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                                 EXHIBIT (10-3)

                THE PROCTER & GAMBLE 2003 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS'
                                   STOCK PLAN
              (AS ADJUSTED FOR STOCK SPLIT EFFECTIVE MAY 21, 2004)

ARTICLE A -- PURPOSE.

      The purposes of The Procter & Gamble 2003 Non-Employee Directors' Stock
Plan (the "Plan") are to strengthen the alignment of interests between the
non-employee Directors ("Participants") and the shareholders of The Procter &
Gamble Company (the "Company") through ownership behavior and the increased
ownership of shares of the Company's common stock ("Common Stock"). This will be
accomplished by allowing each Participant to elect voluntarily to convert a
portion or all of his/her cash fees for services as a Director into Common Stock
or RSUs (as hereinafter defined), and by granting Participants (i) restricted
stock units or other awards related to the price of Common Stock ("RSUs"), (ii)
shares of Common Stock restricted in a manner determined by the Committee
("Restricted Shares"), (iii) non-qualified options to purchase shares of Common
Stock ("Stock Options"), and/or (iv) stock appreciation rights ("SARs").

ARTICLE B -- ADMINISTRATION.

1.    The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board
      of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), or such other committee as may
      be designated by the Board (the "Committee"). The Committee shall consist
      of not less than three (3) members of the Board who are "Non-Employee
      Directors" as defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934 (the "1934 Act"), as amended, or any successor rule or definition
      adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or such other number of
      Non-Employee Directors required from time to time by such rule or any
      successor rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be
      appointed by the Board from time to time and to serve at the discretion of
      the Board. The Committee may establish such regulations, provisions, and
      procedures within the terms of the Plan as, in its opinion, may be
      advisable for the administration and operation of the Plan, and may
      designate the Secretary of the Company or other employees of the Company
      to assist the Committee in the administration and operation of the Plan
      and may grant authority to such persons to execute documents on behalf of
      the Committee. The Committee shall report to the Board on the
      administration of the Plan not less than once each year.

2.    Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
      authority: (i) to allow Participants the right to elect to receive fees
      for services as a Director in either cash or an equivalent amount of whole
      shares of Common Stock or RSUs of the Company, or partly in cash and
      partly in whole shares of the Common Stock or RSUs of the Company, subject
      to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may
      determine; (ii) to grant Participants Restricted Shares, subject to such
      conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (iii)
      to grant RSUs, subject to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the
      Committee may determine; (iv) to grant Participants Stock Options, subject
      to such conditions or restrictions, if any, as the Committee may
      determine; (v) to grant Participants SARs, subject to such conditions or
      restrictions, if any, as the Committee may determine; (vi) to make all
      other determinations it deems necessary or advisable for administering the
      Plan; and (vii) to provide for special terms for any RSUs, Restricted
      Shares, Stock Options, SARs or other awards granted to Participants who
      are foreign nationals or who reside outside of the United States of

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      America in order to fairly accommodate for differences in local law, tax
      policy or custom and to approve such supplements to or amendments,
      restatements or alternative versions of the Plan as the Committee may
      consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes (without affecting the
      terms of the Plan for any purpose); and to make all other determinations
      it deems necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

ARTICLE C -- PARTICIPATION.

      Participation in the Plan shall be limited to non-employee Directors of
the Company.

ARTICLE D -- LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN.

1.    The maximum aggregate number of shares available for grant under the Plan
      shall be 1,000,000 shares.

2.    In addition to the shares authorized for award by Paragraph 1 of this
      Article, the following shares may be awarded under the Plan:

      (a)   shares that were authorized to be awarded under The Procter & Gamble
            1993 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan (the "1993 Plan"), but that
            were not awarded under the 1993 Plan;

      (b)   shares awarded under the Plan or the 1993 Plan that are subsequently
            forfeited in accordance with the Plan or the 1993 Plan,
            respectively; or shares tendered by or withheld from a Participant
            in payment of all or part of the exercise price of a stock option
            awarded under the Plan or the 1993 Plan.

ARTICLE E -- SHARES SUBJECT TO USE UNDER THE PLAN.

      Shares of Common Stock to be granted by the Company or delivered by the
Company upon exercise of Stock Options shall be treasury shares.

ARTICLE F -- STOCK OPTIONS AND SARs

1.    The Committee may, from time to time, grant Participants one or more Stock
      Options to purchase shares of Common Stock, each having an exercise price
      equal to no less than the average of the high and low quotations for
      Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the day of the grant.

