Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-237211
Chunk: 213

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form: S-4
Chunk 213
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 of 
 Shares    |           |
| John E. Colin         |     |           |     9,785 |
| Frank N. Czeschin     |     |           |    59,291 |
| L. Chris Fordyce      |     |           |    41,593 |
| Troy D. Hanke         |     |           |     3,500 |
| John P. Lawson, Jr.   |     |           |    59,360 |
| Pamela Bennett-Martin |     |           |    30,644 |
| Larry W. Myers        |     |           |   400,007 |
| Martin A. Padgett     |     |           |    12,293 |
| Steven R. Stemler     |     |           |    33,440 |
| Douglas A. York       |     |           |   123,683 |
| Tony A. Schoen        |     |           |   173,590 |
| Jackie R. Journell    |     |           |    55,268 |
| TOTAL                 |     |           | 1,002,454 |

| * | Excludes shares underlying unexercised stock options. |

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EXHIBIT B

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Merging

FIRST SAVINGS BANK,

an Indiana commercial bank,

with and into

FIRST MERCHANTS BANK

an Indiana commercial bank

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement and Plan”), made and entered into as of the 24th day of September, 2025,
by and betweenFIRST MERCHANTS BANK, an Indiana commercial bank (“FMB”), and FIRST SAVINGS BANK,an Indiana commercial bank (the “Bank”) (FMB and the Bank are sometimes referred to collectively as the
“Constituent Companies”).

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS,the Constituent Companies desire to consummate the business combination transaction outlined in this Agreement and Plan
pursuant to which the Bank will merge with and into FMB in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §1828(c) and the Indiana Financial Institutions Act (collectively, the “Law”);

WHEREAS,this Agreement and Plan is being executed in connection with, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and Plan is expressly contingent upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by, that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger