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These material executive appointments and expanded responsibilities reflect the company's succession planning strategy.","company_name":"FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/","ticker":"FFBC","filing_date":"2026-09-15","form":"8-K","submitted_at":null,"items":[{"id":37169,"accession_number":"0000708955-26-000155","item_number":"5.02","item_title":"Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.","event_type":"exec_appointment","event_domain":"governance","is_material":true,"confidence":0.92,"reasoning":"The filing discloses the appointment of three executives to new roles effective September 14, 2026: James M. Anderson as President (while retaining CFO), Amanda N. Neeley as Chief Banking Officer, and Malcolm A. Myers as Chief Operating Officer. These are material executive appointments reflecting the company's succession planning strategy. 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While these are promotions rather than new external appointments, they represent material changes in executive roles and responsibilities that would affect investor assessment of leadership structure and succession planning at a $22.4 billion asset bank holding company.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-a85dd512","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-09-15T20:35:39.951375+00:00","company_name":"","ticker":null,"filing_date":""}]}],"classifications":[{"id":37169,"accession_number":"0000708955-26-000155","item_number":"5.02","item_title":"Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.","event_type":"exec_appointment","event_domain":"governance","is_material":true,"confidence":0.92,"reasoning":"The filing discloses the appointment of three executives to new roles effective September 14, 2026: James M. Anderson as President (while retaining CFO), Amanda N. 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