Company: FRME
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-237211
Chunk: 216

Company: FIRST MERCHANTS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form: S-4
Chunk 216
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 FMB. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of FMB or
the Bank, all one hundred fourteen thousand (114,000) issued and outstanding shares of the common capital stock of FMB, shall represent all of the issued and outstanding shares of the common capital stock of the surviving bank.

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ARTICLE IV

NO DISSENTING SHAREHOLDERS

First Merchants, as the sole shareholder of FMB, and First Savings, as the sole shareholder of the Bank, have adopted this Agreement and Plan
and approved and consented to this Merger.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

5.1 Condition Precedent to Closing.The following conditions must be satisfied prior to the closing of the Merger:

(a) appropriate approvals must be obtained from or notices filed with the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(b) the Holding Company Merger must occur.

5.2 Effective Time. The Merger shall become effective immediately following the effective time of the Holding Company
Merger, or such later time as designated by First Merchants and otherwise approved by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “Effective Time”).

5.3 Manner of Termination. This Agreement and Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby may be terminated at any time
prior to the Effective Time:

(a) by the mutual consent of FMB and the Bank; or

(b) automatically and without further action by either FMB or the Bank if the Merger Agreement is terminated for any reason.

5.4 Effect of Termination.Upon termination as provided in Section 5.3, this Agreement and Plan shall be void
and of no further force or effect, and there shall be no obligation on the part of FMB or the Bank or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, or shareholders, except for payment of their respective expenses in connection with this
Agreement and Plan.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the parties have executed this Agreement and Plan by their respective officers duly authorized as of the date and year first above written.

| “FMB” |     | FIRST MERCHANTS BANK,             
 an Indiana state commercial bank, |     |                         |
|       |     | By:                               |     |                         |
|       |     | Printed:                          |     | Mark K. Hardwick