First Financial Bancorp.Underwriting Agreement • April 30th, 2020 • First Financial Bancorp /Oh/ • National commercial banks • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 30th, 2020 Company Industry JurisdictionFirst Financial Bancorp., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the "Underwriters") pursuant to the terms set forth herein (this "Agreement") $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 5.25% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due May 15, 2030 (the "Securities"). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of August 25, 2015 (the "Base Indenture"), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by a second supplemental indenture thereto relating to the Securities, to be dated as of the Closing Time, between the Company and the Trustee (the "Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the Base Indenture, the "Indenture"). Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. ("KBW") has agreed to act as representative of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the "Representative") in connection with the offering and sale of the Secur