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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results and Quarterly Dividend Payment</title>
<description>7/26/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings 6-10 _Q3 FY 2010_.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal RX Programs Generates $6.4 Million in Savings</title>
<description>7/23/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. CEO and CFO To Present at Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods 11th Annual Community Bank Investor Conference </title>
<description>7/21/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR 072110-Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Pre-Announces Third Quarter Asset Quality and Operating Results Estimates </title>
<description>7/8/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Loan Loss Provision070810.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>7/1/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr070110conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal Receives First LEED Certification</title>
<description>6/23/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Analyst/Investor Day </title>
<description>6/1/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Analyst_InvestorDay - 06-01-10.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Appointment of President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer </title>
<description>5/10/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Appointment - 05-11-10.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results And Quarterly Dividend Payment</title>
<description>4/27/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Earnings _Q2 FY 2010.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Increase In Second Quarter Provision For Loan Losses</title>
<description>4/7/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Loan Loss Provision Apr 2010.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>4/6/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr040610conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. CFO to Present at the 5th Annual Sterne Agee Financial Services Symposium</title>
<description>2/3/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR 020310 Sterne Agee.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Declaration of Dividend and Results of Annual Meeting</title>
<description>2/3/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr020310div.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results</title>
<description>1/27/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings 12-09 _Q1 FY 2010_.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Increase In Loan Loss Provision For First Quarter</title>
<description>1/8/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Loan Loss Provision Jan 2010.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>1/6/2010</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr010610conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Additions to Executive Management Team </title>
<description>12/10/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Corp Changes Dec 2009.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. CEO To Present At The Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. East Coast Financial Services Conference</title>
<description>11/2/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR 110209 Sandler ONeill.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Results and Quarterly Dividend Payment</title>
<description>10/27/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Combined 102709 -PR 4th Qtr Earnings - Dividend.pdf</link>
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<title>Updating and Replacing - First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call </title>
<description>10/21/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr102109conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Exercise of Underwriters&#8217; Over-Allotment Option in Connection With Public Offering of Common Stock </title>
<description>10/9/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Over Allotment-10-09-09.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>10/8/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr100809conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Closing of $65.0 Million Public Offering of Common Stock </title>
<description>9/29/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Capital Raise Closing - 092909.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of $65.0 Million Public Offering of Common Stock</title>
<description>9/24/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Capital Raise - Pricing - 092409.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Commencement of $50 Million Public Offering of Common Stock </title>
<description>9/21/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Capital Raise - 092109.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results and Announces Quarterly Dividend Payment</title>
<description>7/24/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings July 2009.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. CEO and CFO/COO to present at Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods 10th Annual Community Bank Investor Conference</title>
<description>7/22/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR072209.pdf</link>
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<title>R. Wayne Hall is Appointed to Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer of First Federal </title>
<description>7/16/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Hall BOD  COO 071609.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>4/3/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr040309conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call </title>
<description>7/2/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr070209conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal Fire Relief Fund donations exceed $15,000</title>
<description>4/27/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/FireFund.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal opens Horry County Fire Relief Fund with $12,000</title>
<description>4/24/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/RedCrossFireRelease.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results and Quarterly Dividend Payment</title>
<description>4/24/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings April 2009.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston Acquires All Deposits and Loans of Wilmington-based Cape Fear Bank.</title>
<description>4/10/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/CFB Press Release April 2009.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial files TARP report with Inspector General</title>
<description>3/11/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/TARP.pdf</link>
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<title>High demand brings free Foreclosure Clinics back to help tri-county homeowners</title>
<description>2/23/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Charleston2.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal Announces Foreclosure Moratorium Through May 1</title>
<description>2/18/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/ForeclosureMor2-18-09.pdf</link>
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<title>Hundreds expected at free Foreclosure Clinics this weekend in Myrtle Beach</title>
<description>2/2/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/MBRelease.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Dividend of Five Cents Per Share And Annual Meeting Results</title>
<description>2/2/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr020209div.pdf</link>
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<title>Correcting and Replacing First Financial Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results</title>
<description>1/23/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings Jan 2009 Corrected - A.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results</title>
<description>1/22/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings Jan 2009.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>1/8/2009</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr010809conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Receives $65 Million Investment From The U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program</title>
<description>12/5/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/TARP Closing - 120508.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Receives A $65 Million Commitment From The U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program</title>
<description>12/1/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/TARP Commitment - 1208.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. CEO To Present at The Sandler O'Neill &amp; Partners, L.P. East Coast Financial Services Conference </title>
<description>11/7/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR 110708 Sandler ONeill.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Filing of Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement </title>
<description>10/24/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/Shelf Registration October 2008.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Earnings and Quarterly Dividend Payment </title>
<description>10/24/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/PR Earnings Oct 2008.pdf</link>
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<title>Cast your vote Sept. 30-Oct. 7 in People&#8217;s Choice art exhibit</title>
<description>9/24/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/peopleschoice.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal adds 7-day office in new Lowes Foods at Grande Dunes</title>
<description>9/17/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/GrandeDunes.pdf</link>
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<title>First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call</title>
<description>10/3/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/pr100308conf.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal wants your trash - First Federal Johns Island wants to shred your stuff.</title>
<description>9/10/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/090808.pdf</link>
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<title>Drachman joins MHISC Board</title>
<description>8/20/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/082008 _2_.pdf</link>
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<title>Steadman Joins First Federal Commercial Lending in Hilton Head</title>
<description>8/5/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/80508.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal Opens Johns Island Office</title>
<description>8/20/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/081908 _2_.pdf</link>
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<title>First Federal Hosts Yo Art Exhibit, Art Walk Reception</title>
<description>8/22/2008</description>
<link>http://www.firstfinancialholdings.com/pdf/082208.pdf</link>
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