First Financial Bancorp. · NASDAQ:FFBC

First Financial Bancorp — Investor Presentation (September 2014)

27 slides from First Financial Bancorp's investor presentation, Sep 2, 2014

  1. Slide 1: First Financial Bancorp Investor Presentation Second Quarter 2014

    First Financial Bancorp Investor Presentation Second Quarter 2014 EXHIBIT 99.1

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    2 Certain statements contained in this release which are not statements of historical fact constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, projections of revenues, income

  3. Slide 3: Focused Business Strategy

    3 Focused Business Strategy Client-intimate strategy focused on long-term, profitable relationships with clients Strong sales culture across all business lines Lines of business Commercial Consumer Wealth Management Mortgage Target clients – individuals and small / mid-size businesses located in-mar

  4. Slide 4: Credit Product Diversity

    4 Credit Product Diversity During the second quarter, the Company’s comprehensive set of credit products produced solid loan growth driven though multiple channels led by specialty finance and residential mortgage lending Category As of Percent As of Percent As of Percent (Dollars in thousands) Dece

  5. Slide 5: Second Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights

    5 Second Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights Second quarter net income of $16.0 million, or $0.28 per diluted common share; YTD net income of $31.1 million, or $0.54 per diluted common share YTD diluted earnings per share of $0.56 adjusted for the impact of non-operating items Continued solid performa

  6. Slide 6: Adjusted Pre-Tax, Pre-Provision Income Trend

    6 Adjusted Pre-Tax, Pre-Provision Income Trend Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision (“PTPP”) income represents income before taxes plus provision for all loans less FDIC loss sharing income and accelerated discount adjusted for significant non- operating and non-recurring items Second quarter adjusted PT

  7. Slide 7: Components of Net Interest Income

    7 Components of Net Interest Income Net interest margin decreased 12 bps during the second quarter to 3.70% Quarterly average balance of covered loans declined 10.8% and average balance of uncovered loans increased 2.9% Quarterly average investment balances were relatively unchanged while the portfo

  8. Slide 8: Loan Composition

    8 Loan Composition Covered loans likely to retain – performing credits both in- and out-of-market Expected to retain past the expiration of applicable loss sharing agreements with the FDIC Covered loans likely to exit – primarily classified credits both in- and out-of-market Pursuing resolution stra

  9. Slide 9: Loan Composition

    9 Loan Composition Total uncovered loans increased $48.5 million, or 5.4% on an annualized basis, compared to the linked quarter Growth driven by performance in specialty finance, residential mortgage, franchise and C&I / owner-occupied CRE Uncovered loan growth has exceeded covered loan decline for

  10. Slide 10: Commercial Lending

    10 Commercial Lending C&I / Owner Occupied CRE Investment Real Estate Target loan size is $1 million to $15 million, with flexibility to increase based on relationship criteria Increased focus on middle market business clients (generally up to $30 million of revenue) Specialty finance designed to ex

  11. Slide 11: Consumer Lending

    11 Consumer Lending Consumer lending focused primarily on residential mortgage, home equity and credit cards Serving consumer households in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky markets Mortgage loan originators located across footprint with concentrations in Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Fort Wayne and Indian

  12. Slide 12: Delivery Channels and Product Innovation

    12 Delivery Channels and Product Innovation Launched new online banking platform in 2012 Added mobile apps to accommodate client preferences with further enhancements such as Snap Deposit Client usage of mobile and online channels has increased significantly Deployed image-capture ATMs Sales centers

  13. Slide 13: Capital Management

    13 Capital Management Long-term capital return target to shareholders of 60% - 80% of earnings through combination of dividends and share repurchases Quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share Translates into yield of 3.6% compared to current peer median dividend yield of 2.4% Announced a share repurchas

  14. Slide 14: Capitalization

    14 Capitalization Primary component of capital is common equity Capitalization levels still remain high despite the strong return of capital to shareholders Long-term goal is to deploy capital above target levels though growth initiatives, including organic growth and acquisitions 10.38% 10.33% 10.4

