Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
Chunk: 125

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 125
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 and the World Health
Organization, in each case, in connection with or in response to the Pandemic.

(c) Other than required filings with Nasdaq
and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the filing of Articles of Merger (the “Articles of Merger”) with the Indiana Secretary of State, the filing of articles of merger, certificates of merger or other filings
necessary to consummate the Bank Merger, and such notices and filings made in connection or in compliance with the banking regulatory approvals contemplated by Section 9.1(c) and federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, no notice to, filing with, authorization of, exemption by, or consent or approval of, any public body or authority is necessary with respect to First Savings or the Bank for the consummation by First Savings or the Bank of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(d) Other than those filings, authorizations, consents and approvals
referenced in Section 5.2(c) above and except as set forth in the First Savings Disclosure Letter, no notice to, filing with, authorization of, exemption by, or consent or approval of, any third party is necessary for the consummation by First
Savings or the Bank of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such authorizations, exemptions, consents or approvals, the failure of which to obtain, would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

5.3 .

(a) As of the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, First Savings has
authorized Twenty-One Million (21,000,000) shares of capital stock, comprised of Twenty Million (20,000,000) authorized shares of First Savings Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, 6,977,308 shares of
which are issued and outstanding, and One Million (1,000,000) authorized shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, none of which are outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of First Savings Common Stock have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action of First Savings, are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive rights of any shareholders. First Savings has no capital stock
authorized, issued or outstanding other than as described in this Section 5.3(a) and, except as set forth in the First Savings Disclosure Letter, First