2.    The Committee may, from time to time, grant Participants one or more SARs
      each entitling the Participant to receive, upon exercise, a redemption
      differential for each such SAR which shall be the difference between the
      average of the high and low quotations for one share of Common Stock on
      the New York Stock Exchange on the date of exercise and the exercise price
      of the SAR then being exercised. The exercise price for each SAR granted
      under this Plan shall be the average of the high and low quotations for
      Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the day of the grant.

3.    Stock Options and SARs shall have a term of not less than ten (10) years
      from the date of grant, subject to earlier termination as provided herein,
      and shall be exerciseable one hundred percent (100%) not less than one (1)
      year from the date of grant, except in the case of death of a Participant,
      in which case such Participant's Stock Options or SARs

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      shall immediately vest and be exercisable in accordance with this Article
      F.

4.    In the case of death of a Participant, the persons to whom the Stock
      Options or SARs have been transferred by will or the laws of descent and
      distribution shall have the privilege of exercising remaining Stock
      Options or SARs or parts thereof, whether or not exercisable on the date
      of death of such Participant, at any time prior to the expiration date of
      such Stock Options or SARs.

5.    Stock Options are not transferable other than by will or by the laws of
      descent and distribution. For the purpose of exercising Stock Options or
      SARs after the death of the Participant, the duly appointed executors and
      administrators of the estate of the deceased Participant shall have the
      same rights with respect to the Stock Options and SARs as legatees or
      distributees would have after distribution to them from the Participant's
      estate, subject in all respects to Article J hereof.

6.    If a Participant ceases to be a Director while holding unexercised Stock
      Options or SARs, such Stock Options or SARs are then void, except in the
      case of (i) death, in which case such Stock Options or SARS may be
      transferred in accordance with this Article F and Article J hereof, (ii)
      disability, (iii) retirement at the end of a term, (iv) retirement after
      attaining the age of sixty nine (69), (v) resignation from the Board
      following a Participant's retirement from a principal employer in good
      standing under the terms of that employer's retirement plan, or (vi)
      resignation from the Board for reasons of antitrust laws or the Company's
      conflict of interest, corporate governance or continued service policies.
      In cases covered by (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) above, the Participant
      shall be immediately vested in his or her Stock Options or SARs subject to
      all other terms of such Stock Options or SARs.

7.    Upon the exercise of a Stock Option, payment in full of the exercise price
      shall be made by the Participant. The exercise price may be paid for by
      the Participant either in cash, shares of Common Stock to be valued at
      their fair market value on the date of exercise, or a combination thereof.

ARTICLE G -- ADJUSTMENTS.

      In the event of any future reorganization, recapitalization, stock split,
stock dividend, combination of shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering,
share exchange, reclassification, distribution, spin-off or other change
affecting the corporate structure, capitalization or Common Stock of the Company
occuring after the date of approval of the Plan by the Company's shareholders,
(i) the amount of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan, (ii) the number
of shares covered by outstanding Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Shares or RSUs,
and (iii) the exercise price of stock options or the grant price of SARs shall
be adjusted appropriately and equitably to prevent dilution or enlargement of
rights under the Plan. Following any such change, the term "Common Stock" shall
be deemed to refer to such class of shares or other securities as may be
applicable.

ARTICLE H -- GRANT OF COMMON STOCK, RESTRICTED SHARES OR RSUS.

1.    The Committee may grant Common Stock, Restricted Shares, or RSUs to
      Participants under the Plan subject to such conditions or restrictions, if
      any, as the Committee may determine.

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2.    The shares granted under this Article H shall be valued at the average of
      the high and low quotations for Common Stock on the New York Stock
      Exchange on the day of the grant to a Participant. All shares granted
      shall be full shares, rounded up to the nearest whole share.

ARTICLE I -- ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.

1.    The Board may, at any time, repeal the Plan or may amend it except that no
      such amendment may amend this paragraph, increase the total aggregate
      number of shares subject to the Plan, alter the persons eligible to
      receive shares under the Plan. Participants and the Company shall be bound
      by any such amendments as of their effective dates, but if any outstanding
      grants are materially affected adversely, notice thereof shall be given to
      Participants holding such grants and such amendments shall not be
      applicable without such Participant's written consent. If the Plan is
      repealed in its entirety, all theretofore granted shares subject to
      conditions or restrictions granted pursuant to the Plan shall continue to
      be subject to such conditions or restrictions. Notwithstanding this or any
      other provision of this Plan, Stock Options and SARs may not be re-priced
      or re-valued except in accordance with Article G hereof.

