FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP OH

Supplemental Item. Information About Our Executive Officers.

The following table sets forth information concerning the executive officers of First Financial as of February 21, 2024. The executive officers perform policy-making functions for First Financial. The officers are elected annually at the organizational meeting of the board of directors and serve until the next organizational meeting, or until their successors are elected and duly qualified.

The following is a brief description of the business experience over the past five years of the individuals named above.

Archie M. Brown - Archie Brown is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of First Financial and the Bank, having been appointed to these positions on April 1, 2018 following First Financial’s acquisition of MainSource Financial Group, Inc. Previously, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of MainSource from August 2008 until April 2018 and chairman of the board of MainSource from April 2011 until April 2018.

James M. Anderson - Jamie Anderson became the Chief Financial Officer of First Financial and the Bank on April 1, 2018 following the merger of First Financial and MainSource. and the Chief Operating Officer in April 2023. Previously Mr. Anderson served as the Chief Financial Officer of MainSource from January 2006 to April 2018. Prior to that role, he served in the following roles at MainSource: Administrative Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer from March 2005 to January 2006, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer from March 2002 to March 2005, and Controller from September 2000 to March 2002. Mr. Anderson is a certified public accountant (inactive).

Richard S. Dennen - Rick Dennen became the Chief Corporate Banking Officer of First Financial in 2021, and is currently responsible for all national commercial businesses of the Bank including business capital and the foreign exchange business. Mr. Dennen remains the CEO of First Commercial Finance, a division of First Financial Bank, which operates under two subsidiaries of the Bank, Oak Street Funding and First Franchise Capital Corporation, a role he has held since 2015. Oak Street Funding is a specialty finance company engaged in lending to insurance agencies, registered investment advisors, certified public accountants, energy and indirect auto financing companies. First Franchise Capital Corporation lends to restaurant franchises. Mr. Dennen is a certified public accountant.

Karen B. Woods - Karen Woods serves as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of First Financial. She joined First Financial in April 2018 following the merger of First Financial and MainSource and served as General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer from 2021-2022. She previously served as Corporate Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of MainSource from January 2016 to April 2018. Prior to joining MainSource, Ms. Woods was a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ms. Woods previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John G. Baker, Indiana Court of Appeals.

William R. Harrod - Bill Harrod is the Chief Credit Officer of First Financial, a role he has held since October 2017. He is responsible for managing and monitoring the loan portfolio and other related credit functions in a risk appropriate manner including underwriting, approval, and collections. Mr. Harrod first joined First Financial in 2015 and has held various credit and management positions since then in specialty banking, corporate banking, commercial and industrial lending and commercial finance.

Amanda N. Neeley - Mandy Neeley is the Chief Consumer Banking and Strategy Officer of First Financial. Ms. Neeley is responsible for the launch and evolution of the First Financial brand, the introduction of the Premier Business Bank acquisition strategy, the advancement of sales and enterprise customer relationship management processes, and development of a formalized strategic planning program. Ms. Neeley has spent her entire career in banking with First Financial, beginning as a part-time teller during college and, after graduating in 2003, Marketing Coordinator. She has held the role of Chief Strategy Officer since 2016 and added the role of Chief Consumer Banking Officer in 2021.

Gregory A. Harris - Greg Harris serves as the president of Affluent Banking and Yellow Cardinal Advisory Group, a division of First Financial Bank. He is responsible for all aspects of the business line including sales, client experience, investment management, administration, compliance, and operations. Greg joined First Financial in 2009 and has over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining First Financial, Greg served in various leadership capacities at Touchstone Investments, an institutional mutual fund management company and Fund Project Services, Inc., a financial services M&A integration firm he co-founded in 1998. He began his career at Fifth Third Bank as a product manager within the bank's Trust and Investment business.