Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-237211
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Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form: S-4
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 there be more votes in favor than against. As a result, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the Merger-Related Compensation Proposal or the Adjournment             
 Proposal.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

| Q: | If my shares are held by my broker in “street name,” will my broker vote my shares for me? |

| A: | Your broker will vote any shares you hold in “street name” only if you provide instructions to your                 
 broker on how to vote your shares. You should follow the directions provided by your broker to vote your shares. If |

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| you do not provide your broker with instructions on how to vote your shares held in “street name,” your broker will not be permitted to vote your shares, which will have the effect of 
 a vote “AGAINST” the Merger Proposal and will not be counted for purposes of the Merger-Related Compensation Proposal or the Adjournment Proposal.                                      |

| Q: | May I change my vote after I have submitted my proxy? |

| A: | Yes. You can change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at the special meeting. You can do this in                                                                                                                                          
 one of three ways. First, you can send a written notice stating that you revoke your proxy. Second, you can complete and submit a new proxy, dated as of a date later than your most recent proxy. Please submit your notice of revocation and/or new    
 proxy card to First Savings Financial Group, Inc., 702 North Shore Drive, Suite 300, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130, Attention: Tony A. Schoen, Corporate Secretary. Third, voting by telephone or internet at a later time (if initially able to vote in 
 such manner). Fourth, you may attend the special meeting and vote in person. Simply attending the special meeting, however, will not revoke your proxy. You must request a ballot and vote the ballot at the meeting.                                    |

| Q: | What constitutes a quorum? |

| A: | The presence, in person or by proxy, of shareholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of                                                                                                                               
 First Savings entitled to vote as of [●], the record date for the special meeting, will constitute a quorum for the special meeting. On the record date, there were [●] shares of First Savings common stock outstanding and entitled to vote 
 at the special meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

| Q: | Should I send in my stock certificate(s) now?