Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001193125-25-268801
Chunk: 178

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 424B3
Chunk 178
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ilege relating to, the matters being discussed, or (ii) matters involving an Acquisition Proposal. No investigation pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made in this Agreement
by First Savings. First Merchants will use such information as is provided to it by First Savings or the Subsidiaries, or representatives thereof, solely for the purpose of conducting business, legal and financial reviews of First Savings and the
Subsidiaries and for such other purposes as may be related to this Agreement, and First Merchants will, and will direct all of its agents, employees and advisors to, maintain the confidentiality of all such information in accordance with the terms
of Section 8.4 below. Neither First Savings nor any of the Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate or prejudice the rights of its customers, jeopardize the
attorney-client privilege of the entity in possession or control of such information or contravene any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, including
laws, rules and regulations prohibiting the disclosure of confidential supervisory information. The parties will make appropriate and reasonable substitute disclosure arrangements under circumstances in which the restrictions of the preceding
sentence apply.

7.4 . On and after the date of this Agreement and until the Effective Time or until this
Agreement is terminated as herein provided, First Savings and the Subsidiaries shall (a) carry on their business diligently, substantially in the same manner as heretofore conducted, and in the ordinary course of business; (b) use
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their business organizations intact, to keep their present officers and employees and to preserve their present relationship with customers and others having

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business dealings with them; and (c) not do or fail to do anything which will cause a material breach of, or material default in, any contract, agreement, commitment, obligation,
understanding, arrangement, lease or license to which they are a party or by which they are or may be subject or bound.

7.5 .

(a) First Savings shall not, and shall cause the Subsidiaries and the agents and advisers of First
Savings and the Subsidiaries to not, during the term of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, solicit, knowingly encourage or facilitate inquiries or proposals or enter into any agreement with