2.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, Stock Options and
      SARs granted hereunder shall vest immediately, and any conditions or
      restrictions on Common Stock, Restricted Stock or RSUs shall lapse, upon a
      "Change in Control." A "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of
      any of the following:

      (a)   An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting
            securities of the Company (the "Voting Securities") by any "Person"
            (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d)
            of the 1934 Act), immediately after which such Person has
            "Beneficial Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
            under the 1934 Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then
            outstanding shares or the combined voting power of the Company's
            then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, in
            determining whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to
            this Section 2(a), shares or Voting Securities which are acquired in
            a "Non-Control Acquisition" (as hereinafter defined) shall not
            constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A
            "Non-Control Acquisition" shall mean an acquisition by (i) an
            employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained
            by (A) the Company or (B) any corporation or other Person of which a
            majority of its voting power or its voting equity securities or
            equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company
            (for purposes of this definition, a "Related Entity"), (ii) the
            Company or any Related Entity, or (iii) any Person in connection
            with a "Non-Control Transaction" (as hereinafter defined);

      (b)   The individuals who, as of July 10, 2001 are members of the Board
            (the "Incumbent Board"), cease for any reason to constitute at least
            half of the members of the Board; or, following a Merger (as
            hereinafter defined) which results in a Parent Corporation (as
            hereinafter defined), the board of directors of the ultimate Parent
            Corporation; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination
            for election by the Company's common stockholders, of any new
            director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
            Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of the Plan,
            be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further,
            however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the
            Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a
            result of either an actual or threatened "Election Contest"

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            (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the 1934 Act) or
            other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or
            on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a "Proxy Contest")
            including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any
            Election Contest or Proxy Contest; or

(c)   The consummation of:

      (i)   A merger, consolidation or reorganization with or into the Company
            or in which securities of the Company are issued (a "Merger"),
            unless such Merger is a "Non-Control Transaction". A "Non-Control
            Transaction" shall mean a Merger where:

            (A)   the stockholders of the Company, immediately before such
                  Merger own directly or indirectly immediately following such
                  Merger at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting
                  power of the outstanding voting securities of (x) the
                  corporation resulting from such Merger (the "Surviving
                  Corporation") if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined
                  voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
                  Surviving Corporation is not Beneficially Owned, directly or
                  indirectly by another Person (a "Parent Corporation"), or (y)
                  if there is one or more Parent Corporations, the ultimate
                  Parent Corporation;

            (B)   the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board
                  immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing
                  for such Merger constitute at least half of the members of the
                  board of directors of (x) the Surviving Corporation, if there
                  is no Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more
                  Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation; and

            (C)   no Person other than (1) the Company, (2) any Related Entity,
                  (3) any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part
                  thereof) that, immediately prior to such Merger was maintained
                  by the Company or any Related Entity, or (4) any Person who,
                  immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or
                  reorganization had Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent
                  (20%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities or
                  shares, has Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent (20%) or
                  more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting
                  securities or common stock of (x) the Surviving Corporation if
                  there is no Parent Corporation, or (y) if there is one or more
                  Parent Corporations, the ultimate Parent Corporation;

      (ii)  A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

      (iii) The sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
            assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a
            Related Entity or under conditions that would constitute a
            Non-Control Transaction with the disposition of assets being
            regarded as a Merger for this purpose or the distribution to the
            Company's stockholders of the stock of a Related Entity or any other
            assets).

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to
occur solely because any Person (the "Subject Person") acquired Beneficial
Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding shares or
Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition

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of shares or Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of
shares or Voting Securities then outstanding, increases the proportional number
of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Persons, provided that if a Change
in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of
the acquisition of shares or Voting Securities by the Company, and after such
share acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial
Owner of any additional shares or Voting Securities which increases the
percentage of the then outstanding shares or Voting Securities Beneficially
Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur.

ARTICLE J -- CONSENT.

      Every Participant who receives a grant of Common Stock, Stock Options,
SARs, Restricted Shares or RSUs pursuant to the Plan shall be bound by the terms
and provisions of the Plan and of any grant agreement referable thereto, and the
acceptance of any grant of shares or RSUs pursuant to the Plan shall constitute
a binding agreement between the Participant and the Company and any successors
in interest to any of them. Every person who receives Stock Options or SARs, in
accordance with Article F hereof, that a Participant received pursuant to the
Plan shall, in addition to such terms and conditions as the Committee may
require upon such grant, be bound by the terms and provisions of the Plan and of
the grant of Stock Options or SARs referable thereto, and the acceptance of any
grant of shares or RSUs by such person shall constitute a binding agreement
between such person and the Company and any successors in interest to any of
them. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Ohio, United States of America.

