLACE MERGER SUB LLC, BANNOCKBURN GLOBAL FOREX, LLC, AND FORTIS ADVISORS LLCMerger Agreement • June 19th, 2019 • First Financial Bancorp /Oh/ • National commercial banks • Delaware
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”), dated June 18, 2019 (the “Agreement Date”), is entered into by and among First Financial Bancorp., an Ohio corporation (“Buyer”), First Financial Bank, an Ohio bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer (the “Bank”), Wallace Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank (“Merger Sub”); Bannockburn Global Forex, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Fortis Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as Member Representative of all of the Participating Holders (as defined below). Buyer, the Bank, Merger Sub, the Company and the Member Representative are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively, as the “Parties.”
