Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-216443
Chunk: 64

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: 425
Chunk 64
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 past practice; (vii) promote or increase or decrease the rate of compensation (except for promotions and any increases in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with past
practices) or enter into any agreement to promote or increase or decrease the rate of compensation of any director, officer or employee of First Savings or the Bank; (viii) except as set forth in the First Savings Disclosure Letter, as
specifically authorized by this Agreement or as required by applicable law, execute, create, institute, modify or amend any pension, retirement, savings, stock purchase, stock bonus, stock

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ownership, stock option, stock appreciation or depreciation right or profit sharing plans, any employment, deferred compensation, consultant, bonus or collective bargaining agreement, group
insurance contract or other incentive, welfare or employee benefit plan or agreement for current or former directors, officers or employees of First Savings or any Subsidiary, change the level of benefits or payments under any of the foregoing or
increase or decrease any severance or termination pay benefits or any other fringe or employee benefits or pay any bonuses; (ix) amend their respective Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws from those in effect on the date of this Agreement;
(x) except as set forth in the First Savings Disclosure Letter or as specifically authorized by this Agreement, modify, amend or institute new employment policies or practices, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, or enter into, renew, modify, amend or extend any employment or severance agreements with respect to any present or former directors, officers or employees of First Savings or any Subsidiary (other than new agreements, renewals,
modifications, amendments or extensions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (xi) give, dispose, sell, convey, assign, hypothecate, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer or grant a security interest in any capital
stock of any Subsidiary; (xii) fail to make additions to the Bank’s reserve for loan losses, or any other reserve account, in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with sound banking practices; (xiii) other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible or liable for the obligations of any other individual, corporation
or other entity; and (xiv) agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing actions. The prior consent of First Merchants for