Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001193125-25-216440
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Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 7.01
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PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE MERGER WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, TOGETHER WITH ALL AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Once filed, you may obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement- Prospectus, when it becomes available, as well as other filings containing information about First Merchants and First Savings, at the SEC’s website (http://www. sec. gov). You may also obtain these documents, free of charge, by accessing First Merchants’ website (http://www. firstmerchants. com) under the tab “ Investor Relations,” then under the heading “ Financial Information” and finally under the link “ SEC Filings,” or by accessing First Savings’ website (http://www. fsbbank. net) under the link “ Investor Relations.” Alternatively, these documents, when available, can be obtained free of charge from First Merchants upon written request to First Merchants Corporation, 200 East Jackson Street, Muncie, IN 47305, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or by calling (765)747-1500, or from First Savings, upon written request to First Savings Financial Group, Inc., 702 N Shore Drive, Suite 300, Jeffersonville, IN 47130, Attention: Investor Relations, or by calling (812)283-0724.

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. Information about the directors and executive officers of First Savings is 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 those participants and other persons who may be deemed participants in the transaction may be obtained by reading the Proxy Statement-Prospectus regarding the proposed Merger when it becomes available. Free copies of this document may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph.

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  Item 9.01.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.  

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