Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
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Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 128
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 issuance, purchase or acquisition of capital stock, or any securities convertible into or representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive the capital stock, equity interests,
membership interest or any debt securities, of First Savings or any Subsidiary by which First Savings or any Subsidiary is or may become bound. Neither First Savings nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding contractual or other obligation to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its respective outstanding shares of capital stock or equity interests, as applicable.

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(h) Except as set forth in the First Savings Disclosure Letter, to the
knowledge of First Savings’s Management (as defined below), as of the date hereof no person or entity beneficially owns more than five percent (5%) of First Savings’s outstanding common shares.

5.4 . The respective Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws (or Articles of Organization and LLC Agreement, as
applicable) of First Savings and the Subsidiaries have been delivered to First Merchants and represent true, accurate and complete copies of such corporate documents of First Savings and the Subsidiaries in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

5.5 . Except as disclosed on the First Savings Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of First Savings’s
Management, neither First Savings nor any Subsidiary has engaged in any activity nor taken or omitted to take any action which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result, in the violation of any local, state, federal or foreign law,
statute, rule, regulation or ordinance or of any order, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency or body, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on First Savings or that in any
material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its credit or risk management policies, or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor is First Savings aware of any other reason why the granting of any required
regulatory approval would be denied or unduly delayed. First Savings and each Subsidiary possess all licenses, franchises, permits and other authorizations necessary for the continued conduct of their respective businesses without material
interference or interruption, except where the failure to possess such licenses or other authorizations would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on First Savings, and such licenses, franchises, permits and authorizations
shall be transferred to First Merchants at the Effective Time without any material restrictions or limitations thereon or the need to obtain