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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discussed in this filing. In addition, First Merchants’ and First Savings’ respective past results of operations do not necessarily indicate either of their anticipated future results, whether or not the Merger is completed.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS

This
filing does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any proxy vote or approval. In connection with the proposed Merger, First Merchants will file with the SEC a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 that will include a Proxy Statement for First Savings and a Prospectus of First Merchants, as well as other relevant documents concerning the

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proposed Merger. When finalized, the Proxy Statement-Prospectus will be submitted to First Savings’ common shareholders to solicit their proxies in connection with their vote on the
proposed Merger. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE CORRESPONDING PROXY STATEMENT-PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE MERGER WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, TOGETHER WITH ALL
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Once filed, you may obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement- Prospectus, when it becomes available, as well as other filings containing information about
First Merchants and First Savings, at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). You may also obtain these documents, free of charge, by accessing First Merchants’ website (http://www.firstmerchants.com) under the tab “Investor
Relations,” then under the heading “Financial Information” and finally under the link “SEC Filings,” or by accessing First Savings’ website (http://www.fsbbank.net) under the link “Investor Relations.”
Alternatively, these documents, when available, can be obtained free of charge from First Merchants upon written request to First Merchants Corporation, 200 East Jackson Street, Muncie, IN 47305, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or by calling (765) 747-1500, or from First Savings, upon written request to First Savings Financial Group, Inc., 702 N Shore Drive, Suite 300, Jeffersonville, IN 47130, Attention: Investor Relations, or by calling (812) 283-0724.

First Merchants and First Savings and certain