General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer · First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)

Karen Woods

A named executive officer of First Financial Bancorp in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,213,907

FY2024: $1,276,202

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Karen Woods compensation by year

First Financial Bancorp Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as First Financial Bancorp reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$418,558$432,065$450,000
Bonus$100$100$300
Stock awards$297,542$325,132$337,544
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$484,715$413,874$314,544
Pension and deferred compensation$55,396$66,289$70,782
All other$30,280$38,742$40,737
Total$1,286,591$1,276,202$1,213,907

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: First Financial Bancorp DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-043973, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.2M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU7,336$197,192—
PSU7,336$197,192—
PSU6,385$171,629—
PSU5,963$160,285—
RSU4,257$114,428—
RSU1,989$53,464—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in First Financial Bancorp's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 16, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-14Grant or award—15,272$32.7490,234
2026-09-14Grant or award—15,272$32.7490,234
2026-09-14Grant or award—15,272$0.0090,234

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

First Financial Bancorp’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Archie BrownPresident 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 Woods · this pageGeneral Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer$1,213,907
Amanda NeeleyChief Consumer Banking and Strategy Officer$1,189,894

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