ARTICLE K -- DURATION OF PLAN.

      The Plan shall be effective as of January 1, 2004 and terminate on
December 31, 2013 unless a different termination date is fixed by the
shareholders or by action of the Board but no such termination shall affect the
prior rights under the Plan of the Company or of anyone to whom Common Stock,
Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Shares or RSUs have been granted prior to such
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Exhibit 10.11

FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. Purpose

The purpose of this 1999 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors is to promote the interest of
First Financial Bancorp., its Subsidiaries and shareholders, by allowing the Corporation to attract
and retain highly qualified non-employee directors by permitting them to obtain or increase their
proprietary interest in the Corporation.

SECTION 2. Definitions and Construction

2.1 Definitions. As used in the Plan, terms defined parenthetically immediately after their use
shall have the respective meanings provided by such definitions, and the terms set forth below
shall have the following meanings (in either case, such terms shall apply equally to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

      (a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

      (b) “Cause” means a felony conviction of a Non-Employee Director or the failure of a
Non-Employee Director to contest prosecution for a felony, or Non-Employee Director’s willful
misconduct or dishonesty, any of which is determined by the Board to be directly and materially
harmful to the business or reputation of the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

      (c) “Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following events:

          (i) the approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of a reorganization, merger or
consolidation of the Corporation (“Corporate Transaction”) and the consummation of such Corporate
Transaction, and as a result of such Corporate Transaction less than 75% of the outstanding voting
securities of the surviving or resulting corporation will be owned in the aggregate by the former
shareholders of the Corporation as the same shall have existed immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction; or

          (ii) the approval by the shareholders of the Corporation (or the Board of Directors or
appropriate officers if shareholder approval is not required) of the sale by the Corporation of all
or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, which is not a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Corporation, and the consummation of such sale; or

          (iii) an acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the
Corporation or the acquisition by such Person of the ability to control in any manner the election
of a majority of the directors of the Corporation; excluding, however, the following: (a) an
acquisition directly from the Corporation, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a
conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the
Corporation; (b) any acquisition by the Corporation; or (c) any acquisition by any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by
the Corporation; or

          (iv) Within any period of two consecutive years commencing on or after the effective date of
the Plan, individuals who at the beginning of such period (“Incumbent Directors”) constitute the
Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election of each
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who is not a director at the beginning of such period has been approved in advance by
directors representing at least a majority of the directors then in office who were directors at
the beginning of the period, and any elected director so approved shall be considered as an
Incumbent Director.

      (d) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any
successor thereto.

      (e) “Common Stock” means common shares, without par value, of the Corporation.

      (f) “Corporation” means First Financial Bancorp., an Ohio corporation.

      (g) “Disability” means permanent and total disability as determined under procedures
established by the Board for purposes of the Plan.

      (h) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
and any successor thereto.

      (i) “Fair Market Value” means as of any given date the closing price of the Common Stock as
reported by the NASDAQ National Market System. In the event that there are no such Common Stock
transactions on such date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the immediately
preceding date on which there were stock transactions. If there is no regular public trading market
for such Common Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Board
in good faith.

      (j) “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the
Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation.

      (k) “Option” means an option granted to an Optionee pursuant to the Plan.

      (l) “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Corporation and an Optionee
evidencing the granting of an Option and containing terms and conditions concerning the exercise of
the Option.

      (m) “Optionee” means a Non-Employee Director who has been granted an Option or the personal
representative, heir or legatee of an Optionee who has the right to exercise the Option upon the
death of the Optionee.

      (n) “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act and as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “Group” as defined in Section 13(d).

      (o) “Plan” means this 1999 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as the same may be
amended from time to time.

      (p) “Retirement” means retirement from the Board on or after age 70 or with the consent of the
Board.

      (q) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any company, any corporation or other Person of which
a majority of its voting power, equity securities or equity interest is owned directly or
indirectly by such company.

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2.2 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, reference to the masculine
gender shall include the feminine gender, the plural shall include the singular and the singular
shall include the plural.

