As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 1996
Registration No. 33-65313
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
First Financial Bancorp.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
6711
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
31-1042001
(IRS Employee
Identification No.)
Third and High Streets
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
(513) 867-4700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Michael R. O'Dell
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary
Third and High Streets
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
(513) 867-4700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Neil Ganulin
Frost & Jacobs
2500 PNC Center
201 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 651-6800
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: N/A
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance
with General Instruction G, Check the following box:
Page 1 of 3 Pages
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to remove from
the securities registered 36,627 shares of the Common Stock of Registrant
pursuant to an undertaking contained in Form S-4 (Item 22(3), page II-5).
The final number of shares issued by the Registrant totaled 363,373.
Page 2 of 3 Pages
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this registration statement or amendment thereto to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City
of Hamilton, State of Ohio, as of the 8th day of May, 1996.
FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP.
By:
Michael R. O'Dell, Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary
