BORROWINGS

Short-term borrowings on the Consolidated Balance Sheets include repurchase agreements utilized for corporate sweep accounts with cash management account agreements in place as well as overnight advances from the Federal Loan Home Bank (FHLB). All repurchase agreements are subject to terms and conditions of repurchase/security agreements between First Financial Bank and the client. To secure the Bank's liability to the client, First Financial Bank is authorized to sell or repurchase U.S. Treasury, government agency and mortgage-backed securities.

First Financial had $722.8 million in short-term borrowings with the FHLB at March 31, 2014 and $654.0 million as of December 31, 2013. These short-term borrowings are used to manage the Company's normal liquidity needs and support the Company's asset and liability management strategies.

Long-term debt primarily consists of FHLB long-term advances and repurchase agreements utilizing investment securities pledged as collateral. These instruments are primarily utilized to reduce overnight liquidity risk and to mitigate interest rate sensitivity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. First Financial has $52.5 million in repurchase agreements which have remaining maturities of less than 2 years and a weighted average rate of 3.49%. Securities pledged as collateral in conjunction with the repurchase agreements are included within Investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following is a summary of long-term debt:



	March 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Average Rate		Amount		Average Rate
Federal Home Loan Bank	$	6,888	3.71	%	$	7,505	3.72	%
National Market Repurchase Agreement	52,500		3.49	%	52,500		3.49	%
Capital loan with municipality	775		0.00	%	775		0.00	%
Total long-term debt	$	60,163	3.47	%	$	60,780	3.48	%

Under Federal Reserve Board guidelines, a company can issue qualifying debentures up to 25% of qualifying Tier I capital. First Financial has the capacity to issue approximately $159.1 million in additional qualifying debentures under these guidelines.