2.3 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any
reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan
shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

SECTION 3. Shares Subject To The Plan

The stock to be offered under the Plan shall be shares of Common Stock, which may be unissued
Common Stock or treasury Common Stock. Subject to the adjustments provided in Section 7, the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon exercise of all Options granted
under the Plan shall not exceed 500,000 shares. Shares of Common Stock subject to, but not
delivered under, an Option terminating or expiring for any reason prior to its exercise in full
shall be deemed available for Options to be granted thereafter during the term of the Plan.

SECTION 4. Administration

4.1 General. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
“Board”). Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have authority to
interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to
determine the terms and provisions of the Option grants and agreements (which shall comply with and
be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan) and to make all other determinations necessary
or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Board’s determination of the matters referred
to in this Section 4.1 shall be conclusive.

4.2 Section 16 Compliance. It is the intention of the Corporation that the Plan and the
administration of the Plan comply in all respects with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. If any Plan provision, or any aspect of the
administration of the Plan, is found not to be in compliance with Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act, the provision or administration shall be deemed null and void, and in all events the Plan
shall be construed in favor of its meeting the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act.

SECTION 5. Eligibility and Non-Discretionary Grants

5.1 Non-Discretionary Initial Grant. Each individual who first becomes a Non-Employee Director on
or after the effective date of the Plan shall automatically be granted an Option to purchase 7,500
shares of Common Stock on the first day of such individual’s first term of office as a Non-Employee
Director.

5.2 Non-Discretionary Grant Upon Re-election. On the date of each annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Corporation on or subsequent to the effective date of the Plan, each
Non-Employee Director who first became a Non-Employee Director prior to such annual meeting and who
has been elected at such annual meeting to continue to serve as a Non-Employee Director after such
annual meeting shall automatically be granted an Option to purchase 7,500 shares of Common Stock.

5.3 Nonqualified Stock Options. Only nonqualified stock options shall be granted under the Plan.

SECTION 6. Option Terms

6.1 Option Price. The purchase price of the Common Stock under each Option granted under the Plan
shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date such Option is granted.

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6.2 Vesting. All Options shall become exercisable on and after the first anniversary of the date
of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.2, upon a Change in Control,
all Options become fully vested and exercisable and the Optionee shall have the right to exercise
the Option in full as to all shares of Common Stock subject to the Option.

6.3 Option Term. The term of each Option shall be ten years from the date of grant or such shorter
period as is prescribed in Section 6.5. Except as provided in Section 6.5 and Section 6.7, no
Option may be exercised at any time unless the holder is then a director of the Corporation.

6.4 Method of Exercise. Subject to Section 6.2 and the terms of any Option Agreement, Options may
be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time during the Option term, by giving written notice of
exercise to the Corporation, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option
to be purchased.

Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price by certified or bank
check or such other instrument as the Corporation may accept. Unless otherwise determined by the
Board, payment, in full or in part, also may be made in the form of shares of unrestricted Common
Stock already owned by the Optionee for at least six months of the same class as the Common Stock
subject to the Option (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Option is
exercised).

In addition, unless otherwise determined by the Board, payment for any Common Shares subject to an
Option also may be made by instructing the Corporation to withhold a number of such Common Shares
having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of such
Option.

Upon exercise of an Option, the Corporation shall have the right to retain or sell without notice
sufficient Common Stock to cover withholding for taxes, if any, as described in Section 9.

No shares of Common Stock shall be issued until full payment therefor has been made. An Optionee
shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation holding the class or series of
Common Stock that is subject to such Option (including, if applicable, the right to vote the shares
and the right to receive dividends) only when the Optionee has given written notice of exercise and
has paid in full for such shares.

6.5 Termination of Option.

      (a) If the Optionee ceases to be a director of the Corporation for any reason other than
death, Disability, Retirement or removal for Cause, the Option shall terminate three months after
the Optionee ceases to be a director of the Corporation (unless the Optionee dies during such
period), or on the Option’s expiration date, if earlier, and shall be exercisable during such
period after the Optionee ceases to be a director of the Corporation only with respect to the
number of shares of Common Stock which the Optionee was entitled to purchase on the day preceding
the day on which the Optionee ceased to be a director.

      (b) If the Optionee ceases to be a director of the Corporation because of removal for Cause,
the Option shall terminate on the date of the Optionee’s removal.

      (c) In the event of the Optionee’s death, Disability or Retirement while a director of the
Corporation, or the Optionee’s death within three months after the Optionee ceases to be a director (other than by reason of removal for Cause), the Option
shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of: (i) 12 months after the date of the Optionee’s death,
Disability or Retirement, or (ii) the Option’s expiration date.

