GlobeNewswire Inc | Jun 15, 2021 10:36AM EDT

June 15, 2021

Converse, IN, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Farmers Financial Corp. (OTCQX Banks; FFMR), the parent company of First Farmers Bank & Trust Co., announced that on June 15, 2021 the Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per share, payable on July 15, 2021 to shareholders of record as of June 30, 2021. This quarterly dividend represents a 6.3% increase over the $0.32 dividend declared in June 2020.

First Farmers Financial Corp is a $2.3 billion financial holding company headquartered in Converse, Indiana. First Farmers Bank & Trust has offices throughout Carroll, Cass, Clay, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Huntington, Madison, Marshall, Miami, Starke, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vigo and Wabash counties in Indiana and offices in Coles, Edgar, and Vermilion counties in Illinois. First Farmers Financial Corp is traded on the OTC Markets Group, Inc. "OTCQX" exchange under the ticker symbol: FFMR

Tade J PowellFirst Farmers Financial Corporation765-293-4162tade.powell@ffbt.com