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Fiscal year 2025

Archie Brown — FY2025 total compensation $3,279,532

Archie Brown is President and Chief Executive Officer of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC). The company reported total compensation of $3,279,532 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$893,010
Bonus$300
Stock awards$1,294,888
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$803,447
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$167,223
All other compensation$120,664
Total$3,279,532

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure First Financial Bancorp filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-043973.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025President and Chief Executive Officer$893,010$300$1,294,888$0$803,447$167,223$120,664$3,279,532
FY2024President and Chief Executive Officer$863,931$100$1,127,102$0$1,064,248$156,975$105,130$3,317,486
FY2023Chief Executive Officer$845,392$100$1,020,028$0$1,268,475$134,635$88,943$3,357,573

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for First Financial Bancorp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$4,030,080
Difference from that median$-750,548
Percentile within the disclosed peer group19th
Peers with a disclosed figure20

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group First Financial Bancorp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of First Financial Bancorp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Archie Brown this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,279,532
James AndersonChief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer$1,584,243
Richard DennenChief Corporate Banking Officer$1,504,568
Karen WoodsGeneral Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer$1,213,907
Amanda NeeleyChief Consumer Banking and Strategy Officer$1,189,894

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full First Financial Bancorp compensation brief.

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The company page

Archie Brown's compensation sits inside First Financial Bancorp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) compensation brief