CONVERSE, Ind., March 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — First Farmers Financial Corp. (OTCQX Banks; FFMR), the parent company of First Farmers Bank & Trust Co., announced that on March 12, 2019 the Board of Directors approved a record quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per share, payable on April 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of March 29, 2019.

This quarterly dividend represents a 41.5% increase over the $0.205 split-adjusted dividend declared in March 2018. First Farmers Bank & Trust continues operational development with a recent opening of a new facility in Hoopeston, Illinois and a second location in Lafayette, Indiana opening soon at 3510 State Road 38 E.

First Farmers Financial Corp is a $1.8 billion financial holding company headquartered in Converse, Indiana. First Farmers Bank & Trust has 29 offices throughout Carroll, Cass, Clay, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Huntington, Madison, Marshall, Miami, Starke, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vigo and Wabash counties in Indiana and 6 offices in Coles, Edgar and Vermilion counties in Illinois.

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