EXHIBIT 10.3 — Schedule of Director Compensation
Compensation of Directors. Each director of the Corporation is also a director
of First Financial Bank (“FFB”), the lead subsidiary bank of the Corporation,
and receives directors’ fees from each organization. For 2009 a director of the
Corporation and FFB will receive a fee of $750 for each board meeting attended.
Non-employee directors also receive a fee for meetings attended of the Audit
Committee of $1,000, the Compensation Committee of $1,000, the
Governance/Nominating Committee of $500, and the Loan Discount Committee of
$300. Each director also will receive from FFB a semi-annual director’s fee of
$2,500 on July l5th and December 16th. No non-employee director served as a
director of any other subsidiary of the Corporation.
Directors of the Corporation and FFB who are not yet 70 years of age may
participate in a deferred director’s fee program at each institution. Under this
program, a director may defer $6,000 of his or her director’s fees each year
over a five-year period. When the director reaches the age of 65 or age 70, the
director may elect to receive payments over a ten-year period. The amount of the
deferred fees is used to purchase an insurance product which funds these
payments. Each year from the initial date of deferral until payments begin at
age 65 or 70, the Corporation accrues a non-cash expense which will equal in the
aggregate the amount of the payments to be made to the director over the
ten-year period. The Corporation expects that the cash surrender value of the
insurance policy will offset the amount of expenses accrued. If a director fails
for any reason other than death to serve as a director during the entire
five-year period, or the director fails to attend at least 60 regular or special
meetings, the amount to be received at age 65 or 70, as applicable, will be
pro-rated appropriately.
Directors also may be compensated under the Corporation’s 2005 Long-Term
Incentive Plan. Under this plan, directors may receive 90, 100 or 110 percent of
the director’s “award amount” if the Corporation and FFB attain certain goals
established by the Corporation’s Compensation Committee. See Exhibit 10.3 to
this Form 10-K for a description of this plan.