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EXHIBIT
31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, J.
Franklin Hall, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First
Financial Bancorp., certify that:
1.
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I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of First Financial
Bancorp.;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a)
Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;
and
5.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
Date:
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11/9/10
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/s/ J. Franklin
Hall
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J.
Franklin Hall
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Executive
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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