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The Option shall be exercisable during such period after the Optionee’s death, Disability or Retirement with respect to the number
of shares of Common Stock as to which the Option shall have been exercisable on the date preceding
the Optionee’s death, Disability or Retirement, as the case may be.

      (d) Notwithstanding Section 6.5(a) but subject to Section 6.5(b), if an Optionee ceases to be
a director of the Corporation at or after a Change in Control other than by reason of Cause, death,
Disability or Retirement, any Option held by such Optionee shall be exercisable for the lesser of:
(1) six months and one day after the Optionee ceases to be a director, and (2) the balance of such
Option’s term.

6.6 Restriction On Disposition. Each Option granted under the Plan shall require the Optionee to
agree not to sell, assign or transfer any shares of Common Stock acquired as a result of exercising
an Option, or any part thereof, until after such shares have been held by the Optionee for one year
after the date of exercise of the Option which resulted in their acquisition. This Section 6.6
shall not apply: (i) on and after a Change in Control, (ii) on and after an Optionee’s Disability
or Retirement, (iii) to an Optionee who is the personal representative, heir or legatee of a
deceased Non-Employee Director, (iv) to the extent necessary for tax withholding pursuant to
Section 6.4, or (v) to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of an Option pursuant
to the third paragraph of Section 6.4. Certificates for shares subject to these restrictions on
sale, assignment or transfer shall include a legend which describes such restrictions. When such
restrictions end, unlegended certificates for such shares shall be delivered upon surrender of the
legended certificates.

6.7 Transferability and Shareholder Rights of Holders of Options. No Option granted under the Plan
shall be transferable otherwise than: (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or
(ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in the Code or Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules thereunder). An Option
may be exercised, during the lifetime of an Optionee, only by the Optionee. An Optionee shall have
none of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation until the Option has been exercised and the
Common Stock subject to the Option has been registered in the name of the Optionee on the transfer
books of the Corporation.

SECTION 7. Adjustments Upon Change In Capitalization

Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in Section 3, in the event of a merger, reorganization,
consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, split-up, spin-off, separation, liquidation,
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, property dividend, share repurchase, share
combination, share exchange, issuance of warrants, rights or debentures or other change in
corporate structure of the Corporation affecting the Common Stock, the Board shall make such
substitution or adjustments in the aggregate number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under
the Plan, in the number, kind and option price of shares subject to outstanding Options, and/or
such other equitable substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to any Option shall always be a
whole number.

SECTION 8. Termination and Amendment

8.1 Termination. The Plan shall terminate on the earliest to occur of: (i) the date when all of
the Common Stock available under the Plan shall have been acquired through the exercise of Options
granted under the Plan; (ii) April 26, 2009; or (iii) such earlier date as the Board may determine.

8.2 Amendment. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration or
discontinuation shall be made which would: (i) impair the rights of an Optionee under an Option
theretofore granted without the Optionee’s or recipient’s consent, except such an amendment made to

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cause the Plan to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3, or (ii) disqualify the Plan from the exemption provided by
Rule 16b-3. In addition, no such amendment shall be made without the approval of the Corporation’s
shareholders to the extent such approval is required by law or agreement.

SECTION 9. Withholding

Upon the issuance of Common Stock as a result of the exercise of an Option, the Corporation shall
have the right to retain or sell without notice sufficient Common Stock to cover the amount of any
federal income tax required to be withheld with respect to such Common Stock being issued,
remitting any balance to the Optionee; provided, however, that the Optionee shall have the right to
provide the Corporation with the funds to enable it to pay such tax.

SECTION 10. No Right to Re-Election

Nothing in the Plan or in any Option granted pursuant to the Plan or any action taken under the
Plan shall confer on any individual any right to continue as a director of the Corporation or to be
renominated by the Board or re-elected by the shareholders of the Corporation.

SECTION 11. Effective Date of the Plan

The Plan shall be effective as of the date of the annual meeting at which the Plan is approved by
the vote of the holders of at least a majority of the shares present and voting at the meeting.

SECTION 12. Predecessor Plan

The Plan is intended to supersede the First Financial Bancorp. 1991 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1991
Plan”) as such plan related to Non-Employee Directors for all options granted on or after the
effective date of the Plan. Options granted under the 1991 Plan which are outstanding on the
effective date of the Plan will not be affected by the Plan.

SECTION 13. Governing Law

The provisions of the Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of
the State of Ohio without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

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