Harrod William R 4/A

What Happened
William R. Harrod, Chief Credit Officer of First Financial Bancorp (FFBC), had shares withheld to cover taxes related to an option exercise. The original Form 4 reported 2,225 shares disposed at $27.25 each (proceeds/value $60,631). An amended filing corrects the transaction to 2,291 shares, which equals about $62,430 at $27.25 per share. This was a tax-withholding/cashless-type disposition (transaction code F), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-07; Amended Form 4 filed: 2026-03-26.
• Reported disposition: originally 2,225 shares @ $27.25 = $60,631; corrected to 2,291 shares @ $27.25 ≈ $62,429.75.
• Transaction type/code: F — payment of exercise price or tax liability (shares withheld).
• Footnotes: F1 notes an incorrect number on the original Form 4; F2 says the balance was reduced to reflect the difference between 2,291 and 2,225.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided excerpt — see the full amended Form 4 for post-transaction holdings.
• Filing timeliness: the amendment was filed 19 days after the transaction date, indicating a correction after the initial filing (check the full record for original filing timeliness).

Context
Withholding shares to cover taxes on exercised options is a routine administrative action and does not necessarily reflect a change in the officer’s view of the company. For retail investors, purchases or open-market buys tend to be more informative about insider sentiment; tax withholdings are common following option exercises.