  15. Slide 15: Credit Quality (Excluding Covered Assets)

    15 Credit Quality (Excluding Covered Assets) Classified assets have declined $26.0 million, or 20.1%, since the second quarter 2013 Continued problem asset resolution activity during the quarter Total nonperforming assets declined $3.1 million, 5.0% Total nonperforming loans declined $3.7 million, o

  16. Slide 16: Recent Transaction Summary

    16 Recent Transaction Summary In August 2014, First Financial completed the previously announced acquisitions of The First Bexley Bank, Insight Bank, and Guernsey Bancorp, all headquartered in the Columbus, OH market Entered the growth-oriented Columbus market through the acquisition of three highly

  17. Slide 17: Entrance to the Columbus, Ohio Market

    17 Entrance to the Columbus, Ohio Market Third fastest growing metropolitan market in the Midwest Population of 1.9 million with projected growth of 4.3% through 2017 – highest in Ohio Diverse economy anchored by 15 Fortune 1000 companies Columbus MSA Market Highlights1 1 Source: the Columbus Chambe

  18. Slide 18: Prior Acquisition History

    18 Prior Acquisition History Supplements organic growth strategy through expansion in strategic markets Transactions met all internal criteria for acquisitions Loss sharing agreements provided significant protection on covered loans Peoples (FDIC) July 31, 2009 19 banking centers $521mm deposits $33

  19. Slide 19: Franchise Highlights

    19 Franchise Highlights 1. Strong operating fundamentals – 95 consecutive quarters of profitability 2. Investments to create long-term growth are producing results 3. Strong loan growth momentum driven by comprehensive portfolio of credit products 4. Well positioned in current markets and executing

  20. Slide 20: Appendix Second Quarter 2014

    Appendix Investor Presentation Second Quarter 2014

  21. Slide 21: Adjusted Pre-Tax, Pre-Provision Income

    21 Adjusted Pre-Tax, Pre-Provision Income For the three months ended June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30, (Dollars in thousands) 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 Pre-tax, pre-provision income 1 22,422$ 21,660$ 1,947$ 23,707$ 23,794$ Less: accelerated discount on covered loans 621 1,015 1,5

  22. Slide 22: Investment Portfolio

    22 Investment Portfolio Investment portfolio represents 28.2% of total assets Yield earned on portfolio decreased to 2.47% from 2.52% for the linked quarter As of June 30, 2014 Category Held-to- Available-for- Other Percent (Dollars in thousands) Maturity Sale Investments Total of Portfolio Debt obl

  23. Slide 23: Deposit Composition

    23 Deposit Composition Total deposits increased $54.7 million, or 1.1%, during the quarter Average total deposits increased $151.3 million, or 3.2%, during the quarter Seasonal inflows of public fund deposits as well as higher commercial transaction deposits The total cost of deposit funding during

  24. Slide 24: Funding Structure and Cost of Funds

    24 Funding Structure and Cost of Funds Average Balances – Total Interest Bearing Liability Composition Average Balances – Deposit Composition Total Cost of Funds (1) Not included in cost of funds calculation Total Cost of Deposits Co s t of F u n d s 0.35% 0.37% 0.37% 0.39% 0.24% 0.27% 0.28% 0.29% 0

  25. Slide 25: Covered Loan Activity

    25 Covered Loan Activity Covered loans declined $43.8 million, or 10.7%, during the quarter The FDIC indemnification asset declined $8.6 million, or 22.0%, during the quarter to $30.4 million, or 8.3% of the balance of covered loans outstanding Successful execution of resolution strategies related t

  26. Slide 26: Components of Covered Asset Credit Losses

    26 Components of Covered Asset Credit Losses For the three months ended June 30, (Dollars in thousands) 2014 Description Net incremental impairment / (relief) for period $1,852 Reduction / (increase) in expected cash flows related to certain loan pools net of prior period impairment relief / recaptu

  27. Slide 27: First Financial Bancorp Second Quarter 2014

    First Financial Bancorp Investor Presentation Second Quarter 2014

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