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| 8-K/A - FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ | v168246_8ka.htm |
| EX-99.2 - FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP /OH/ | v168246_ex99-2.htm |
Exhibit
23.1
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements:
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(1)
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Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-46819) pertaining to the First Financial
Bancorp. 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and in the related
Prospectus,
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(2)
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Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-86781) pertaining to the First Financial
Bancorp. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan for Officers and Employees and in the
related Prospectus,
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(3)
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Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-86781) pertaining to the First Financial
Bancorp. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors and in the
related Prospectus, and
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(4)
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Registration
Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-35745) pertaining to the First Financial
Bancorp. Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan and in the related
Prospectus;
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of our
report dated December 4, 2009, with respect to the statement of assets acquired
and liabilities assumed by First Financial Bank, N.A. (a wholly owned subsidiary
of First Financial Bancorp.) pursuant to the Purchase and Assumption Agreement
dated September 18, 2009, as amended, in this Form 8-K/A.
/s/ Ernst
& Young LLP
Cincinnati,
Ohio
December
4, 2009