Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-216443
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Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: 425
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 such other acts and things in good faith as may be reasonable, necessary or appropriate to timely effectuate the intents and purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (a) First Savings shall cooperate and assist First Merchants in the preparation of and/or filing of all regulatory applications, the Registration Statement, and all other
documentation required to be prepared for consummation of the Merger and the Bank Merger and obtaining all necessary approvals, and (b) First Savings shall furnish First Merchants with all information concerning itself and the Subsidiaries that
First Merchants may request in connection with the preparation of the documentation referenced above.

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7.10 . On or prior to the date hereof and in connection
with its approval of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of First Savings received the oral opinion from Piper Sandler & Co. to the effect that, as of September 24, 2025, the Merger Consideration is fair to the holders of First
Savings Common Stock from a financial point of view (the “First Savings Fairness Opinion”). A written copy of the First Savings Fairness Opinion, which First Savings shall use its reasonable best efforts to procure within
thirty (30) days of the date hereof, shall be included in the Proxy Statement (as defined below).

7.11 . Promptly upon its becoming available, First Savings shall furnish to First Merchants one (1) copy of each financial statement, report, notice, or proxy statement sent by First Savings to its shareholders generally or filed
with any First Savings Regulatory Authorities (except for any information that constitutes confidential supervisory information subject to Section 13.14) that is not otherwise available on the SEC’s EDGAR internet database.

7.12 . Neither First Savings nor any Subsidiary shall (a) take any action while knowing that such action would, or
is reasonably likely to, prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code; or (b) take any action while knowing that such action is intended or is reasonably likely to result in
(i) any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in Section 9 not being satisfied, or (ii) a material delay in the consummation of the Merger except, in each case, as may be required by applicable law or regulation or with the
written consent of First Merchants.

7.13 First Savings