Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-237211
Chunk: 116

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form: S-4
Chunk 116
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ation. First Merchants has 500,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, of which 10,000 shares are designated as the 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. As of June 30, 2025, there were 10,000 shares of 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A outstanding 
 The preferred shares are available to be issued, without prior shareholder approval, in classes with the rights, privileges, and preferences determined for each class by the Board of Directors of First Merchants.                                                                                                                                                                               
 As of September 30, 2025, First Merchants had 15,209 shares of its common                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 stock reserved and remaining available for issuance under the Level One Bancorp, Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan, 679,710 shares of its common stock reserved and remaining available for issuance under its 2019 Long-term Equity Incentive Plan,                                                                                                                                                     
 1,056,869 shares of its common stock reserved and remaining available for issuance under its 2024 Long-term Equity Incentive Plan, 563,457 shares of its common stock reserved and remaining available for                                                                                                                                                                                         |     | First Savings                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 The Articles of Incorporation of First Savings authorize the issuance of 21,000,000 shares of capital stock, comprised of 20,000,000 authorized shares of First                                                                                     
 Savings common stock, par value $0.01 per share, [●] shares of which were issued and outstanding as of [●], 2025, and 1,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 17,120 shares are designated as the       
 First Savings Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. As of [●], 2025, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding. First Savings’ Board of Directors may authorize                                                      
 the issuance of additional shares of common stock up to the amounts authorized in First Savings’ Articles of Incorporation, without shareholder approval, subject only to the restrictions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law and its Articles 
 of Incorporation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

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| issuance under the Equity Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and 629,093 shares of                                                                                                                                                      
 its common stock reserved and remaining available for issuance under its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan. As of September 30, 2025, First Merchants had no