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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The accompanying proxy statement and prospectus describes the Merger Agreement and the proposed merger of First Savings with and into First Merchants (the “Merger”) in detail and includes, as Annex A, the complete text of the Merger Agreement. We urge you to read these materials for a description of the Merger Agreement and the proposed Merger. In particular, you should carefully read the section captioned “Risk Factors” beginning on page [● ] of the proxy statement and prospectus for a discussion of certain risk factors relating to the Merger.The Board of Directors of First Savings has fixed the close of business on [●], as the record date for determining those shareholders who are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting and any adjournment or postponement of the special meeting. Approval of the Merger Proposal requires the affirmative vote of shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares of First Savings common stock. Approval of the Merger-Related Compensation Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of First Savings common stock cast at the meeting, in person or by proxy, so long as a quorum is present. The First Savings Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote “ FOR” (i) approval of the Merger Proposal; (ii) approval of the Merger-Related Compensation Proposal, and (iii) approval of the Adjournment Proposal. Whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting in person, please submit your proxy by telephone, over the internet or by completing, signing, and dating the enclosed proxy card and returning it as soon as possible using the enclosed postage-prepaid envelope. If you attend the special meeting, you may vote in person if you wish, even if you have previously submitted your proxy. Not submitting your proxy will have the same effect as a vote against the Merger Proposal.

| By Order of the Board of Directors    |
| /s/ Larry W. Myers                    |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |

[●] Jeffersonville, Indiana

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document, and the information included or incorporated by reference into it, contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the
safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements can often, but not always, be identified by the use of words like “believe,” “continue,” “pattern,”
“estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “expect”