Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-216443
Chunk: 112

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: 425
Chunk 112
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 DOCUMENTS, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. When filed, this document and other documents relating to the Merger filed by First Merchants and First Savings can be obtained free of charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. First Merchants and First Savings and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the common shareholders of First Savings in connection with the proposed Merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of First Merchants is set forth in the proxy statement for First Merchants’ 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, as filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A on April 1, 2025, which information has been updated by First Merchants from time to time in subsequent filings with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of First Savings will be set forth in the Proxy Statement for the First Savings 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, as filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A on January 8, 2025. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants, including First Savings’ officers and directors, will also be included in the Proxy Statement-Prospectus regarding the proposed Merger when it becomes available. PRO FORMA AND PROJECTED INFORMATION This presentation contains certain pro forma and projected financial information, including projected pro forma information, which reflects First Merchants’ current expectations and assumptions. This pro forma information is for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied on as necessarily being indicative of future results. The assumptions and estimates underlying the pro forma information are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the prospective financial information, including those in the “Forward Looking Statements” disclaimer. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the prospective results are indicative of future performance of the combined company after the proposed acquisition or that actual results will not differ materially from those presented in the pro forma information. NON-GAAPFINANCIAL MEASURES These slides contain non-GAAPfinancial measures. For purposes of Regulation G, a non-GAAPfinancial measure is a numerical measure of the registrant’s historical or future financial performance, financial position or cash flows that excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding amounts, that are included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statement of income, balance sheet or statement of cash flows (or equivalent statements) of the issuer; or