First Financial Corp (THFF) will raise its semi-annual dividend by 2.0 percent to $0.52 per share in 2019. Last year the bank holding company did not increase its dividend.

The next dividend is payable on July 2, 2019, to shareholders of record at the close of business June 17, 2019. Today’s declaration increases the total dividend paid in 2019 to $1.03 per share, a 1.0% increase from 2018 and is the corporation's 31st consecutive year of increased regular dividends.

First Financial Corporation is the holding company for First Financial Bank N.A. in Indiana and Illinois and The Morris Plan Company of Terre Haute. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers financial services, including commercial, mortgage and consumer lending, lease financing, trust account services, depositor services and insurance services.