Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
Chunk: 185

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 185
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 reasonably could be expected to give rise, individually or in the aggregate, to the failure of a condition in Section 9.

8.8 . Neither First Merchants nor any First Merchants 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 Savings.

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8.9 . First Merchants shall generally cooperate with First Savings and its
officers, employees, attorneys, accountants and other agents, and, generally, do 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.

8.10 First Merchants shall cause the appropriate
officers of FMB to execute and deliver the Bank Merger Agreement contemporaneously herewith.

8.11 . On and
after the date of this Agreement and until the Effective Time or until this Agreement is terminated as herein provided, First Merchants and the First Merchants Subsidiaries shall (a) except as set forth in the First Merchants Disclosure Letter,
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 business dealings with them; (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; and (d) not accelerate the record date of First Merchants’ standard quarterly
dividend in a manner designed to cause holders of First Savings Common Stock to fail to receive dividends on either First Savings Common Stock or First Merchants Common Stock with respect to a calendar quarter