Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
Chunk: 190

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 190
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(c).

(b) . First Merchants shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive
Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of First Savings, dated the Effective Time, certifying (a) that all of the representations and warranties of First Savings (disregarding all materiality and Material Adverse Effect Qualifiers set
forth therein) are true, accurate and correct on and as of the Effective Time (except for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of an earlier date, which shall be true, accurate and correct as of such earlier date),
except for any failures to be so true, accurate and correct that do not, in the aggregate, constitute a Material Adverse Effect with respect to First Savings; (b) that all the covenants of First Savings have been complied with in all material
respects from the date of this Agreement through and as of the Effective Time; (c) the conditions described in Section 9.1(a), 9.1(d) (with respect to First Savings) and 9.1(e) above are satisfied; and (d) the number of shares of its
First Savings Common Stock that are issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time.

SECTION 10

TERMINATION OF MERGER

10.1 . This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby may be terminated at any time prior to the
Effective Time by written notice delivered by First Merchants to First Savings or by First Savings to First Merchants only for the following reasons:

(a) By the mutual consent of First Merchants and First Savings;

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(b) By First Merchants or First Savings in the event of either: (i) a
breach by the other party of any representation or warranty contained herein which breach, if uncured, would result in the failure of any condition set forth in Section 9.2 (if termination is by First Savings) or Section 9.3 (if
termination is by First Merchants) to be satisfied, and which cannot be or has not been cured within thirty (30) days after the giving of written notice to the breaching party of such breach or, if earlier, five (5) business days prior to
the Termination Date; (ii) a breach by the other party of any of the covenants or agreements contained herein, which breach, if uncured, would result in the failure of any condition set forth in Section 9.2 (if termination is by First
Savings) or Section 9