Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-242318
Chunk: 14

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 14
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 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 October 24, 2025, the record date for the special meeting, will constitute a quorum for the special meeting. As of October 15, 2025, there were 6,986,008 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? |

| A: | No. After the Merger is completed, an exchange agent designated by First Merchants will send you written                                                                                                                                               
 instructions for exchanging First Savings stock certificates for the consideration to be received in the Merger. Any shares of First Savings common stock held in book-entry form will be automatically exchanged for shares of First Merchants common 
 stock. If you are a First Merchants shareholder, you should retain your certificates, as you will continue to hold the First Merchants shares you currently own.                                                                                       |

| Q: | Whom should I contact if I have other questions about the Merger Agreement or the Merger? |

| A: | You may contact: |

First Savings Financial Group, Inc. Attention: Tony A. Schoen, Corporate Secretary 702 North Shore Drive, Suite 300 Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130 Telephone: (812) 283-0724 5

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