Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-237211
Chunk: 229

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form: S-4
Chunk 229
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 remain unsold at the termination of the offering.                                                               |

| (4) | That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the                                                                                                                                                      
 registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities                          
 Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to 
 be the initial bona fide offering thereof.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

| (5) | That prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a prospectus which is                                                                                                                                         
 a part of this registration statement, by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the registrant undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable 
 registration form with respect to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.                                                                           |

| (6) | That every prospectus (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (5) above, or (ii) that purports                                                                                                                                                           
 to meet the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to this registration statement and will not be used until       
 such amendment has become effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and 
 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.                                                                                                                                               |

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| (7) | To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items                                                                                                                                          
 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the 
 effective date of this registration statement through the date of responding to the