Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
Chunk: 197

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 197
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3738                   |     | Luse Gorman, PC 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW,                
 Suite 780 Washington, DC 20015 Attn: Victor L. Cangelosi, 
 Esq. Thomas P. Hutton, Esq.                               |

or to such substituted address as any of them have given to the other in writing. 13.4 Headings. The headings in this Agreement have been inserted solely for the ease of reference and should not be considered in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement. 13.5 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions had never been contained herein. 13.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. In addition, this Agreement and the documents to be delivered hereunder may be executed by the parties hereto either manually or by facsimile signatures, each of which shall constitute an original signature. A-47

13.7 . This Agreement is executed in and shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to choice of law principles.

13.8 . This
Agreement supersedes any other agreement, whether oral or written, between First Merchants and First Savings relating to the matters contemplated hereby, and constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto.

13.9 . First Merchants and First Savings shall each pay their own expenses incidental to the transactions contemplated hereby.
It is understood that the fees of the investment bankers for the First Savings Fairness Opinion desired hereunder shall be borne by the engaging party whether or not the Merger is consummated. This provision shall survive the Effective Time or the
earlier termination of this Agreement.

13.10 .

(a) The parties intend that the Merger qualify as a nontaxable reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) and
related sections of the Code and that this Agreement constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) of the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code.
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